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RUSSIAN ARM?. 011 TN! OPSILATIONS OT THI INTIMAibUSSIAI II Prom the sAstb•seocb of December to the 4th-rath of mares day. 44 Baron de Bennigfen having, after the battle of Pultufk, effened his junnion with the troops under the orders of Count Bnxhowden, obtained 'a flunt time after the command in chief. The whole army then made -a movement on the right; the (Nen of which was to proten Regal Prtiffia, and to flop the corps of Marthals Ney and Bernadotte, which threa tened Koningfberg. Although this march lay through a country intercepted with moraffes and !malt rivers, the pelage of which became more difficult, on ac count of the cold, and of the thaws which often ft panted the different divifioni of the army to a con fiderable Mance from each other ; neverthelefs, the defeat which the French experienced at Piiltufle, did not allow them to profit by thole circumftances, and the army, after having concentrated itfelf, re commenced its operations. In the mean time, the corps of Lieutenant-General Ellen took a pofit ion in the environs of Brank , from whence , accord ing to c ireumftances, it could cover the left wing of the Grand Army, and the frontiers of t he empire towards Grochio and the Bug, if the enemy attempted to approach them. The 7th of January, ( tgth N. S.) the head-quarters of Baron de Bennigfen were at. Rhein, and the next day he adva nced to Heiligen- Linden. A corps of 30,000 men, under the orders of Marfhal Ney, comprifing the Guards of Bonaparte, commanded by Martha! Bel:Germ polled behind the Albe, endeavoured to entrench themfelves there, but were obliged to fall back. Another corps, under the command of Bernadate, had penetrated as far as Preuffitch Holland to rejoin the former ; but be in g preffed by the Ru ff ian van-guard , this b o dy fled with fo much precipitation, that it was impoffible to attack the two corps feparately. 66 The filth of January, (sad, N. S.) the head quarters were at Bifchoffßein. Ney and Bernadotte effefied their junftion, and continued their retreat in diforder, and our troops took many prifoners, who all agreed that our unexpeited march to Pruffia Royal, had fpread the greateft alarm throughout the French army, to whom their officers had promifed winter quarters, giving them to underttand at the fame time, that an armillice had been concluded with our Generals. 46 The lath of January (26th) General Bennigfen was at Liebftadt. Very brifk anions took place in the neighbourhood of Mohrungen. Our advanced guard, under General Marcoff, attacked by the whole corps of Marfhal Bernadotte, at firß fell back, but being reinforced by the divifion of Lieutenant Gene ral Anrep, the enemy was repulfed with lots. He loft a great number killed, and Come hundreds taken prifoners. Nineteen officers and a ftandard, fell into our power. Marital Bernadotte loft all his carriages, plate, horfes, &c. and only owed his fafety to flight, by faring himfelf, in a peafant's little fledge. The inhabitants of Mobrungen cannot conceive how he (leaped the Coffacks. 6 4 The brave General Anrep was wounded on the head by a mufket ball, as he was reconnoitring, after the affair was over. Some (harp 'hooters, concealed in the bufhes, tingled him out ; and in a few hours after this diffinguithed officer died, to the great regret of the whole army. 6 4 The 15th of January (a7th), the head quarters were transferred to Mohrungen. Many Reitmithes among the advanced polls were decided to our ad vantage, and gained its prif incr.. The Pruflian corps, under General l'Edlocci, alfo gained Come ad vantages. It took mifoners Generals Poultrier and Lafleur. General Visor had been taken prifoner near Colberg. The garrifon of Dantzic, having made a fortie, routed the Polifh Infurgents, com manded by Dombrow(ky, and took from them many pieces of cannon, and a military theft. 