The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-28 00:00:00

FOREIG2V 'IIVTELLIGEN'OL VIENNA, MARCH 7.--M.leCotint De GostnzEN, de Camp of his Majesty the King of Prussia, has been here for some days. -They write from Hun gnT3i, that the Russians have renounced all enterptize against the hand of Lesir a . : • • . Our troops have arrested some :hundreds , of Ba mian troops, who, after the 'late affairs in Prussian Silesia, had passed the frontiers : a division of these troops has arrived at Kotnenberg, four leagues from hence, on the banks or the Danube. Our Court Gazette gives the following,news from Turkey-:—" Giurgevo continues to defend itself with the greatest obstinacy. On the s th of Fe brua6r .there was near Bucharest, on the left bank of the Danube,. a brisk skirmish between seven sqnadrens" of Russian Cavalry; who - had come out 'to reconnoitre, and a corps of 4000 Turks : the latter were ultimately obliged to retire, and the . Russians carriedsoveral.prisoners to Bucharest; but the said squadrons have suffered a little from the superiority 'of the Enemy ; and the Cernmander of the Free COrps of Arnauts, who was with the Russian `ad- Aranced guard i HADGI GEORGE, was left on the field battle," . BERLIN, 11 , 1ARcs 15.—Advices (says the Tele- graph) h ave been received from Osterocie, of the date of March in ; the Emperor was then there, as Were the Imperial" head-quarters. Nothing new had occurred with resped 'to . the Grand Army., 1 / 1 .7.1, MARCH 10.—AccDrdirig to private letters from S;lesia, the second Bavarian division has broken tip for the Army in Poland : the first still besieges 'Cosef, - the 'scrrender of which is soon expeCted.— The troops whieli have taken Schweidnitz still now be employed in the blockade of Neisse, the siege of Which is the mott'diffittilt, as the environs of that fortress may be laid 'under water. • .MIT4N, FEB. 28. - The Army in Friuli daily re ceives reinforcements, gnd will be augmented to 6 0,000 men. In the spring it will advance into a complete Dalmati a and Albania. There is inovv . _ cessation of arms in those provinoe34.. 'General MAR. zinwr cortarnands in Dalmatia, and has Us head- 'quarters at Spalatto ; General LAyaisTot/ cottamatids xn Albania, and has his head-quarters at Rag us a Which place is in .so good a state of defence, that it 'will be able , to standa tong siege. The - Russians and Montenegrins are at Cirtaro, and - remain inactive. Application has already been made 'to the Court of 'Vienna to grant a passage through the 'Austrian ter titory to the Army in Friuli. which will soon break up for Albania. ••Bars oz.truE Et.B2, MijtcH 19. —The Dantzic Gazette states, that on the 25. th of February the tIETTittAN PLATow took, near tieN;tadt, a great iantity of baggage., a tra ns po r t o f flour, as well as e French escort which accompanied it, and liberat ed 906 Russian Prisoners. Of the -30 battalions .organized in Prussia, 1 . 7 are already arrived at the Army of General LEstoCCI,; n the other hand, a considerable corps. has been ft fr o m th e A rm y o f General Esst&', which ft is said will be under the orders of General Tot.s- Toy, to reinforce the troops that are in Prussia.. According to the latest accounts, the Saxon covs, arrived at -Posen,. had not then set out for the Grand Army, and appeared ,tb have - another destination. The hopes which were founded on the height "of the public funds at Vienna, have again vanished ; but we are, notwithstanding, uninformed of any movements of . the troops from which we might presi,lttle that the -Court of Vienna will take part in . h ; War. I. . . tis said .that •ALqesty . the .Emperor of the r ench will immediately come to Berlin ; the head quarters will be removed to - Thorn, for the purpose ." facilitating the transporting of provisions. The siege of Stralsund 'is retarded for want of heavy artillery - the first transport of that artillery 'vas taken some time ago by a Prussian party, who . s Piked the guns and :threw them into the sea. The buke of 'BENEVENTO is expe:tei at Berlin with the Corps DiplOrnatique. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 13.