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illustrating* from history, the variousstratagems which had been practised bysome of the ablest generals, during along period of time, down to the peaceof Aix-la-Chapelle. It was published byMr. Carlet de la Rosiere; an officer inthe French service, and acting engineerin the isles of France and Bourbon. Itcontains much curious matter.

Stratagem and force united. CountTurpin, page 43, vol. i. in his Essay onthe Art of War, judiciously remarks,that when an enemy, superior in force,is in possession of a pass, from which liecannot he dislodged but by art,stratagemand force should be blended together asoften as possible. Onozander, the Greekgeneral, set fire to a wood which was atthe foot of a mountain in the enemy’spossession, and which he wanted to goover; the flames and smoke forced theenemy to abandon it, and leave the pas-sage free for him.

STRATEGICALLY, according to theprinciples of strategy; done out of sightof an enemy.

STRATEGICS and Tactics. Mr. C.Malorti deMartemont in his translationof a work entituled the Modern Systemof War, has defined these terms in thefollowing manner.

“ I define strategics , the science of themovements in war of two armies, out ofthe visual circle of each other; or, ifbetter liked, out of cannon reach.

“ Tactics are the science of the move-ments made within sight of the enemy,and within reach of his artillery.

“ The reader may, if he pleases, pre-fer the reach of cannon to that of sight,for the bounds within which the move-ments of war cease to he strategics andbecome tactics. But were I to decidefor one of them, I should adopt the reachof sight; for the following reason : thatdeploying columns in order of battle, isan operation of tactics; yet, it is gene-rally done out of cannon reach. AtRosbach, to be sure, it was not so, butwhat was the consequence ?’’ p. 8f.STRATARITHMOMETRY, in war,

the art of drawing up an army, or anypart of it, in any given geometrical fi-gure; and of expressing the number ofmen contained in such a figure, as theystand in order of battle, either at hand,or at any distance assigned.

STRATEGY, ( strategic , Fr.) Stra-tegy differs materially from tactic ; thelatter belonging only to the mechanical

movement of bodies, set in motion bfthe former. One is, in fact, the soul,the other, the mere body of militaryscience. In a most excellent publica-tion, entitled Idies Raisonnees sur unSysteme General , fyc. pour etudur laScience de la Guerre, tyc. by Nockhernde Sc horn, we find the following expla-nation of the term; and as it does notexist in any of our English lexicogra-phers, we presume the extract must hepaiticularly gratifying to the intelligentofficer. In page 198, Ttoi&itme Partie ,Sivicme Chapitre , Sixihne table Metho-dique , our author thus continues :

“ We are at length got to the sixthintegral part of military knowledge,which is termed strategic, or the art ofknowing how to command, and how toconduct the different operations of war:the word is derived from the Greekstrategos, which signifies chief, or generalof the army. The term general or chiefconveys the same meaning, indeed, thatconstitutes the word universal, andpoints out an officer of superior rank,whose mind is well stored with militarytheory, and who can practically lead intoactive service, all the different arms, orcomponent bodies belonging to war;such as cavalry, infantry, and artillery.This definition clearly points out the im-propriety of confining the terms general,lieutenant-general, and major-general , toany particular body of armed men : f‘*rwhat is a general, whose skill consists inbeing able to manage a body of cavalry,or of infantry only, without knowinghow to conduct others ? A general,whether he be commander in chief, orhe acting in a subordinate capacity tohim, ought to know cavalry, infantry,and artillery movements, and possessesall the branches of military science.

“ Nor are these observations confinedto the generals and superior officers ofarmies r subaltern officers should bemore or less versed in the science ofknowing how to conduct men into ac-tion, and to combine the different opera-tions of war ; particularly so, if theirnatural ambition should lead them toaspire to the highest posts of militarypreferment.

“ Strategy, or the knowledge of com-manding armies, may he divided intotwo parts; one comprehending thehigher, and the other embracing thelower branches of the art. The firstembraces all that a commander in chief,