64 Bonaparte, after receiving reinforcements from the Vißula, and affembling the different corps, which were fallen back upon his army, concentrated him felf, and marched againft General Bennigfen. The latter, not thinking his pofition fufficiently good to rill' a battle, retreated in two columns upon Wolf. dor ff, where he arrived on the 23d (February 4) • 64 The two rear-guards, commanded by Generals Prince Bagrathion and Barkley de Tony, covered the retreat, and,lepulfed the repeated attack of the enemy. The next day they followed us dole to Bur gerwald. The rear guard had new attacks to fup-1 port; but the next dav, at the gates of the town of Landlberg, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a very brik affair took place between the enemy and the con of Barclay deTolly, which fatted till fix o'clock in the evening. The rear guard had fucceeded in repulling the enemy ; but not being content with that, it conceived it neceffar y to purfue them, which drew upon them three columns, and obliged the Ge neral- in Chief to fend a reinforcement of three regi ments, commanded by Prince Bali! Dolgorucky,— Thts corps of ro.ooo men fought for many hours agatnft near ao,oco Frenchmen, and maintained the field of battle. 44 Lieutenant General Effen, who, in confequence of the movements of General Bennigfen, had repaired t? Wyfonic Maeowick, had at fill thought it fuffi cent to watch that corps of the enemy which was op. p'fed to him. Although that corps was at lean equal to his in number, and occupied a very advantageous pofition, interfered by mortifies and wends, he ne verthelefs frequently harafled it, by fending out large detachments to attack them, and who, in all the engagements, obtained important advantages, and took many prifoners. When it was known that Bo naparte had quitted Warfaw,and that he was advan cing with a fupenor force againft the army of General Bennigfen, Lieutenant General Elfin, in order to snake a divertion in favour of the Grand Army, at tacked the enemy on the 22d of January, on the whole length of his line, overthrew him at all points, and repulfed Generals Savary, Sucbet, and Becker as far 41 the Narew. This battle, however. did not prevent Bonaparte from following General Bennigfen, who, having chofen behind Pruffian Eylau a pofition which he judged proper to allow all his troops to an to ad vantage, and particularly his cavalry, had taken pot there, in order to wait the arrival of the French army, :whole advanced guard attacked inceffantly and impetuoufly the corps of Major General Barclay de Tony. The ever-memorable day of the :6th (7th February) put an end to the enemy's progrefs. At three in the afternoon, the battle began thrones the whole line of the main array. It was bloody, and' the night came on without the enemy being able ta l l gain any ground. Early on the mortting of the 27th the attack was renewed by the French. Both fides fought with fury ; but iri'llse evening the enemy were repulfed an' ll fides. and the Ruffian army remained in poffeffion of the fietTof battle. Bonaparte cora. manded in perfon, ana under him Martha's Augereau, D'Avouß, Soult, Net's and Beffieres at the head of the Guards, who particularly fuffered. We took on this day tsoo prifoners, among whom are 30 of fi zers, befides is standards and 20 pieces of cannon. The French Generals Corbineau, Desjardins, D'Ahlmene, and Oudin were killed; Augereau mortally wounded; Vial loft an arm; Suchet had his thigh broken; and Generals Hautpoult, Piccard, Friand, St. Sulpice, p'Efpagne, Second, and Martin were wounded. As the occupation of the town of Preoffirch Eylau, in front of the field of battle, formed no part of General Bennigfen's plan, and as the army, after Co much fatigue, had need of Tea, and was alfo in want of warlike ftores, the Commander in Chief en. trenched hinsfelf in the environs of Mulhaufen, eflab.. lifhed his head-quarters at Koningfberg, and left Lieutenant General Platow, who arrived two days after the battle, with 15,000 Coffacks, to harafs the French in their retreat. The enemy, on quitting the pofiti , -ns which he occupied, abandoned his lick and wounded. " On the 9th (2 in) of February, the Coffacks ad vanced towards the environs of Liebiladt, took feveral hundred prifoners, four officers, a number of baggage waggons, and even forage and pravilions. A detachment of nearly sOOO Ruffian and Pruffian prifoners, who were on their route to Warfair were delivered ; and fome hundreds' of Honk