- - The following Note, relative to the sudden departure of the English Ani bassaddr, hag been delivered to all the Foreign Mini. tters here. " Though there has been no coolness in the sincere relation of amity between the Sublime Porte and England ; and though the former, in an swer to some extraordinary' demands made by the Ettglish Ambassador a few days since, contented itself With declaring that it was at War with Russia, and at . Peace with England ; yet, while the • Porte flat tered itself that the said Ambassiidor, after due. consideration, would desist fin demands so very incompatible With the dignity of Nations and in dependent Powers, that Ambassador renewed those demands, in a Nbte which he gate in, and to which he required a written answer, and thee, with Ont signifying- his intended departure, or the cause of it being known, embarked suddenly bn board an English Frigate lying in the harbour, with his attendants, and some of the English merchants &me, and cutting ltis cable, sailed at midnight; his departure occa sioned a general surprise. In aThotewhidi he left behind him, and which was delivered to the Porte after he was gone, he as signs as the principal cause of complaint, the refusal IA a pass to a courier who he wished to send. But as be received no positive denial, this could not be the cause of his departure; and it Is well known to eve ry one, that nothing has taken plae•with respect to him or any other Englishman which could in the :least endanger their safety. " Though the interruption of the 'mission which the said Ambassador has occasioned by his unexpe6t ed departure, without having received an answer, requires explanation, the Sublime 'Porte will not de part from-the principles of integrity by which it is animated ; 'but as it cannot believe that the English Court can a6t in a manner contrary to the rules of v s tiCe, it ha s deli vere d to the care o f M . H ußscH, t h e vanish Charge - d'Affaires, and the procurator of the said AII I b assador ' all . the moveables and effeas which belong to the latter ; and will take proper measures for the protection and security of the English who remain in the Ottoman Empire; and that the ships bonging to them may receive 'no injury, orders have been issued to the officers of Government, that they shall ret4ain in the same state in which -they now are. " The Sublime Porte, to prove its adherence to that moderation 'and justice which has always been. t.i e rule of its -,condutA, and which it is determined' u; observe on this occasion, has caused the present 'official Mite kobe clelivereCtto all 'ilia ioreigilNfinii. ters, that they may transmit the same 'to their re spea ive Courts. . 1 ‘ Given the 25th of the month Zilkade, in 'the year of the Hejra, (Feb. 4, 1807)." ABSTRACT of The Operations of the Russian Army since its arrival in Old Prusa, up to the 19th (31st) jan. iSo7. The intelligence which I received from all sides, upon my entrance into this province, announced that I should find here two French corps, The one, com manded by Marshal NEY, occupied the position of the Alle, and extended its advanced posts to BiSchoffstein, Scebourg, and even as far as Rossel ; the other, under the orders of BEUNADOTTE, was pillaging Elbingen, and . made demonstrations of fall ing upon Konigsburgh. I began by causing all the detachtnents olcavalty of the corps of NEY, which were plantqd upon the right bank of the Alle; to be dispersed. We made many prisoners upon this oc casion : amongst others, a squadron of the 3d Hus sars,, and its Commander,' the Captain ST,' AUBAIN La BRUN , and two Officers, whom the Prince DE. mETtirus GALIZIN carried off in the village of Lang helm. " On the loth I -made dispositions. to attack the places situated upon the Alle, but the en6thy 'aban doned them; and I effected the passage of that river without the smallest obstacle. Marshal NEY fell back in disorder upon, Allenstein. continued to make demonstrations opposite to him, and bore with all our Ibrces towards,all the positions taken by Mar shal BERNADOTTE. " Upon the 12th General BARCLAY PE TOLLY sent a squadron of the regiment of Issoum FluSsrs to Passenheim, with about Go Cossacks. This de tachment found in that place two Squadrons of French cavalry, attacked and destroyed them en tirely, making prisoners 3g dragoons and the Cap tains- Ditavaux. and CACHELOT. The same day Gen. MARCOFF, with, the adVanced guard, sueprised at Lipstadt a detachment composed of three regi-. meats of cavalry, 'and some hundreds of foot. We ma d e 2 . 5 4 ) p r i sone rs, and It; Officers, among Whom was Lieut.