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nwcri [RECEIVED LATE LAST. IVIGITT.I THE WAR IN THE NORTH. • Paris, July 14. FOURTH pULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. " Wir-NA, JUN& 30.—0 n the 27th the Em leror arrived at the advanced posts two hours be fore raid-day, and put the army in motion, With a view to approach %Vilna; and attack on the 28th, at break of day, the Russian army, if they ven tured to defend the place, or to retard the cap ture, in order to save immense magazines they had collected there. ..A division of Russians occu- P i edTroki, and another was posted on,the heights te f . Waka. ` 'Ou the 28th, at day-break, the King of I\ '°l 3l -es began to move with the advanced guard, an d the light horse of General Count BruYeres.- 7 - ` rue Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl suppciited him With his divisions. The Russians fell back on all (lltarters. After an exchange of some cannon shot, they.re-crossed the Vilia in great baste, burned t he wooden bridge of Mina, and set fire to im 'nt'Ase magazines, valued at many millions of r "bies. About 150 quintals of corn., an immense quantity of forage and oats, and numerous suits ofregiruentals were burned. A great quantity of , ur n:ls''' of which the Russians in general are in w ant, and also of warlike stores, were either de stroyed or thrown into the Vilia. At noon, .the tiuperor ;entered Wiina. In the space 'of three 12111 1's the bridge was restored. All the carpenter's °i t he city were assidirously employed upon it ; at the same time that the lightermen were erecting another. The division of: Bruyeres pursued the 4e 'r'Y upon the . left bank.: In a slight skirmish Of the rear guards, fifty carriages were taken from the Russians. We had some men killed and. wmind q, and among the latter, Jegur, Captain of Has tars. The Polish light horse made a charge upon ~t lle enem y ,_ on t h e ri g h t o f the Vilia, put them to ptirsued them, and took a considerable to aloee of Cossacks prisoners. `` On the 25th, the Duke of Reggio passed the ili a upon a bridge thrown over it near to ' c 'wno. On the 26th he marched to Javoa, and the 27th to Chatoui. This'movement obliged th e Prince of Oittgenstein, Commander of the Ist (liv . • islon of the Russian army, to evacuate the It 'hole of Tamogitie, and the country situate be-, I ‘ v ixt Kowno an d the sea, and to fall back upon \ 4filkornir, being reinforced at the same time by ttpo regiments of guards. `` A rencontre took place on the 28th. The Alarshal Duke of Reggio found the enemy in order battle' over' against Deviltovo. A cannonade t o • °k place ; the enemy were driven from post to P c 'st, and re-crossed the bridge with such preci ljitation, that they were unable to burn it. They ' 4l 300 taken prisoners, among whom were se ei•al officers—and 100 killed or wounded. Our loss amounted to 50 men.—The Duke of Reggio Dra4es the brigade of light horse commanded by •e rieral Baron Caster, and the 2d regiment of 1(4,1- tit • '„ Intantry, composed entirely of Frenchmen fr Qin beyond the Alps. The - young Roman con fer. Ipts displayed mtueh intrepidity. "The enemy !et fire to their great magazine at Wilkomir. The °habitants plundered some casks of corn, of which 4 Part has been recovered. i ` On the 29th, the Duke of Elchingen threw abri dge over the Vilia, opposite Souderva. Some [)141111 13 - rvere ordered to march in the direction flf Grodno and, Wolhyiiir, in order to meet and 4tt ack the different, corps. of Russians . that were Ili Versed in that vicinity. `` Wilna.is a city containing from 25 to 30,000 t ha bitants, having a great number of convents, k, l : houses, and a population full of patriotism.— lir or five hundred of the young men belonging to the University, upwards of ISYears of age, and u e i t , °llging to the best familie s ,. have requested to e form e d into a regiment. `` The enemy falls back upon the Dwina ; a g r eat numbe r o f Offi cers o f th e St a ff, an d cou r iers al l every Moment into our hands. We have Pr o °A of the exaggerations " which Russia has pal 'llsned about the extent of her resources. Two battalions only out of a 'regiment arc with the k thi ; the third battalion, statements of whose ti ° l ldition h ave b e e n i n t ercep t e d, 'i n t h e corresppn e4ee of -the Officers of Are depots with the regi -: 2 e4 ts, amount, for the mos t p ar t, on ly t o ).Mi or n ye! uteri. The Court departed' from Wilna twenty kllv'boUrs atterhaving heard of our passage at 0 no• Tamogitie and Lithuania are. almost L i _ °ll y evacuated. Bagration haying concentKated forces towards the North, has much weakened t roops li that were to have defended Wolhynia. Ti3L'ing of Westphalia, with the corps of Prince along with the 7th and Bth, was to' Grodno on th e 29th. Diff eren t C o l umns I ke been dispatched to- a tt ac k B agra ti on ' s t roops fl a nk, who received orders on the 20th, to ad -•et 11,7 , thia'vihase 'Van haA Within tank -Ai 7i s iithrch of that city, but Whom the events that lia (1 taken place ,forced to fall back, and, of whom. We are now in pursuit. " Hitherto the campaign has not been bloody, consisting chiefly of manceuvres, by which we have made one thousand prisoners. • But the ene my has lost the capital, and the greater part of the 'Polish provinces, which are in a state of insurrec tion. • The whole of the magazines of the first, the second, and the third lines, collected, by two years of care, and valued at more than twenty millions of rubles, have either been consumed by the flalnes, or fallen into our hands. 