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London, England, 1807-07-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN IN Tit LLIGINCE.

GOTTENBVRGII MAIL.

srocxmoLm,itiLv 4.

Major Von Gneisnene, Commandant of the
tress of Colberg, made, under the 18th of June, t .e
following, report to His Majesty the Kin of Syne..
den :

" MOST 1111011 TV AND MOST GRACIOUS KIWI;

" I herewith have the Sr Ic rue h.rubly to report
to Your Majesty, the operations which have lately
taken place near this fortress, for the further par-
ticulars of which I restndfully refer to my Iteport
to Lient -Gen. Von Lls.cher.
" Uf materials which were but very iedifferen',
had in haste raised a smAli field fortification on the
‘Volts berg, situate about 51000 paces from the for.
tress, which the enemy had already twice attacked,
and twice been r-pul.ed with consrle•Aolt. rie•
then began to lay regular siege to it, completed the
first and second parallel, and made mews under the
proteaion of 10 tedoub s; trAore than 7000 shot had
bee's Grad, when. on the 11 sh Jut* the enemy's
batteries began to play on eh: above fort fi.:Ation,
and made a breach. Your Maje..yi. sr:gate,
Chapman. came to Anchor, and find on the ene sty
with great eff et. Having filled his ueaches weds
troops, he sun.moned the Veroltstsesg, wbc:h was
nail destr.syed, east olf•sred a kind of capltulatirm,
wt. Sch was accepted. All the artillery wa. removed.
and thus the enemy obt.tueti pow -ulna of tiust small
f srtiiit.arross. after ten d ty'. siege.
" Since that time we have made two vignfOint
sorties, in one of iln.:h we ret.*k the Wsslts to
a few rn.nu es. which had cost rise en-my a regular
siege. Its those two sallies the emirs? It of Iva

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ii,srardscorftol7 men ; one howitzer was taken, sir
tr•
.c.s of cannon spiked, and nearly a whole hams- '
;,,su made prisoners ; among whom were one Colo-
rel. one Lieutenant-Colonel, two Captains, and six

Lieutenants.
/ cannot close the report without making the
most honourable mention of Baron Geddar, Lieu-
tenant of Your MAjesty's frigate Chapman, a young
wit whose gallantry and zeal deserve, in every
P of view. Your Majesty's most gracious atten-
iinr;. I remain with profound vener.ttion, ece."—
(s,,otrarrs Gazette, fay 4.)
ULTEISISUICH, JUrn 2.1.

The Court Gazette of this day contains an Litre&
)in General Bennigsen's Report to the Emperor,
operations winch tont place from the sth to
e iota June, which is of the following tenor :
OUTTSTADT, JUNE 5.

General ISlcy's corps is defeated, and General
Roger, sevesal offi.:ers, with about 2,000 rank and
tile, have been taken prisoners. The enemy's loss,
in killed, amounts to 2,000 ; on our side, it is not
,:,,iderable. During the a±lion, which took place
tiro left bank of the Me, Lieutenant-General
Notbennkow rendered himself master of Gott-
s:adt, and took a ronsi lerable magazine; the elle-
! say was pursued four German miles.

JUNE 6.

Leteeen Depin and Heiligenthal, General N
ssi'lich. on its retreat, tonk a strong position
tear Ankendoif, was this day attacked at dent
~'clock in the m rraittg, routed on all point.. a 'd
:ice.t to fall back to the Pa ge. The enerny's
loss is very considerable, and amounts, merely in
ptiviners taken in the course of these two days, to
63 Field and other Cfficers. and at least to 1,500 auk
and 61e. The regiment ot chasseurs if the guards,
Commanded by the Grand Duke Constantine,
fought with a gallan-ry which became the admire-
tien of the whole army. he regiments of Count
Snorts**, and the Ataman's Cossacks, also greatly
distinguished themselves. The latter swam across
the Alle, attacked the enemy at the most critical
lisoliomt o thee/filo killed at last 1000 men, and
to k four Field OiliCets, twenty-one officers, and
$5O rank and Ile, prisoners.

AMILBSDOIIt, JUNE 7.

The chain of rho Russian advanced posts calends
along the Passarge. The head-quarters are re-
moved to GI it 0.1. The Cossacks swam. this day,
acr,,ss t!,e Passa:ge. two miles bidlw the ei.emy's
posirion, anJ rook 40 waggons With yun•pnw ter,
bombs, end balls, the escort of which WAS partly put
to :he sxord, and partly ;Asa priso.ter.

KKILSBUIGI, JUIII 10.