-Colonel FABRE. Three hundred French were killed on the spot. The next day there was .2 more serious engage ment. Marshal BERNADOTTE hiving gained , genre of the approach of Rnssian Army, arrived with all his forces at Mohrungen, and established his heed-quarters, at than place, extending himself half <l . league before the town upon the road to Lip stadt. General MA.acort , attacked thiS body with farces too inferior to be able - to count upon success. He was repulsed ; but having been Ate, wards rein - forced by the dMsion of cavalry undec General AN- R trp, the. enemy thought:prgper to retire. In this very bloody at:flan, the French lost-more than woo men, and two standards. We had 7QO and wounded 4 but the most•serious Joss which we suf- . fered was that -df the brave Geu. ANREPP, who was killed by a sharp-shooter in a manner the most un fortunate : he is regretted by all the army. " While this adiir was taking.place before Mob zungen, Prince . MICHAEL DOL,GOILUUKY...I.T.rjth Ins re giment .of dragoons, marched against the rear of th e enemy.,,and arrived unobserved at the Ih4td-quarters, There he .carried off the equipage of the MOrShal (BERNADOTTE), his servants, his plate, ' soMe Ladies, and a considerable quantity of money, comprising the contrihutions levied upon Elbiagen ; besides which he made upwards of 400 prisoners. The number of these last increases every moment, and not a day passes. without the arrival of more than fifty of .them. Three French Generals are al ready in our power. Generals FOULTJZER and 'As- SgUR were taken by our troops ; the third, the Ge neral of Division, VICTOR, by the Prussian garrison of Colberg. After these different a6lions., which have all ter minated in favour of our army,. I have caused it to advante as far as this place ; and have taken a con_ centrated position in its environs- The right‘wing is supported by the Vistula. After seventeen unrernitted ttqrches, I thought it necessary to stop for a 111 0111elit; but to-morrow I shall advance again; and attack th e Corps of Marshal Nay, In the meanwhile I have succeeded in driving the enemy from this province, in covering Konigsburgh, and in throwing into a part of the French army a consternation arid disorder, the eticats of which are already very perceptible.• Such are the brilliant results to which our march towards Regal Prussia, and the perseverance and courage with which the troops of his Imperial Majesty have exe mired that fatiguing operation, have conducted us. The enemy, surprised in- his cantonments, vanquished in every affair, has retreated with a precipitation and a disorder which only too much denote the deplor able condition in which he finds himself. " It stilt remains for me to make tr iet iti on o r th e Prussion army which is under my orders, and to ren der it the justice which is due to it. Our successes seem to have eledrified it. It begins to recover it self a little ; and to get rid of that dejeCtion into which its Misfortunes had plunged it. -Among the rest, the Garrison of Dantzic has gained An advan tage over the Polish Insurgents, whom it attacked t near Dirschau, and beat, taking some cannon s , an d their military chest. (Signed) " Baron DE BENNIGSEN.. " Head-quartets, Mohrungen, 19- 31, (an. 1L7." FROM A PRUSSIAN NEWSPAPER. KomoSstraott, Fse. 10. L—The battle of the 7th and nth instant is. one of the most remarkable in his tory. - Bravery and resolution on both sides merit the esteem. of posferity. The talents of each Com- - =cider were reciprocally employed in endeavouring to master his adversary. Every thing was ,done which skill and address could perform, in order to render the battle important in its consequences ; yet, no battle was ever known at the same time so bloody on both sides, and yet of so little advantage to either. On the Bth, the armies fought with the utmost vi gour and perseverance : it was not till evening that the battle was decided, and the field supported against the enemy. 'The army was so exhausted by incessant exertion- for two days successively, and there was so entire'a want of provisions, that Lieut. General Vorr BENNINGSEN was deprived of the means of renewing the engagement on the following day. He resolved therefore to furnish himself with the first requisite---ammunition ; and, 83 the enemy had, on the preceding day, evinced the intention of attacking Konigsburgh with : his left wing - , he deem ed it prudent, on the oth i . to retreat with the right wing arm a towards clic town, in order to keep open we comMuniCation with it, se .inpor tint for the receilpt of supplies, 'against the `attacks of the , 1 064 ring-parties of the enemy. The :right wing'f.