The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

FORTY-FIF CH BULLETIN OF THE GRANO ARMY.
is PA Lux y, DEC. V.

" The Russian General Renningsen had the com-
mand of an army which was estimated at 60,000
men. At first he intended to cover Warsaw ; but
he took a lesson from the intelligence of the occur-
rences which had taLen place in Prussia, and deter-
mined to retreat towards the Russian frontiers.
Without having been compelled almost to fight a
single battle, the French entered Warsaw, passed
the Vistula, and occupied Naga. In the mean
time, Field Marshal Kamenskoy joined the Russian
a: sly, just at the naom..nt when Banningsen's corps
hrimed a janction with that uni:r Bunhoevden. He
was indignant at the retreat of the Russians, con-
ceiving that it tendeJ to sully the honour of his
country's arms, and he accordingly made a move-
ment in ads anat.

•' Prussia remonstrated with the most ardent im-
portunity, and complained, that after all the pro-
tn..es of support made to her, she was abandoned;
representing that the way to Berlin was not by
Grodno, Olita, or Bram ; that her subjects had be-
gun to abate in their zeal for their Sovereign ; and
that the habit of beholding the Orono of Berlin in
the posses%ion of the French, was dangerous to him
and favourable to the enemy. 'the ltu,sians not
oily ceased their retrograde movement, but they

*gain began to advance. On the sth of December,
G-ateral Benningten moved forward hi. head-quar-
ters to Pultusk. The ord-rs issued were to prevent
the French from pacing the Narew. orrtake Prage,
and to occupy the banks of the Vaud t, until the
Indment when snore important offen.ire operations
could be ad-pted.

" The junction of Generals Itsrimsicor, Bum-
boevden, and Benningsen, was ctlehrrtd at t. ,e

PAlsce of Sierock with rejoicings and illumi,iatiun•,
which were descries! from the steeples of W.lrsaw,
Nev.:rtheless, at the twitsent when tl.e enemy were

chezting thentr,elv...s with hstivals, the Narew was
• passed. E;gl:t hundred Frenchmen, having sud-
denly crossed that river at its junction with the
Ukra, entrenched themselves the same night ; and
witen the enerty appeared next inor,,iog, with the
intention of forcing them back into the tivrr, they
t;r nisivestuu late. The French ware secure
against every event.

" Being informed of th:s change in the enemy's
operatiJns, the Emperor left Posea on the IGth.
At the ,itßle moment he pat his army in motion.
retr tern t which had been received of the con-
4atioti of the Rticsiant, g.ive him to under.tand
t: al they designed to resume offensive operation..
" Marsoal N.ry had been for several days master
of Thorn. He united the different coi p; of his
many at Gallup. Marshal Bes.,ieres, with the second
corps of the cavalry of reserve, consi.ting of the
divisions of the dragoons of &bac and Grouchy,
and the division of Haw pnult% cuirassiers, marched
loan Thorn to proceed to Biexun. The Marshal
Prince of Ponte Corvo marched with his carps so
support them. Marshal Soult passed the Vistula
opposite Plock ; and Marshal Augereati passed at
Zackrocyn, where the utmost exertion was made to
establish a bridge. The same activity was exerted in
constructing that on the Narew.
" On the 22d, the bridge on the Narew was com-
pleted. AlkoNiparginWrintstantly pasted
thlgitstalaftili 'Naga, on their march to the N.trew,
* Malshal Llavousehad collected the .whole of
• `.his .erpS. Afore o'clock in the morning of the 23d,
, trt.nmeror :et out from Warsaw, and passed the
Mires, at nine. On reconnoitring the Us:a, and
Oar considerable intrenchtnents thrown up by the
enemy, he ordrres.l a bridge to be th, own across at
the confluence of the Narew and Ukra. By the
zeal of the General of artillery, tbe bridge was
cotnpl.t..l i t two hours.

[The Buil:tin then prnceeds to give the dettils of

the afflits at CLATnowo,4l4, and the passages
of the Ukra and Sonna. It concluas as follows :]
" All the columns of the enemy are broken, and

wandering about in a itate of disorder difficult to

.11-. e Russian General committed the
r error of posting his army so as to hive the French
"army on his Hark, separated, it is true, by the Nary",
bat having a bridge arms that river. Had the sea-
inn been I:securable, one might have predilted that
the Russian army could not have retreated, and that
it would have been destroyed without a battle; but

at a setams when it is dArk at four, and when it is
' nut tit until eight, the enemy we are pursuing has
chance of escape, particularly in &counts), aa-
, i:ittcult, and isiterseted with woods. Resides,

,oa.ls are lour feet deep of WI ud , and the thaw
cm:tit—its. The artillery can no longer advance
snort than two leagues in a day. It is, therefore,

r ssr m inersee that the enec- y will died his retreat
frill 4,- •mharraving situation in which ha is
; !.0 will :out •A his artillery, w.,ggons,

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