The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. yellers left the other side, that a great part of the Danish flotilla and transports had been destroyed by the English ships in the Belts; but of this we rather doubt, as oo official accounts have yet reached us. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 19.—8 y a report made by Rear-Ad miral Baron Cederstrom. Commander-in-Chief of the Suedislt Squadron, dated at sea, April 9, the said squadron put to sea on the 30th of last month, and stood for Bornholm, and afterward , I'm* Bogen, where it v‘as joined by the Swedish frigates Chap, man and Jarren'as, and the brig Dolphin. On the 4th of April the Jarremas frigate took a Danish mer chant ship ; and a Prussian vessel had been taken by the Chap :pan on the 9th of April. At the date of the report the squadron was cruizing near the lsle of Aloen. 111:t1 S. the Commandant prisoner—The fort is in the hest condition, and is the very inlet to Christiana, tow hieh place I me..o to pro ceed over Mangel-fjell, when 1 have :reared this position. " G. M. A itIfFELDT." Extract of a private letter from Gottenburgh, dated A vll3O. —" We hear that in the action near Giominen, Gun. ArinfelGt had Ilk General's Staff shot away.—Report i , ays, that tte hate taken the forts of lggle awl Ahlanger, with 500 prisoners." PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL ARVFELDT,ON ENTERYNO NORWAY. INHABITANTS OF NORWAY, The Danish Government has declared War against Sweden without any cause or provocation o,► her part, and has increased the calamities which atlected the North, and spontaneously sub tied to a foreign yoke. The Swedish troops, therefore, enter your country according to the laws of war, and in order to pre vent hostilities from being committed on their own country. But the laws of war are carried into execution only by soldiers. 'l'ht• principal inhabitants of the towns and country, if they excite no disturbances, shall enjoy trangluillity and protection. The Swedish Soldier, celebrated for order and discipline, re spects the personal safety and property of the unarmed ; and should Providence bless his Majesty's arms, the army under my command, so far from proving hurtful to your different trades, shall open your ports to commerce and importation, quicken your industry, and secure in the North an asylum for loyalty and honour. AUGUSTUS MAURICE ARNFCLDT. OFIPICIAr. REPORT FROM THE WENTERN ARMY IN SWEDEN. "Th• enemy, about 6000 men, including the garrison of Kong vinger, is driven beyond Clot/mum Here they hail intrenched themselves, and taken a very strung position, where they brave -ly opposed our attack for three hour-. This place was so strung, that had I known what force it contained, I would not have attacked it w ith PO Small a body of troops as 1 employed for the purpose. The chief Adjutant Baron Ankersvard and Major 3lard, of the Upland Regiment, stormed the first redoubt at tin looment,that the first divi•ion of Baron Cederstrum's column ap• cared on the opposite side to take the enemy in the rear. column had encountered most serious difficulties, having been marched over floating pieces of ice sawed asunder by the enemy, .and through very deep snow ; but Baron Ceder- •tr.m'i skill and intrepidity overcame all obstacles; and the very excellent conduct of Harem Ankcrsvard and Major HArt, derided the affair to the honour of your Majesty's troop.---Oor loss k not inconsiderable; however, it does tint exceed 100 men irt killed and wounded. We have taker atmut the same number, and three officers, prisoners, besides nu wrous armed peasants. Their loss in Lilted turd wounded must . have been very great, to judge froui those we see left on the field, and in the neighuouriog woods. By well concerted prepara tion' for retreat, which the situatioa of the fort made very easy, their cannon were carried off; but the stores and ammunition •vvaggons fell Into our hands. 