Chakeurs, who efcorted them, were either killed or talsen. " On the isth, (27th) of February, the Ruffian headquarters were at Lanfberg. In various petty encounters, the Coffacks took Come hundreds of mi. loners. The garrifon of Dantzic defeated the incur. gents under Dombrowlky. General Platow, who was conllantly in purfuit of the enemy, took from him a piece of cannon, Come waggons, and a good deal of baggage. On this day, the number of prifoners taken from the French army, after the battle, and during its retreat from Prenffifch Eylau, amounted to 2900 foldiers and 48 officers. gi The headquarters remained at Landiberg on the 16th (28th) of February. General L'Eltocq's corps of Pruffians found itfelf oppofed to that of Bernadotte, between Mehlfack and Heiligenbeil.— The enemy retired behind the Pa ff arge. They muff have evacuated Gutftadt. The Coffacks drove them to the environs of Allenßein ; and the engagements on this occafion colt them 400 men, who remained on the field, and 55 prifoners. One hundred Ruffian prifoners were alfo recovered. " On the 17th of February ( tit of March) Major General Knorring attacked the enemy at Allenßein, beat them, killed a great number, took so, and de. livered 200 Ruffians. " The army remained in the fame pofition on the two following days. Count Tolltoy's corps formed. the left flank at 13ifhnpllein. " On the aoth of February (oh of March), there were Come affairs of cut-polls. Two Officers, a Se cretary, and feventy feur foldiers were taken. The army kept the fame polition till the 26th of February ( loth of March), duting which time there-were only affairs of out-polls. • ~ On the a4th February (Bth March) the &pop-, Orations of the French army obliged the Commander, in Chief to concentrate all his forces before Heiltberg.. There was an affair between the advanced polls, at the dole of which the enemy were repulfed, and pur fued by the Coffacks. The head quarters were re moved to Barterflein : Bonaparte 'till at Oflerode. 4, On the ill ( t3.h) of March, General De Witt genflein, having advanced with a detachment to the environs of Neidenbou'g and Ortelfttourg, carried off from thence the enemy's patroles, and took pri foneis Lieutenant Colonel I.e Grange, Aide•de-Camp to General Ney, and a Major, Commander of a re giment .1f Chatreurs. There advantages having at— trafted the attention of the French, they advanced in force to thefe points ; and General Platow was. detached, with eight regiments of Coffacks, to fup port General Wittgenaein, which induced the enemy to retreat. " The army remained in the fame pofition on the 4th ( 6th) of March Murat advanced, with twelve regiments 14 infantry and cavab y, to Biihoffsbourgh, whence he diflodged a detachment of one hundred Coffacka, who neverthelefs, in the retreat, made fifty prifoners. In coact:peace, General Platow received orders to repair to the fpot, with poo Colfacks ; but the French did not wait his arrival. " MARCH 6, (18rh).—According to the Well ad vices, Bonaparte is fill at Ofernde : D'Avoull at Allenfiein ; Ney at Guttlladt Soult at Liebfladt ; and Bernadotte in the neighbourhood of Wnrmditt. Murat makes incurfions in the neighbourhood of Wartcnbourg, Bithoffsbourg, Paffenheim, Ortell bourg, and Willenbourg. According to the bell in formation we hive of the French Cavalry, it is fop poled that Murat makes his incurfions for the purpofe of procuring forage. General Platow, with a confi derable corps, is on the point of cutting off all the French detachments which are beyond this little town. VIENNA. APRIL t. The Imperial Ruffian Admiral Simarin has fet fail with a ilrung divilion of his Nuadron, which has lately been confiderably reinforced, from the lonian or /Egean Sea, to join the remaining part of the Engliffilleet, which was left cruiziog off Tenedos.— Court Gazilk. The Duke of Richlieu has put himfelf in motion with a confiderable corps affembled in the Govern. ment of Ode& and Faganrok. to march to Molda via.—Ham. Comilla's. April t 4. BERLIN, APRIL S. thoufand Spann cavalry and 24..000 infantry of the fame nation, have paired the Pyrenees, and are expefted on the Banks of the Elbe the latter end of April. APRIL I I.