`;?tt- french - army withdrew on the evening .after the engag6nient, ten leitgnes (rota the field of battle. The left wing kept its position, and thus atforded the remaining troops time to coiled them- • selves. . FEB. 14.—At thi Instant the following intelli gence is just arrived from Prince BAGRATHION, to Lieut.-Geoeral Vox 134tsTi:INGSEN :--" The French proposed to turn, to-day, the left wing of our posi tion, and had already pushed forward the avant garde as far as Guttenfield ; but here they met with so good a reception from the Hetman PLATOW, and Prince BAGRATRION , , that inn men were taken pri soners. The Russian posts are now advanced again into the neighbourhood of Friedrichs-stein." 'BIELA, FEB. 16.—Our - troops which -had been • . captured at Liebstadt have been fortunately rescded. Major V. SCHACHTMEYER sent to the Russian Gen. LEWOFF, who commanded in the neighbourhood of Ortelsburgh, requiring reinforcements. The Gene ral sent, on the t tth of February, a squadron Of Dragoons. It met the column behind Ortelsburgh, rescued our troops, and took the escort prisoners.— To-day they arrived again in Johannesburgh . , and Major V. SCUACHTMEYER arrived yesterday. KONIGSBURGII; FEB, 2 .—The column of Russian prisoners that were liberated in the neighbourhood of Willenberg, by a squadron of Russian dragoons, were to have been conveyed from Thorn to Strius burgh. When these men. were first taken, they were stripped by the French of the best they had, and at . length the Russian Officers were even com pelled to pull off their boots and give them to the French. But what can be expected, when even their Generals encourage this conduit ? When the Prussian Lieutenant TutwmAtc, complained to Mar shal NEY that his soldiers bad cut the buttons off his coat--1e told him he might think himself happy they did not take coat and all. These prisoners were also several days without bread, Were grossly abused, and s'abje&ed to ill usage of all kinds. Several of the poor fellows, • unable through fatigue to keep up with the French, were put to death twenty-two I Russians, and two Prussian fusileers were murdered in this manner by the troops that escorted them. On the other hand,' the concha& of the,Russians, every where crit.'d down by the French for their cruelty, has been in most cases uncommonly humane, and generous. - FEB. 522.--The corps of General SIDNIORATZ has effeCted a juncliOn with General BENNING,SEN'S Army : he brought with - him abdut 1400 Prussian and some, Russim prisoners, as well as the g or 300 rrench by whom they were guarded. BONAPARTE'S retreat has ail the precipitation of a flight ; and it is alone owing to the speed' of the Cossack horSes that so many prisoners are daily made. Within these, three clays ,to prisoners, several Officers, and a quantity of waggons and fbrage, have been brought in. At the sight of ttie Russians, detachments of French, exhausted by fatigue and faMine, throw down their arms. The Russian advanced guard is already pt Leibstadt. The main Army is advancing towards the 'Vistula, and ina short time it Will be seen on the other side of that river. - FEIWEJANY 23.—Prussian Eylau has suffered all, the, horrors of war within a short period. It • was Stormed three times successively by the Russians, and the - French driven out. - After the battle, this unfortunate place, was repeatedly plundered by the French, and even the Emperor's own residence, where he had his head-quarters, did not escape, and the greatest disorders were commit tea in his presence, whilst he either could or would not put a stop to it. His host, a poor man, coming to complain of the hard fate of hiMself and his neighbours, received a present of no more than 12 Frederi6s d'or. The skirmishes which preceded the retreat of the French army, and the frequent flags of truce sent in by them, gave sufficient indications of their design. In all these skirmishes the bravery of our troops de serves notice,, and only tended to establish the supe i-iority of our light troops over those of the enemy. We gained considerable advantages on the 14th at ,Borchersdorf, and on the 15th, at Mansf e ld: and on the it 6th also, when the enemy sustained consider able loss, we obtained great advantages. 