1 shall not fail to lay before your 314,!,ty, as soon as•possible, a more circumstantial report ; hut vve are now all occupied in securing the advantages which this. victory has :.ffeeded " 11 v comrades have not only done their duty, but braved such difficulties of both nature, season, ancL arms, that I feel it my duty, without Loss of lime, to do them justice, and to lay at your Majesty's feet the first laurel gained by your Western Army, after having offered our humble and sincere thanks to the Lord of Hosts. " Serjeant Bhlund, who much distirKukhed himself in the af fair, and was slightly wounded, is the hearer of this report. " G. X. ARMFFLPT, Cummandrr in Cltie f of lrec ;rester:l Army. 46 Ilead-quarfrrs, l.ier upon Gluninien, April 19, " 6 P. S. Just as I was about to dispatch the courier, I heard ay nen had found a cannon mai has been deg out of the snow. this Manner they have left behind them two more. ' The report of Lieut.-Col. Laugerbring is just come in, with -. :count of his having taken the fort of BUckiera, ;tad wade ~'~ '-, - M I I =: =- 7 1••••- FINLAND. A ROM 4 R CH This day our formal entrance lion Abe took place, together with the act of taking possession of this ( . ‘raoll Duchy, in the name of our sublime Monarch. The Governer, the Dignitaries of the Church, the Deputies of the Nobility, the higher Public Functionaries, and the .Nlttnicipalit), at the ht•ad of the collected citizens, met us before the tow u , and received us w ith the most deeiletl marks of pleasure. Pr o% i,ious of every kind, according to the information just received, are here in great quantities ; and 200 cannon, as well as 9U pieces in Tangerhut, arc become our booty. Yesterday evening we re ceived intelligence of the capture of Biorneborg. The. remaiti of the Swedish army, commanded by General iv iingsper, v. hits have been thus far driven hack, have suffered much in the de fence of Biorneborg. They have lost a Colonel, 3 Stair-Officers, 9 Officers, S5O men, and the baggage, and have been forced to retreat to %Vasa, where, however, he will find he has heel flanked by the column of Gen. Tutscbkow, and he ss ill base consequently no other resource remaining shin to surrender, since the passage across the Gut ph of Bothnia into Sweden is iiopeded ny the floating ice: and in retreating by Borneo, along the un inhabited coast of East Bothnia, all his men must necessarily perish with hunger. " Sweaborg is still wanting to us. Should thie be taken also, the conqueror may then fairly undertake the capture of tar ; for there exists only two such fortresses, raised' by nature, which can resist the modern art of war." DENMARK. COPENUAGFN, APRII, 16.—We learn here, to day, that a regiment of infantry and a division of dragoons yesterday. suc cessfully crossed the Belt, in sixty transport vessels, and are landed in Zealand. Within a te►r da. - s, a report has been spread that our army in Norway has made an incursion lea) Sweden, driven back a corps of the enemy. and set fire to some of his magazines. To this it is added, that a considerable hody Of French troops are arrived, in Dutch vessels, in a harbour of Norway. GERMANY. VIENNA, MARC;? 30.—According to a publication which has been made in liungary, the line of Awn ian troops which been formed on the frontiers of Turke, begins at the vest, 0, %surds the limits of Turkish Croates, thence it extends along the Save and Danube, to Transvlvania ; it turns then toss ards the North, passing by Burkhurce, and joins the frontiers of Galla tin. As the extent which has been given to t hi. line demands au army more strong than that which has been hitherto devoted to this object, fresh rey intents have been sent to complete the force. General Duka is arrived at Bannat, and ha, establi.hed his head quarters at Temeswar. field Marshal llellegarde i, expected immediately. BA NKS F TIIE DA Nunn, A PRIL I.—The last accoimi% from Istria state, that General Martnout is marching to the coax tt its the greatest part of the French troops in Dalmatia; the moti%e of this moieuieut is yet 11)1k1101411. SUABIA. STUTGARD, APRIL I.—The last letters from Vienna assure. us, that the officers who are to form the Etat Major of the Au strian Army, collected on the frontiers of Turkey, have just bees definitively named by the Emperor, on the presentation of the Archduke Charles. The command iii chief 6 gisv9 to Field Marshal Bellegarde, the second to General l)uka, and the chief of the Etat-Major-Grneral to General Stuttenheini. N ttREMBER G, APK LB. Oar Gazette contains the follow ing article:—" Letters from some Officers in the corps of Gene ral Dasnust mention, that that corps tuts received orders to hold itself in readiness to match, as it will soon break up for Southern Russia. The army will assemble at A.:trawl s aud march tbrouth Volta for the Lan ludici;) • ; ; • 0 Mom ! ,