'ln a word, the Head=quarters of the French arc in a place ,where, six weeks agd, the Court resided. " Among a great number of intercepted 'letters, the two following deserve notice. One is from the Intendant* of the Russian army, who ap prises his correspondent, that the Russians hav ing already lost all the magazines, of the first, the second, and the third lines, arc forced to form new ones with all possible expedition. .The othey is from Duke Alexander of Wurtemburgh, who states, that, after a campaign of a few days, all the central provinces have been declared in a state of war. - In the present state of affairs, had the Russian army imagined they bad.any chance of victory, the defence of Wilna was worth a'hattle; and in every country, especially in that where we are at present, the preservation of a triple line of magazines would have induced a General to run the risk. Manceuvres alone have put into the power of the French' army a .considerable part of the Polish provinces, the capital, and three lines of magazines. Those at Wilna were set, on fire with such precipitation, that not many articles were saved from the conflagration." REPORT OF THE INTENDANT G E NERAL LABIJ, TO THE MINISTER OF WAR AT VILNA " .I have the honour of receiving this instant your Ekcellency's letter, under the Number 279, dated the 12th, (24th) of this month, in which your Excellency' communicates to me the will of his Imperial Majesty, for the speedy establish-. ment of Magazines at Vitepsk, Ostrow, Welski, Louki, and Pskoff.—l have already dispatched to Vitepsk the Courier Stophanoff, who,carried me the order. lam aboUt to take all the necessary measures, in order to its complete execution, and I shall have the hon Our of giving you an account. of the steps I shall take to accomplish the orders of his Majesty, relating to the establishment of these niaganines. (Signed) The Intendant General LABU. " Dirpa, 14 (26th) June, 1812, An hour after midnight." REPORT OP THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF WHITE RUSSIA, TO HIS , MAJESTY THE EMPEROR, AT VILNA. " I have the honour of receiving to-day the Ukase of your. Imperial Majesty, dated the 12th . (24th) of 'this month, by which you are pleased to declare in a state of war the Governments of White Russia, of Witchsli, and of Mohiloif. I am olcdpied in taking the proper steps to put this or order in execution. The Governor of White Russia, ( Signed) Duke ALEXANDER WIRTEMBERG." FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. " WILNA, JULY 6.—The Russian Army was posted and organized in the following manner at the commencement of hostilities :-- - " The first corps, commanded by the Prince Wittgenstein, consisting of the sth and 14th divisions of infantry, and one division of cavalry, amounting; in the whole, to 18,000 men, includ ing artillery and sappers, had bc ) en a considerable time at Chawli. It had since occupiedlßossiena, and was, on the 24th of June, at Reydanoui. The second corps, commanded by General Baggawont, consisting of the 4th and 17th divi sions . of infantry, and one division of cavalry, con stituting the same force, occupied KQWII.O. " The third corps, commanded by General Schomoaloff, coMposed of the Ist division of gre nadiers; of one divisioi of infantry, and a division at cavalry, amounting to ; 24,000. men, occupied Nov-Trockl. " The 4th corps, commanded by Gen. Tutsch koff, composed of the' 11th and `.241 divisions Of. infantry, and one division of cavalry, in the whole, 18,000 men, was stationed on the line from NON.- Trocki to Lida. (' The Imperial Guards were at Wilna. "The sixth corps, cbmniandecl by General Doc torow, consisting of two divisions of infantry, and one of cavalry, amounting to 18,000 men, had formed a part of army of Prince Ilagration. In the middle of June, this corps arrived at Lida 117-11_ • • • ... 7 • i! 