25.—The yursuit of the enemy affords bril liant opportunities for our troops ,alrhost every day. On the 2 I st, the Hetman Pekrow entered Lieb stadt with the advanced guard, where he took a large quantity of baggage from the enemy, macre several prisoflers, and set ue Russians at liberty. On the same day. Gen. Las'rocca attacked Hells burgh with two battalions of Grenadiers, where two of the enemy's regiments attempted to defend the place, which was stormed, and the latter driven out with'considerable loss. • Oa the 22d Major ARN/M; with a detachment of cavalry, attacked the town of Bischotfi(ein, drove out the enemy, and made several prisoners. He meant at the same time to extend his attack to See burg, in order to force the enemy to give up the horses he had colleted. • -General PLoss's advanced posts fell in with More oF the enemy's troops in the _ neighbourhood of iiraunsburgh in several nations with them, he made a number ofBENNADOTTE's corps prisoners. According to some accounts, the neighbourhood of Dantzic is entirely cleared. Near Dirschau, there .. • . • has been a smart action between some of the insur gents and the garrison of Dantzic, in which the latter were totally defeated. - Since Sunday 3000 French cavalry have, entered Eibing, and yesterday 2000 infantry were expeated. FEB. 26.—0 n the 24th the head-quarters of Gen. BBNNIGSEN were again removed from this city. On the first ,day .they were transferred to Creusburgh, and yesterday they were at Zinten ; they are follow ing the same with the army which is in pursuit of the enemy. Our general thanks are due to this most estimable Qfficer, to whose indefatigable activity, under very discouraging circumstances, we owe the preservation dour city. Au army which has fought so many bloody battles, and was every day expeEtilig another, considering the physical privations it has undergone, the night-guards it has maintained at this severe season of the year, has acquired no common fame : and if, in spite of all the exertions of its leader, it has not obtained all the ends proposed, the substantial advantages which he has procured tor us cannot easily be forgotten.— Our prayers and good wishes will attend him every where. IVIENEL, FEB. 18.—The enemy is retiring in all , . . . Aiietions, and is pursued by our light troops. our : intelligence, and deserters likewise, confirm the account of the enemy's retreat. According to the latter, thewant of provisions, in cOnjundion with the ithpresslOn made upon them by the loss of the ba!tle; • has had a very serious effect upon the minds of the. French 'army. ,They desert in parties of forty or fifty at a time. NAPOLEON has used every en, gine in his power to deceive them as to the issue of the battle of Eylau. Their loss, according to their own account, Was 80,000 men, and ,8000 horses. Thi's is what they now freely confess to each other; and this increases their deje&ion. DANTZIC, MARCH v.—Various accounts which have beefi received agree that the dissatisfa6tiori which prevails in the French army has become ge neral, and has risen to such a pitch, that even the Officers loudly complain of their situation, openly saying, that they are everlastingly deceived with the vain .hopes of a peace. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM THE BARKS OF THE ELBE, MARCH " The day before yesterday, it being St. Joseph's Day, Marshal BRUNE gave a dinner of 60 covers, in honour of her Majesty, the Empress and Qeeen JOSEPHINE; and this morning he set out for Lubeck, from whence he ,will go to •Bremen, in ,order to visit those two cities. •It is whispered, however, by some, that the Marshal is, ;n fa&, not to return, but purposes to join the Army iq Poland. " The report that the French head-quarters were at Thorn is not yet confirmed. Intelligence is every day expe6ied ofa fresh battle ; but it appears not to have. taken place on the 13th, as intelligence has reached us from Thorn of that date, which does not mention any thing of the kind. " The propositions for an Armistice have been unsuccessful. " In Bohemia the troops, it seems, are in motion ; but hitherto there. , has been no declaration on the part of the Court of Vienna. We remain here, in the same state of suspense and ta i ncertainty in which we have been for so long a time. The French Papers