This day, at noon, Bonaparte Attacked the
Russian army with his whole force, in the po-
sition on the left bank of tee Alla. A short
time before. the attack, Prince 9ag•athi n was
detached to Lahnea„ where he was art eked by
a tnecevo greatly superior, !..at he was obliged to
fall beet. A c-nsiderable uunth-e or troys rtit rt
recei►ed orders to advance cat all ides. while ushers
farmed the„reserve. l'he firing .legata on ell
pints. and the enemy was fore. 41 to leave the 6e,3
el battle to the Russian troops, who acquired new
glory on that day.
Ti.. loss cannot yet lm ascertained, but it is very
considerable on both dee ; it ansouirts, on the p.•tt
at the Wrench, at lease Op. 12,00 P Mtn in killed
worded. The enensy was pursued 0 Germs.
mile ft.i2l the field of battle ; the *dim lasted
inns eleven o'clock in the saoraing till eleven at
r:i:ht Tree prisoners state, that the enemy's whole
reserve, cossisting f 20 battalion , with the guards.
were engaged, and driven back with the rest of the
troops.—(Jtvehb.4nr Uusette, Jw" 6

oAasavr, Awe 27.
T!%e head-quarters of Marst...l Ni.is:e 4 were. on
th« 1.5. h iu,t. beyomi thtrolealc4, and two days
ah,r were to be rernovrtl to SiAlystock. When
t: .e ►Zos+ians retreated tram the Sarah: of the
Bug, they s.et fire to a rnA.c.aine (It oats, which they
iiaa et Bro..ki. And which containtd nearly 10,000
Lashels.

HALIFAX, (Ao.a Je.tb,), hr./ 20, 1807,

[Extract bona a rivate Letter

" On tke evening of the 18th in,tant, the :Hilo'
fiipite, Sir Killeen Laurie, arrived here from the
peake, and yeiterday arrivi.d the Driver sloop
Of War, Captain Live, from the saiise place. Same
stilt tht: t.?gth regiment ref foot embarked on boat d the
transports which hrinight our the 101st regiment.
They were attended to the King's Wharf by an
immense concourse of persons of every rank, whose
melancholy countenances bore testimony to the
gaud con,lue of the regiment, butte officers and
men, among whom there was not an individual
who did not quit this hospitable and friendly city
well regret. General Hunter, who commands hire,
iri.sp,i,cde.l them previous to their embarkati in, and
says. " Ile calliwt allow the twenty-ninth Regi
rnent to embark, tr.thout availing them there is
net a Regiment In the service he would prefer
having under his command, either in garrison
or in the ti,1.1 ; that he will report them to
the Command.ir-in•Chief, in the highest state or
thy. rplwe ; and 01.1 t their condo& has been most ex-
cmplary sluice he had the honour to command this
zarrisrin." H.tlnvg spent four years here, they
....ate domestic.' ti.l in rye: y house, And their appear.
once is equal to their conduff.

A Spisuish pnze is espeft- ti here this jay,

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r tu.morrow, eaoturest by the Driver. Sne
,1,1 one lung gua and 30 nice on hit Aid, and is
-t,kiposed to curium some Janus. 7he tine •usel

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I mentioned in my last, intend. )1 ti) be 1.... t
", splin as a prevAte-r, has been condemned as a
P.lse, Avis eapeaed to prove 4 valu,kW.e one.

Lady Wentworth, whose hospitality i• unbounded,
Rave a splendid farewell Hall to the regiavnit TI-ree
hundred persons, and upwards, were pre.elit. No
Route house in London could exceed in elegance
the suite of apartments thrown open on she occasion,
or display more splendour and hospitality in the en
tertmarnerit, or beauty and fashion in the company.
Amongst the most conspicuous in rank and beauty
w•rei Lady Easily Lenox, and her daughters; Mrs.
General Hunter, Mrs. Mimes, and Miss Unircke.
Lady Mitchell doe, not yet go into public, althougk
Sir Andrew has been so long dead. Her absence
is a general loss to society, as she is a charming
woman. The Shrmaid frigate, which takes this
letter, sails as Count to the 29th Regiment, and
has besides two valuable mast slips wit t. her."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNEIDAY. JuLt 22.