'army.. It lay 'at end-of June between Lida and .Grodnh. The fifth corps, composed of The second di divkion of grenadiers, of the 12th, 18th, and•2Gth divisions of infantry, and two divisiOns'of cavalry, was on the 30th Wofkowisk. Prince Bagration commanded this corps, which might probably amount to 40,000 men. " Lastly, the 9th and 15th divisitins of infantry, and a division of cavalry, counna.nded. by General Markow, was at the extremity of Volliinia. . " The passage of the Vilia, which took place on the 25th June, and the movement of the Duke of Reggio upon janow, and towards 'Cliatoui, obliged the corps of Wittgenstein to proceed to wards Wilkomir and on its left ; amid the corps of Baggawont to make for Dunabourg by Mooch nicki and Gedroitse. These two corps were thus cut off from Vilna. " The third and fourth corps, and Russian Impe rial Guards, retired from \Vilna upon NementSch Swentzianoui, and Vidzoni. • Tile King of Naples pressed them vigorously along both banks. of the Vilia. The 10th regiment of Polish hussars, which were at the head of the column of the division of Count Sebastiani, came up near'Lebowo, with a regiment of cossacks of the party which covered the rear-guard, 'and charged at full gallop, killed nine, and made about a dozen priSoners. The Polish troops, which up to this moment have en gaged in a charge, have shown rare resolution.— They are animated by enthusiasm and passion. " On the 3d of July the King of Naples march - ed upon Swentziani, and there overtook Baron Tolly's rear-guard. • He gave orders. to General Montbrun to charge, but the Russians did not wait the attack, : and retired with such. precipita tion, that a squadron of Huhlans, which was ,re turning from a ieconnoisance on the side of Mi hailetki, fell in with our out -posts. It was charg ed by 'the Oth Chasseurs, and the whole either taken or s4in. Sixty men were taken with their horSes. ' The Poles, who are amongst these pri soners, have applied to serve, and havebeen taken, full mounted, into the Polish troops. " Oh the 4th, at day-break, the King of Na "pies entered Swentziani, the Marshal Duke of El chingen entered Maliatoni, and Marshal Duke of Reggio, Avanta. " On the 30th of June, Marshal the Duke of Tarcnturn arrived at Rossiena ; he proceeded be yond that to Ponevieji,' t Chawli, and Tesch. " The immense magazines which the Russians had in Bamogitia have been burned by themselves, which has occasioned an enormous loss, not only to their finances, but still more to the subsistence ?f the. people. " The corps of Doctorow, however, viz. the 6th corps, was till on the 27th of June vvithout any orders, and had made no movement. On the 28th it assembled and put itself in motion, in or der to proceed to the Dwina by marching on its. flank. On the 30th its advanced guard entered Soleinicki. It was charged by'the light cavalry of General Baron Borde. Soult had driven out of the village. Doctorow, perceiving that he was anticipated, turned to the right, and made for Ochmiana. cieneral Baron Pajol arrived at that place with his light cavalry, at the moment when Doctorow's vanguard entered it, General Pajol charged. The enemy was sabred and overthrown in the town he, ost 60 men killed, and 18 pri soners. General Pajol had five men killed, and some wounded. This charge . was made by the 9th regiment of Polish lancers. " General Doctorow, seeing his route inter cepted, fell back upon Olchanoni: Marshal the Prince of Eckthuhl, with a division of infantry, the Cuirassiers of the division of 'Count de Va- . lente; and the second, regiment of. light cavalry of the guard, moved upon Ochtniana, in - order to support General Pajol. • The corps of Doctorow, thus. cut off and driven towards the South, continued to prosecute the movement on the right' by forced, marches, With the sacrifice of its baggage. Upon Smbrog honi, DanoWchoff, and Ro.bouilncki,' whence be made for the Dwina, This movement bad been foreseen. General NansOutty, with a division of curassiers, the division of light cavalry of Count Bruyere, and Count Morand's division of infan try advanced tb Mikailitchki, .with. a view to cut off this corps. lie arrived on the 3d at SWin, at the tithe when it passed that place, and pushed it briskly. IJe took a large number of waggons, and obliged the enemy to abandon some hundreds of baggage-carts. , " The uncertainty, the anxiety, the marcheN, and Counter-marches which .these troops had en - dared, the fatigues which they_ had undergone, must have made them. suffer severely. Torrents of rain fell during thirty-six hours, without intermission. The weather has suddenly changed from etreme beat to very severe cold.— effects of this 5uct , .4.1.1i &am:akin.. Canvors Of tillery have been AO2pe:i by he mud. This teliiiale storm, which ha's fatigued both Men and beasts, has unavoidably retarded our march ; and the corps of Doctorow, which cessively fell in with the colt:inns of General Borde, So'ilt, Of fleneral Pajol, and General Nan:- sOuty, has narrowly . escaped destruction. Prince Bagration, With the sth corps station ed more in the rear, marches towards the Dwint. He set Out an the 30th of June from Wolkowitsk to Minsk.