—The pafage of French troops by dl vilions and whole regiments, is greater than ever.—s. We alto daily fee pats through here confiderable tranfports of powder and ammunition of all forts.— The waft of fpecie is felt every day more and more , _ als and it will almoft bojmpoifible for the city to form the contribution of a million, which has been de manded. • .... - • • - AFFAIRS OP SWEDEN. #UBLIC ORDERS, " Stettin, April 6. " His Majefty baring thought proper to raife the blockade of Stralfund for the precut, the Stb Corps of. the Army has broken up from its quarters to Swedifh Pomerania and Ancient, in order to usidatakeferloolly the blockade of Colbert." STRALSUND, APRIL 4. I have the pleafure of informing you, that' On the in Ina. about eleven in the morning, a part oLonr troops, Mom boo men, made a fortie out of the Knieper and Triebfeer gates. Our Governor, Gene ral Von Effen, and General Armfeld, had the com mand. The whole confined of infantry and huffars, and. the artillery under the command of Colonel Car del. At &ft, the French entrenched themfelves ftrongly within their works, but at length united themfelves by the great breall works before the Trieb. leer gate. But as the Governor came round with his wing from the Knieper gate, they ran into the Luf fatter works, in order tb avoid being turned. Here they fired from three cannon ; but they loon after hallened to Luderffiagen, and then fired again : the Swedes followed them dole with their cannon. Now the enemy began to run ferioufly, and though their fotce,. according to the prifoners, was about 6000 men ftrong, they retreated as fall as poffible. Yenerday evening we had tgo prifoners, French and Dutch. 'According to the official intelligence we have 'received, General Armfeld was yefterday in Ancient, and the Governor on the march between Loilz and Demmin: How far the Swedes will pro , ceqd in th,eir,purfuit no one knows. At this Moment we receive intelligence that goo Frenchmen hoc been made prifoners in the Pruffian territory. Yefterday we had no more than so wounded and four dead. . Tire Dutch prifoners are all extremely difconten ted. They complain that for a long time they have had no pay, and were therefore forced to plunder to keep themfelvars from Rarving. The French foldiera go about in a very ragged Rate. Their works round Stralfund are excellently furnilbed with faf eines, double pallifades, large foffes, which are in part filled with water. The villages round the town have fuffered exceed. ingly. Every where are to befeen ftraw huts with benches in the middle : the fire is in the middle, and it is open above to let out the finoke. We fee the remains of horfe flesh and bones, and the country people fay, the enemy even eat cats. The Rate of the public mind in the town is excellent, and when ever a tranfport of the French is brought in, we hear nothing but (bouts of joy. At the clofe I have to mention, that an eflaffette brings us intelligence, that befidea the five hundred prifoners, a confiderable number of French have been captured, and at Demmin forty waggons of rice, fifty burthens (each containing twenty four tacks) of oats, and fifty burthens of wheat, brandy, &c. have been feized. Athankfgiving day is to be celebrated to-morrow. REMPIN (IN MECKLENBURGH) APRIL. 6. The French have been beaten from Stralfund.— The Swedes made a fortie from the Knteper and Triebfeer gates, and drove every thing before them. 'Anclam has been taken by norm by the Swedes un der General Armfcld. The French have plundered and dreadfully ravaged that unfortunate town. Fried land,was then taken, and today the turn comes to Prenslow . Demmin, Darwin, all, are in the hands of the Swedes. Fifteen hundred of the enemy have laid down their arms. In Neakalden, or fomewhat nearer, 8o French and Dutch fuffered themfelves to 14 taken by i dozen Swedifh huffars. The Count is at the head quartet s at Demmin (entre nous, incognito) The Governor Von Eden is alfo there. All the ma- Igazines, fora, and the Pruflan cannon, lii twenty four pounders, fix mortars, and feventeen howitzers, are in the poffeffion of the Swedes. Today we have here in Remplin forty huffats, and thus in a few days there will not be an enemy in the coun , ry. In Dem min, the Swedtfh advanced guard is more than two thoufand thong. The rice waggons from your city of Hamburgh, or perhaps from Lubeck, have been taken by the Swedes. Atmfeld's corps is tg,ooo Ilrong. The King will probably come himfelf with the great• reinforcements, which are every moment ex peded. • A frefh landing of Swedes took place yeller day at Stralfund. The army is to be above fifty thernfand men thong. You may rely upon my com- Municaticn. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 7. We have letters from Dantzic of the tR inflant.— They fiats the garrifon to be in high fpirits, and to have been recently flrengthened by four thoufand Ruffians and twelve hundred Colfacks. A partial engagement took place between the befieging army and the garrifon on the 29th ult. when the latter Inc ceeded in taking 520 prifoners, with a lots on their part of 127 killed and 68 wounded. The lots of the French in killed and wounded was ellimated at nearly 400. anion was the refult of a vigorous [ally, in which the enemy was completely furprifed. The writer of the account taw the alio:4 from the top of a cliurch. . _ HAMBURGH, APRIL 8. Rerday's accounts from Roftock state, that a fm l at nbips of Swedifh cavalry, of ,from fi fty to fiziy menootnnianded by Lieutenant Moore, unexpeaedly entereil•the town, by forcing the pallifadoes, on the night between Sunday and Monday, and on afrem bling the Magiftrates, declared his taking poffeffion of the town in the name of the King of Sweden and the Duke of Mecklenbargh, and that the town and its trade was free. This little corps pufhed afterwards further out of the town, and would have ventured to Schwe rin, had they not been prevented by a falfe account of about three thoufand Duteh troops being on their match- to the affiftance of that place. They left Roftbek after having made prifoners the (mall' gar rife% and taking two pieces of cannon from them, which the Commander raid he took merely in depot, to be given back at a future time, wion the old order of th ings thould again be re eflablifised. RLSOMIR, APRIL 9. By an arrival vvilerday, in Ave days from Dant zic, we have the fraisfailkory intelligence, that that city ia related fromits impending danger, by the feafonable arrival of four thoufand RufGans. The garrilon has again taken poffefflon of. the Fair Water, to w!hich the enemy had advanced. We are alined, from the fume (outer, that the Rut4an grand army. has been joined by upwards of tasty thoufand treat troops. A general battle was every day melted to occur. Th e , affairs of out ports and fkirmilhes have been very 'fiequent, and even fanguinary, from the strtth to th e end of Taft month. The Pruffians join the Ruffians in confiderable numbers ; but the former complain terly of the want of arms, which they anztoufly expea from England. The number of foldiers without arms is very great. BANES OF THE FLEE, APRIL t 3. In the night from the 6th to the 7th of this month the town of Roftock was furprifed by a Swedifb corp., who, condulted by a guide which it had taken at Stralfund, entered the laid town by a fluice, avoid. ing the gates ; this corps returned after having made prifoners the garrifon, confifting of from r:o to r3o Dutch troops, as well as the fecretary of the French Vice Conful M. Martenfen, and after taking off the fequeftration laid upon the Swedifit (hips which were to be fold the next day, as alfo that laid upon Eng ltfh merchandize. Another corps of about 200 Swedes in waggons advanced as far as the lake of Schwerin, and afterwards retired; the principAl corps of the Swedes appears to be direBcd towards Swot., a divifion of which entered Friedland on the 6111. It is confirmed that the communication betvrcen Pillau and Danzig is eftablithed by the Prifch-liaff ; on the 29th March a freth reinforcement of 4300 Ruffians arrived by fea at Dantzig.—eilkite dt Nord, April 14. