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Bulletin Ah. -13, Is dated JVarsctxv, rJan.'
\t I30r.
It states that Gen. C.orhincau had fol
lowed the Russians from Pulttisk, hud
reached O aroviel the first Janu irv, and
had picked up 400 Russian • -Idlers, s -
v eral officers, and many baggage wag
gons. 1 hat m trohals Soult, Ni.v.; rince
of Ponte Corvo (Bernadott< ) and Ik s
sitrres, were encamped on the little ri
ver Orcve; Duvoust and l.ani'sat Pul
tusk. 1 hat the Russians cominu'. d to
retreat; an d the emperor came back to '
'Warsaw the 2d. That prince Jcr< me j
had laid Breslaw in ashes, but the gat - ;
risen had not surrendered. That aPrus- !
siait ctfrps of eight thousand attempted
to raise the siege, but were defeated by
gen. Montbrun with a body of V> i. t . m
hergers and Bavarians, with the loss of
.OJ men, GOO norses, and a convoy of
provisions. It contains no other mili
tary operations.
Bulletin -1-3 /> dated Idarsaxv J an. V.
It states,tliat Bresl.t x had capitulated, j
• nd pi illee Jerome entered the place,
ft was going to besiege Brieg,Schweid
nit^., and Husel—that gen. Victor had
marched to he dr. ge C< lb . j and Dan
that gen. de ’/astrow had been ap
pointed Prussian minister of lbrei >;n af
airs—that the: French cavalry wore not
f ar from Koningsburg, and that the Rus
- ion arir.vwas continuing its movements
towards Grodno.
Bulletin 50 is date,! JVursrntf, 'far,. 13.
It mentions that the troops found se
veral Russians tick at Ostrolenkn, and
tnat the illness in the Russian camp iu
1 reused daily, and that the gan ison ol
iiresla.w (5,500 men) had defiled before
pi inde Jerome. A detailed account is
given of the affair between the Prussian
corps and that of the Wirtembcrg rs
and liavarians, mentioned In the 4«jth
bulletin—the rest ol the bulb tin relates
vo the progress of the Russians in Tur
key ; the preparations making in Turkey
'o n ist the u aggressions" of the P.us
.ar.s : and that A nstria and France are
equally int tested fas well as England)
n not seeing Moldavia, Waliachiu, Ser
vi i, viieec , Pnnelia, and Natolia, be
o.une the sport of the Muscovites.
Hull.in ol is dated U ursam, cf m' 14
It notices the ofiicial di-mat. h of gen!
riennmspsen to the king of P1Ussi;!i__
which it says was received with great
joy; lut which joy, on the receipt 0f 0
tiler accounts; was turned into grief; (
and the consequence of the latter was, 1
the determination to evacuate Konings
burg-that all the IVu i mi force ; tr\v n
did n >t exceed thirty-two thousand,
v.neot which were rithtli • king, others
. i various garrisons in Prussia and Si
U sir.. On the Una.-bun i dicial accounts
it states, that H.ixho.vdea was not at
dakow, ! Hennings.-n dal not say he
..Ur. j kut at Golvmhi,where he was beat
en. It defies lh nnuig n n to shew a sin
gle piece of French cannon taken, a sin
gh standard, or more than twelve or fif
teen stragglers taken; while the French
can hew (5000 prisoner., two standards,
v* hie h i. • Ic ft at Puhusk, an 1 30 >0
wounded, whom he abandoned in Iris
bight. 1 he I ml! elm admits the French
book care not to pursue him ; denies that
the grand duke of Derg or Davouxt was
opposed to him ; ami conclud s with a
number of remarks on the effect jf such
tidiculous relation: .
2 tt ■ rzv, Jan* 19.
And gives an account cl the operati
ons ot marshal iNlorticr in Prussia pro
per, and an atlair between adetachmi nt
‘lorn the Prussian garrison in Colburg
and a small cor] s of Morticu’s anmi in
’•'•Inch die latter tot : lour pieces ci cau
uoa mjd lOO prisoner* It utUU that
lirieg, in Silesia had surrendered ; th.it 1
Poland, rich in grain and provisions, j
abort Is a plentiful supply; that Varsaw j
.'-upplics 10- y-*00 rations tl.niv; that no i
disease exi ;t cl in the army; that no se- !
v uv lrosts had been experienced ; and i
di.u the emperor was daily upon parade, j
i e vie wing his troops, and particularly
the tmiscripts from Fiance.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 18.
A council ot the ministers was held
yesterday, anjd war was declared against
Russia. I he Lleinas have pronounced
it to he just ; the standard of the pro
phet has been hoisted \ all the countvv
is in motion. I’iie pachas of Komelia
have received orders to advance with j
tju ir troops towards the Danube ; ano- j
t’.er army advances from A.ia, and will
lollow the same direction ; tli i;rm,d
vizier will t he ill - command, tk mat h
with the holy standard. 21. Itaiir. ’ •
was to he sent to the seven towers ; tie
I‘ reach ambassador, far lrotn imitatiu;'
tire cotiduct cl that minister, was tli
first to advise the Porte to send ! >r '
hack honourably. Ten sail of the TiV--V 1
are couippinir, the prt ss ha. *. tkem \ lu , I
* i
and produced several sailors; the two
hi.gli u mij '.arc ttill before Constanti
no; .*• ; ill> riti. h minister does not ap
;- ir to have any instructions on so un
x pick'd a t ircumstance. It is the in
sulting pi < of gen. M ich ! on
which has cMit a throughout the em
pire this gem r d movement ; tin- Turks
say th t tlu}-would rather die lighting
scynu tar in band, under the banner of
tla. prophet, tlian uhmit to such out
rages. The patri ircli, a venerable man,
a ho porc c s-s the greatest influence,
and the prince . Callamacchi and Sttzza,
li.-.ve mad * Known to the Creeks, bv a
proclamation, the incalculable misfor.
f,*iii-s t! at wii! befal th m if they do not
shut their ear.-, to the p rlidious insinua
tion . of ili* Russian agents. Alternate
victims oi the Russian arms, of the arm ,
oi th Turks, and perhaps of any other
power, die country would he laid waste
for a century, llut the brave have not
Ce.is.d to exist in Europe; and they
'" id n t sutler the vast empire which
extern.., its confines to China, to reig:.
d io on the Bosphorus. The Turks mav
perhaps, be beaten, hut they will even
tually he conquerors—they have a pov -
en d ally. It is this on which we repose
our confidence : he will not permit that
til ir enemies should provoke them any
lowyr; hat the people whom he has al -
ready si veral times vanquished, should
destroy the* most ancient and most ne
cessary of his friends. Already lm
( amp is upon the Vistula ; already the
Rus.bans, which are in sight of our
troop sufficiently manifest the terror
which pervades them. Our enemies
will be confound, d, and our empire wrl
come out of this struggle & re-establish
itself upon its natural alliances.
[Paris Moniteur, Jan. 20.]
STRAI.SL Xi), Jan. li*.
I he T'rench general Mortier has a
g.ii'i taken possession ol Anclam, with
a corps ol 5000 foot and 1000 horse.
1 he i est ol his corps, which is in the
wliole estimated at 14000 men, occupy
the n ighhouring country ; it is said they
r mucli from want of provision.
In the duichy of Mecklenburgh remain
nl present hut very few French troops,
'no t < i them having mat ched to Pi us
•SK:* In the mean time the country is
treated in the most hostile manner ; in
the towns all sorts of goods are taken
a'y’V mi pretence of their being Kn
gl; h ; contrii mi -ns of every descrip
tion arc levied on the country.