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Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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Curious calculations based on Louis XVIII's proclamation of 1,200,000 men marching against the Usurper, estimating steps, shoe wear, total distance (1,200 times around the globe), line length from London to Edinburgh, and the French Revolution's cost to England of nearly one thousand million guineas.
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Louis XVIII. in his proclamation to the French, says, that "1,200,000 men are marching against the Usurper." At the average step of a soldier on the march, one step of each makes 600 miles, and will wear out one pair of shoes; so that if they march 25 miles in one day, they will wear out 50,000 pair of shoes, and the whole distance travelled will be 50,000,000 of miles, or equal to 1200 times round the globe, of the earth at the equator! If the whole 1,200,000 were drawn up in a single line, allowing two feet to each man, the line would extend from London to Edinburgh, 400 miles! The French revolution has cost England nearly one thousand millions of guineas! which would purchase half the lands in the kingdom, or build ten cities as large as London!
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France, London To Edinburgh
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Louis XVIII proclaims 1,200,000 men marching against the Usurper; calculations show collective steps equal 600 miles per man wearing out shoes, daily march of 25 miles consumes 50,000 pairs and totals 50 million miles (1,200 times around equator); line of men stretches 400 miles from London to Edinburgh; French Revolution costs England nearly 1,000 million guineas, enough for half the kingdom's lands or ten Londons.