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IN TE L L IG E NCE.
[From the Koningsberg Gazette of
March lG.j
Tran slation of the circumstantial report
oj his excellency the general in chief
B iron Von Benningsen, relative to the
battle of Prussian Eylau.
“ O n the 25th of Jan. (8th Feb.) I
broke up from Landsberg with my army,
which in various detachments made
from it, was only seventy thousand
strong. The French, which consisted
01 live corps ot Maishals Augereau,
Souk, Murat, 13 ivoust, and Mey, which
»n .lie evening was joined by Bemadotte,
consisted ol 90,000 men, followed me
clo, !y, skirmishing continually with
mv rear guard, which consisted of the
brigades of generals M ircoif, ii igavoust,
and Barclay de Tolly, und r the com
mand ol Prince Bagrathion.
[Here he gives a long, circumstantial,
an 1 seemingly impartial account ol the
battle, shewing the advantages and dis
advantages, advances, and retreats, that
took place during the time of this ardent
conflict, th : particulars of which w add
be too lengthy lor our columns, alter
which he concludes by saying :]
“This destructive battle commenced
on the 7tli at three o’clock in the after
noon, and ended the following day at
midnight. 1 he loss of the ene ny con
sists, by their own confession, i i 30,000
killed 12,000 wounded ; 2000 French
men have been made prisoners of war,
& 12 Eagles taken. Our loss amounts
to 12,000 killed, and 7,000 wounded j
fourteen French generals were killed or
wounded: nine ot our generals are
wounded, but most of them so slightly
that they have already joined the army,
to hear testimony to the signal and per
severing valour displayed by your Im
perial Majesty’s troops, and to assure
you that your army, while it has thus
acquired immortal glory has given an
other memorable proof of what a nation
may alchicve, which fights in defence
of its native country, and is ready to sa
crifice its blood and life for the attain
in' nt ol the noble purpose of an adored
monarch. In vain did Donapartc lavish
with the utmost profuseness all his vast
resources ; in vain did he incite the cou
rage of his soldiers, and in vain did he
sacrifice so great a part of his army.—
The gallantry and persevering valor of
th Russians withst »od all his efforts,
and wrested from him a victory long aat]
fievt rely contested.
“ Having remained master of the |
field of battle, I continued there that
night, and weighed the measures which
I should further have to pursue ; and I
have reason to congratulate myself on
the determination I took to march to
Koningsberg, I was there able to supply
my army with every thing it stood in
need of; after long and glorious exer
tions it found there relief and repose,
while the French army weakened and
dispirited, continued under arms. I
hoped by this retrogade movement to
induce the French army to follow me,
hut twelve regiments of horse only made
this attempt, under the command of
Marshal Murat, and were almost en
tirely destroyed near Mansfield. After
this fresh loss the enemy began to re
treat.
“ JOARON 15ENNINGSEN.
London, April 17.
Government this morning received
dispatches Irom America, which con
firm tlie account of the rejection of the
treaty with this countrv, by the Presi
dent and Senate of the United States.
Letters from Wallachia state that the
Turkish garrison of Raj ova Braila sur
ri ndered to the Russian troops after a
siege of eight days and a terrible bom
bardment: and that Giurgewo had been
ink n by th” Russians, by assault,at the
h ad ol 2 1,000 men. The garrison was
entirely cut to pieces, for the Russians
had express orders to give no quarter.
April 21.
rrial of Capt. Whitby, of the Leander.
A court martial assembled on board
the Gladiator, in Portsmouth harbour
on the 16th and lTth in3t. to enquire
into the conduct of capt. Whitby, late
of his majesty’s ship Leander, who by
order of capt. John P. Boresford, of his
majesty’s ship Cambrian, (about April
last) then commander in chief of his
majesty’s ships and vessels on the Ha
lifax station, was directed to cruize off
New-York, for the purpose of gaining
information ; and who, by a letter dated
the 6th of May last to capt. Bcresford,
representing that on the 25th of the pre
ceding month, several vessels were com
ing down from the lighthouse,near New
York, and, as they obstinately persisted
in not attending to the first shot fired
from the Leander, when closely pursu
ed, several of the said vessels were
boarded, and among the number that did
not bring to, was a coasting sloop, on
board of which it appeared, by various
letters and papers transmitted by capt.
Beresford to the admiralty, an Ameri
can seaman was unfortunately killed, by
a shot fired from the Leander, or from
some other of his majesty’s ships and
vessels then under the orders of capt.
Whitby ; the court having enquired in
to the conduct of capt. Whitbv, on a
charge of violating the neutrality of a
nation in amity with his majesty, and
having on the 25th of April last, within
the waters and jurisdiction of the United
States of America, unlawfully, and of
his malice afore-thought, caused a shot
to be fired from his majesty’s ship
Leander, whereby one John Pierce, a
citizen of America, was feloniously kill
eil and murdered ; and having heard the
evidence in support of the charge, and
captain Whitby in his defence ; and
having maturely considered the whole,
were of opinion that the charge had not
been proved, and did adjudge captain
Whitby—to be acquitted.
Vienna Court Gazette March 24. *
It was upon the 18th Feb. in the af
ternoon, while the Turks were celebra
ting the feast of the Grand Bayram, that
the English Admiral Duckworth, with
the Royal George of 110 guns; the
Windsor Castle, 110; the Canobus,
Adm. Louis ; and the Pompee, Adm.
Sir Sidney Smith, 84 guns each: the
Active, Standard, Repulse, and the
Thunderer, of 74 guns each; the Endy
mion, of 5o, three frigates and several
fire-ships and bomb vessels, penetrated •
through the Dardanelles, \mder the fa
vour of a strong southerly wind, not
withstanding the fire of the forts, and
almost without receiving any damage
from it.—The rest of their fleet remain*
eel oft' Cape Tenedos.—After having
attacked and destroyed the small squa
dron, which was at anchor at the en
trance oi the Canal, the fleet cast anchor,
on the evening of the 20th, within can
non shot of the Capital, between the
Seraglio and the Seven Towers. Mes
sages were Immediately sent off on both
sides. The negociation still continued,
although on the evening of the 27fh
there was a slight engagement with a
division of the Turkish gun-boats, which
were repulsed by the English, and either
burnt or driven ashore.
Frontiers of Italy, March 6. .
The greater part of the French troops
intended for the Turkish expedition
have been assembled since the 14th of
February, in the Venetian territory,