- " the King of Westphalia entered Grodno the same da‘y. The division Dortibi-owski passed it first, The Fletman Plat6w ryas still at Grodrio with his Cossaeks. When charged by the light cavalry of Prince PoniatoWSkie the Cossacks were dispersed in every direction. • Twenty Were killed and si.gtLy made prisoners. At Grodno were fx;rid 'materials for 100,000 rations of bread and knilt remains of the magazine. " It had been foreseen, that Bigr ttion wonla have fallen back upon the 111 0, .vina, by dra*ing as near as' possible toDunaboiwg and the General of DiviSion, Count 'Grouchy, had been scut to BogdanOw., He was on the 3d at Trabini. Mar shal-the Prinee of Eck mal, reinforced by two di visions, was on the 4th at WichrieW, . If the Prince Poniatowski had vigorously pressed the rear=guard of the corps of Bagration, that corps Would hav46 been. endangered. " All . the enemy's corps are in a state of the greatest uncertainty. The lletman PlatoW was still ignorant on the 30th of Julze, that \Vilna had been two days in the possession of the French.-- lie took the direction towards that city, as far as Lida, at which place he changed his route, and' moved towards the South. " The sun during the whole of theqth re-esta blished the roads. Every thing is now organiz ing at Wilna. The suburbs have suffered by the vast crowds of people that rushed into them during the Continuance of the tempest. Thefe was a Russian apparatus there for 60,000 rations. Another has been established for an equal number of rations. Magazines are forming. The head of the convoys arrives at Kowno by. the Niemen; Twenty thousand quintals of flour, and 'a million rations . of biscuit, - have just arrived here front Dantzie. RUPTURE OF THE TREATY rntvt . F,EN THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. LAYBACH, JULY 2.—A Courier from Constaw. tinople has brought news of great importance. On the 25th of Mayis - at the moment they expect= ed the rene..val of hostilities, the Turkish and Russian Ministers had signed the Preliminaries of Peace at Bucharest; and by the conditions of that inconceivable treaty ; the limits of the two Em pires are to be the Pruth. The Porte cedes to Russia a considerable part of , Moldavia and Bes- Sarabia. Couriers from Bucharest conveyed this news to Constantinople. Prince Italinski was or dered immediately to proceed to that capital; with ...a numerous retinue; at the Russians, to induce the Sublime Porte more readily to ratify the Pre liminaries, ordered a retrograde movement of their troops, which had previously received orders to advance on the North. The news of the Preli minaries was known on the. 6th of June at Con stantinople, and it produced a strong sensation.— The Divan was assembled, and it appeared that a majority of the Members, gained over by England ; gave their opinion, that the Grand Seignor should. ratify the ,Preliminarie, but he maintained the character . which he has manifested since he mounted the throne; and did not hesitate to reject the conditions whiCh stipulated the giving up of a part of the Ottoman territory. 'Not only the partizans of peace have been removed from the Divan, hut her Mufti bas.been deposed. Numer= ous executions' have taken place in the night. Se veral additional persons have been strangled ; others,iwho had expressed their joy at hearing the, news of the Treaty, were thrown into the Bos phorus ; .and orders have been given to continue the preparations for war with all possible activity. In consequence of the measures which have been taken, news from Constantinople may now reach Paris in twenty-three days. TRIESTE; JULY 2.—We have already announced the refusal of the Grand Seignor to ratify the treaty concluded at BuCharest. Farth er d e t a il s confirm this importaqintelligence. ,Numerous exc cutions took place dttring the night after the Grand Seignor adopted this resolution,: worthy of the,firm character he has displayed since he-mounted the t hroue. Several seditious personS were strangled, others well: thrown into the sea; and every thing announces that the war against Russia will be pro secuted with renewed vigour. It appears that the . Treaty of Alliance between France and Austtiet which guarantees the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, was known at Constantinople. This • news must have elevated the hopes of all true Mussulmen, and inspired them with a fresh de gree. of energy.' The Mufti was deposed, and that event has most strikingly proved the vigour of character and wisdom of the Grand SeigLior. It it; well known Avhat influence the Mufti e,:cler ciSes over the Turks, and particularly over the Rehlemas. In supporting the Anglo-Russian party, he evidently betrayed the interests of his Sovereign. By the decisive measure of deposing him, the Grand Seignor has rid himself of a powerful oh , - stacle, and it will now be easy to ,unite a ll m i n d s in a war so just as that excited by the ambition of Russia, ,and the avarice of England. General Count Andreossi is on his way to the Sublime Porte,, whither he will arrive in the course of the month of July. Sir, Robert Liston, the English Ambassador, is also on his way to Constantinople.. How much he will be disappointed on his arrival may be easily judged. Jt may be recollected he was mistified in the United States. His mis sion to Constantinople does not promise a men