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH ii. The Englifh fquadron has availed itfelf of a northerly wind to fail out of the channel. Whitethe Englifit Admiral was negotiating, the batteries yeti•' conftrueled under the diration of French officers all around our port. and mounted with upwards of 6io pieces of cannon. Within a few days the fcirteof the Dardanelles were all put in the molt tenablecon:t dition. Before three weeks (hall have elapfed, the Dardanelles will be in a Rate altogether impregnable like our port. In the canal the Englifh were (t ruc k with aftoniflament at the fight of the immenfe pope• lation of the coact. Their boats, which put off to fetch water and other provifions, were not able to land. They have therefore dune extremely well to (heir off with all poffible fpeed. The Grand Seignior has adopted the fame meafures in his dominions againft the Englifh and their goods, as the French Emperor. The feals have been put on the palace of the Engli(h Ambaffador, at well as on all Englifk warehoufes. All perfons not belonging to the mill. tary ate to be difarmed, and after this meafure mill have been carried into effea the (hops will he opened again.—Altuna Mercury. April 14. LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL so. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Confols, for money, 621—for May 634—Omnium pt. Exeheq Bills, par to ts. pr. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock as 4 India Bonds, as. ss. pr, 3 p. Ct. Red Ann. 64 62 Exch. Bills, par ts. pr. 3 per C. Conf. 62-U Omnium prcm. 4 per Cent. Om Sof Irith Otnn:urn 3,1 4 pr. s per Cent. Navy, 97 961 1 Lottery Tickets 1911814 Long. Ann. 17i; Confols for acc.6sit Since our lalk a Mail has arrived from Denmark, and another from Gottenbargh, by which we 'have received a variety of foreign ilurnals and private letters. All the accounts coming through Germany art .. ' in Rating, that the Britith fleet retired from Ccnesa tinople without effelting its objeel. There may, how. ever, be fomt fineffe in the circulation of fuch ru mours, for, even if a treaty was concluded between the Porte and Raffia before our !hips quitted that Ration, it mull to NAPOLILON be a matter of grec moment to prevent fuch an event from being circa lated on the Continent through the medium of the prefs. We wait with anxiety for accounts from ow Minifler or Admirals in that quarter. The Hamburgh Correffrondint of the I 4th, contain an official detail of the late events at Conflantinopk. This isin faa a French report, confining of fowler% columns, for which it is impqffible to find roan. It Rates " the inclination of the Turks to peace. The abufe made of this to require the re-infiatement of the Hofpodars, which, though refuted to Ruffia, was yielded on the threats of the Englifh ; the hopes of: the Porte to enjoy the peace Co purchafed till Generd Michelfon invaded Moldavia," (publifhing a Froth 'nation here inferted). In this Proclamation General M. declares, 4 4 Thit the entire violation of every article of the Treat! between Ruffia and the Porte renders this flep unne• ceffary That the Emperor defires no hoflilities wits Turkey; but wiffies, on the contrary, if poffible, to route Sultan Selim from the dangerous dclufion into which his Minifters, be ibed by Bonaparte, have throws him : That it is clearly Bonaparte's intention to lest his Army into the heart of Romelia; under pretence of proteition, but in reality to fubjugate the defence. lets Turk& Empire, and make himfelf Ethperor of the Eaft : That Alexander only defies, if poilible, to make the Porte comprehend, that a aria alliance with Ruffia and England can alone infure its fafcty againft Bonaparte's ambition," &c.—Nov. 10. The Report continues, "That the Turks in Idol• davia, &c. were forced to quit their houfes and fell their effects—That the Ottoman Empire was on the brink of ruin, but the viaories of the French had Caved it, becaufe General Ellin was forced to be re• called to Poland, fo that the Turks were able to flop Michelfon." Then follows the anfwer of Count ltaliniky, fist• sag his ignorance of the irruption of General Michel fon, and of the intentions of his Court. Then come the negociations of Mr. Arbuthnot, hit leaving Conftantinople, his note from on board the Endymion ; then the pairage of the Englith through the Dardanelles, the burning of fix Turkith 110 h which is called *crime of which none but the Ealifil