continue to claim the vietory; and dwell with ostentation on petty advan tages, from which it is certain that they have no great vidories to boast of. It is beyond a doubt, nay, they confess it themselves, that they have met with an opposition they did not expect, and for which they had made no prepara lon. Hence their perilous situation.; but betwixt such a check as they have received, and the total defeat which the too jealous friends of the Allies still assert the French have suite-red, the difference is.great ; unless, in deed, we give credit to the unauthenficated reports which are daily repeated, and with the more confi- • deuce as they become more improbable. • " Of idle tales there is no end ; yet, there is one which I 'must mention, because it is repeated from so Many quarters, It is founded, or rather stands in connestion with a kno,Nn faa, that some time since a carriage passed t hrougll IVlagdeburgh,accompanied by 50 Cavalry and a large body of Gens d'Armes. The window blinds were up, and great precaution was taken that no one should know who was withhi.• Hence a variety.- of surmises, but they seem to have given, way to the report that BER.. NADOTTE was the Prisoner. It is said that he had a violent quarrel with BONAPARTE, in consequence of reproaches made him for not advancing again in the attack at Eylau. In this quarrel, his -impetu osity carried him beyond the line of military su bordination,; and he is transported into France. bOther Editions of the tale speak of his having tired at the Emperor, &c.; but this is enough to show you that newsmongers are alike on the Continent and at home. " There are, however, other faCts of less dubita ble authority. Even .the wannest friends of Russia speak with horror of the furious rage manifested by the Cossacks against the French. This has given rise to scenes of the most shocking description. At the battle of.Eylau, in order to countera& this dis position,' a ducat was promised by . the Generals for 'every live Frenchman . who should be b roug ht • within the lines. This saved the lives of some, but caused the destru&iou ,of others under • horrid tor tures ; for, impatient to gain the golden prize, the conquerors seized the wounded, flung them across 'horses as calves are put on a butcher's jade, sometimes even tied them together, and so galloped to their own quarters, in order to return and bring fresh prisoners;. of course it . not (infrequently happened that many a wretch died before 'he could be brought in. " At Koniasburgh, 'a great number of French and. :Russians wet:brought into an licpital wounded. In i heir feeble state, it was not deemed necessary to se parate them; bat one night, when the attendants were away, the Russians, .Whose Wound's were less severe, crawled •out of their beds, and with - suchim-• • plements as they could.find, massacred eve) , one of the French who were lying in the hospi-tii. The pain they themselves suffered did but r, , use tbew to yen. geance and this is their characteristic. A fiiend, who has s been repeatedly pre, en t i n engagements with the cossacks says, that they cannot endure pain, and when wounded . .utter the most horrid shrieks ; but at the same time they continue &) fig ht with fury." A worthy Cit, who is remarkable for drawing con clusions in his conversation, hearing a friend remark that the great interest of the present State Lottery attached to the four first day's drawing, replied,, " of course. Adventurers ought to be early pur .chasers—or, of course, they will lose their most in teresting chances of gain."—" Sir," cried a wit in company, "you are a very consequential gentleman." " That of course does not filllow," answered the cit, " but it follows of coui se, from the interest stated, that the four first day's drawing are of very great consequence." SHOCKING AOCIDENT.—On Sunday evening Mr. Hobbes, of Long-lane, Smithfield, un his retura from attending Divine Service, round his wife burnt to death. She had tor some time laboured '_-ticler a paralytic affeCtion-, but was supposed to be consider ably better, and in the morning had attended a place of worship. The immediate cause of the accident cannot be ascertained, not it is supp)sed that, while reading, the flame of the - candle comtnunicated to her, garments. 2:':C_ Ply- ,LS, last rive reYb !en, ty's hip earl f i tU,V .3 1 's Vik Dy, In, )5, u, ;tit 1-:(1 rti n•,