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Intelligence.
An expedition against the Spanish
dominions in South-America, has sailed
from Portsmouth.
Monte Viedo, it is stated, has surren
dered to the British.
The French under Mortier had in
vested Stralsund, in Swedish Pomera
nia.
1 he Russian field marshal Kamenskoy
and g< n. Buxhowden, have been recall
ed, and gen. Benningsen appointed com
mander in chief.
1 he French gen. Victor, who had
been made prisoner, has been exchanged
for gen. Bluchcr, said to be the best in
the Prussian service.
One ol the French bulletins mentions
that 4000 Russian prisoners had been
liberated by Cossacks.
The Russians say that in the battle of
Fylan the French had 120,000 men, and
that on the Russian side lour generals
Were killed.
>> un respect to the success of the con
tending armies, the respective official
accounts differ so widely that it is diffi
cult to form an opinion. The following
'description of the battle of Eylan, col
lected from the 58th French bulletin,
w ill serve Xp shew it was a hard-fought
action, and that the combatants were ex
posed to very severe hardships.—
On the evening before the battle se
veral Russian regiments posted in a
church and grave-yard in the town of
E\ lan, were attacked by the French,
and after a stubborn resistance left their
v position at ten o’clock, '/“he French
occupied the town, and both armies
passed the night on their arms. At day
break the next morning, the Russians
commenced the ac tion by a brisk can
nonade, from a hill, on the town and ad
jacent troops. ilie French undermar
shul Angereau advanced, 40 pieces of
cannon placed on the hill occupied by
the Russians, and a dreadful carnage
took place on both sides, i he Russians
were preparing to attack the French left,
when they were attacked in the rear by
part of the corps of marshal Davoust—
tlie corps of Angereau displayed to at
tack their centre, and that of gen. St.
Ililiarc marched for their right, both
manttUc ring to join Davoust, when a ve
ry heavy snow covered both armies so
that it was impossible to- see two paces
distant. In this obscurity, which con
tinued half an hour, the French columns
lost their direction, and inclined too
ti|udi to tiro left. The weather clearing
ing up, the French cavalry attacked, and
the Russian cavalry opposed them with
out success. Two lines of Russian ca
valry were broken ; the third sustained
itself. In making this charge, gen. Dalt
man was killed, and gen. Hautpoult mor
tally wounded. At length the whole of
marshal Davoust’s corps gained the rear
ot the Russians, and dislodged them
from their position. “ Three hundred
mouths of fire,” says the bulletin, “ vo
mited forth death, on both sides, during
twelve hours. The victory, for a long
time uncertain, was decided and gained
when marshal Davoust displayed on the
platform [hill] and dislodged the enemy,
who after having made several efforts to
regain it, sounded a retreat. The French'
account of the loss on both sides, was
given in our last.
The following is the Russian official
account of the battle of Evlan.
Translation of a letter from general
the Baron de Benningsen, to his majes
ty the emperotir of Russia, delivered by
lieut. colonel Stavitzki, aid-de-camp to
his imperial majesty.
On the field of buttle, Prettssich Eylau,
JL LI// 14 H f IJ 0»
“ Sire—I am truly happy to have it
in my power to inform your imperial
majesty that the army, the command of
which your majesty has deigned to con
fide in me has been again victorious.
The battle which has just taken place
has been bloody and destructive. It
began on the 2Gth Jan. (7th Feb.) at
three o’clock in the afternoon, and last
ed until 6 o’clock in the evening of the
27th Jan. (8th Feb.)
“The enemy was completely defeat
ed ; one thousand prisoners, and twelve
stand of colours which I have the hon
our herewith to transmit to your majes
ty, fell into the hands of the conquerors.
1 his day Bonaparte attacked me with
his best troops, on my centre, and on
both wings, but were repulsed and bea
ten on all sides. His guards repeatedly
attacked my centre without the smallest
success. After a very brisk lire, they
were repulsed at all points bv the bayon
et and by charges of the cavalry. Se
veral columns of infantry, and picked re
giments of cuirrassiers were destroyed.
41 1 shall not fail to transmit to your
Majesty, as soon as possible, a detailed
account of the memorable battle of
Preussich Eylau.
“ I think our loss may perhaps ex
ceed six thousand men, and I certainly
do not exaggerate, when I state the loh's 1
of the enemy at considerably more than
twelve thousand men.”
French accounts state, that on the
16th ot February an engagement took
place between parts ot the two armies
which were not present at the battle of
Eylan, and that the Russians were de
feated with the loss of 2500 in killed
and wounded.
Lower Elbe, March 1.
The last battle, tought five miles from
Konigsbergh, has been one of the most
destructive in the history of the present
war. The number of killed on both
sides is stated at 30,000. It seems that
a strong column of Russians that had
escaped the battle of Mohringen, and
approached the Vistula, was cut off from
the main body, and was not able to force
its way through the enemy without the
greatest difficulty, and the loss of much
artillery and men. The Russian centre
was six times attacked by the French ;
if they had succeeded in breaking
through it, they would have become
masters of Konigsburgh, and the rich
magazines in that citv.
The Polish general Kosiusko has
been taken prisoner by-the Prussians.
The Prussian marauding party, that
has penetrated to Franck fort on the
Oder, has taken a considerable transn.
port of money.
For the Repository.
Mr. Printer,
The public are much indebted to Go
vernor Lewis, for the pains he has taken
to prevent them from being imposed
upon by a couple of ignoramuses, of the
names of Frazier and Gass. It seems
that these two men, who were mere pri
vates in the Governor’s expedition, had
the temerity to keep journals of their
proceedings, and since their return,with
out leave of the Governor, have had the
audacity to ofler these journals for pub
heat ion.
The journals are offered to the public
as the productions of Frazier and Gass,
corrected by the publishers; but bis Ex
cellency has discovered that they are
“ spurious publications noro preparing
for the press. Having made this disco
very, lie says he considers, it “a duty he
owes to the public, as well as to himself,
to put them [the public and himself] up
on their guard with respect to such pub
lications, lest from the practice of such
impositions, [the practice cf spurious
publications notv preparing for tin- press'^
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