The Gist slivision of Etpedition, S,r-
Sa mutt. ilitou, pot him Yarmouth Roads on lon.
day moriiiitg. It coo.is:ed of the Primer of Waits,
tit !-id gulls ; the Gargre, Afar:, Writer, Centaur,
-I!fred, Spencer, Brutus:sock, await., duds', and Ar-
goner,. of 74 guns each ; the Aria and Cantd►ian
frigates; the Nit,;,,, Genre'', and talot4astk sloops ;
and the Falcon and Zebra bouess Yarmouth ap
pears to be intended as the grand rendezvous. The
Valiant, a new 74, having a number of Ilat-hottom-
od boats with her, has sailed from Shea ess to
fein the fleet in that haehour. L. 1h mule also proa
eeeds from S teerness with flat-bottomed boats for
the same destiaatim. Admiral GASIII:aIt, the
Commaider in-Chter, had a long conference with
V:.ecetint Casrzzaraott yesterday, previou, to his
departure ; in the evening, he set off wide his suite
in two post chaises for Ye-mouth.

An express was received yesterday at the A.!mi•
rally from Plymouth. containing intercepted dis-
patches from the French Government. They were
found on board a French ship 1 .tely capture:) and
carried into Plymouth.

We have received a lever from a priva:is
Correspondent, in Dihlin. dated the 18th iitstarr,
which says—" A -date arrived it the Castle,
morning, for four Regim its to mild themselves in
readiness to embars iminc.fiately for Lagland ; the
7th, Bth, 91s . a d nor., are the four Regiments
mentione bat a, they ~ave not y-t received any
orders, it is 5r..., that his Gra... the Duke of It len-
mos D means t nolistrate against their departure,
conceivin4 it inapruf-nt ri scud so many reg.m-ncs
of the line one of the country in the present state of
affairs."

A Gnttenb•trgh 11ai1 air.ved yesterday, with
letters and papers from Stn •kholm, t.. the 7th inst.
They contain the ltussi in cetmat of the Tate mili-
tary oper .tinth in Poland, down t tae battle of
lieilsberg on the lOW of Jane, inclusive. These
early :talons are represented, and indeed they were
so admitted in the German accossots, favourable to
the Russians. They Ova contain some details of the
siege of Colberg ; but these ace:sums have lost al
their interest by the disAitrJut ani decisive *vents
which have since tak'n plac...

General FA AZCI. ant use force is Egypt, return
to this con.-try, and no- to Sicily.
It is said .that GAt,eral :quoits is now coming
home, and th it General Fox is to retain the chief
command in Siciiy, and hie .linlomatic siturion
The II Batalioo of the 91s' R-giment is under
orders to march irons Dundee for Glasgow.
The West York liegiment of Militia left Deal
Barracks, on .Imday, for Ospringe.
11E- Leice.t.r Militia h :ye left Ipswich Barracks.
in two divisions, for Chelm:ford.
The Northumberland Militia, from Pevensey, is
arrived at I castings.
The Ktrie has been pleased ro grant to the Hon.
Ceoetav AtilLe• Coors*, the Office of ('leek of
the Ordnance of the United Kingdom.— (ansette.)
The KIWI has also heen pleased to grant to rat,-
NAV THoeoroyi, Esquire, the Office of Clerk of
c,e Deliveries of the Ordnance of the U.sited
K.ngdnm.-•(16id.1
We announ ed • stelasiody. on Monday, the ar-
•;val 14 C I. CLINT,)IB, with dispatches from Lord
Hu ICIUNSON. They were ye tray taken into
consider rim by the Duke of Yoke and Viscount
Carritataost The conference rink place at
the of& • of his Royal Highness, and lasted from
half past nut o'clock until six ; a d at seven o'clock
Mr KAM tl.e Mess-niter, was sent off with dis-
patches to Lord lirrcnlt4lloM at Memel.
By Cie Ki /sera Cap Ain WADS. arrived off
Liverpool, we have received the 101 l :wing letter :
AAAAA DOES, JUNE 16.

" Th- fleet for England s illed from hence on the
12th lost. for l'ortola --the alio of Kent packet, the
I.* pl. 114 LL. and 4 ff•ert fr .I.ngland, is arrived
here. By an arriv from St. Lucie, it is reported
that the Ledo A. MG. picket has fallen to leeward,
and put in there on the 10:h inst."
Mr. GeAH le. the Magistrate, left town on Sun-
day for slaldva, in Essex. to mike further inquiry
into tl.e charge if an air. root among th.? priv rtes
of the 28th Regiment, to inflia upon themselves the
malady of temiamary blindness.
cite Siiirifr frig.ve sailed ors Monday. to join the
aalrie fleet ; she took on finard scenel fiat-bottom.
ed boats. She was accompanied by the bul,goant,
itiohund, and Forward gurs.brigs. The transports,
with the troops from Cork. coediting of the first
battalions of the 323, 50th. and 821 regimen's, ar-
rived in the Downs on Monday. They disembar k.
ed yesterday, and marched in.° Deal Barracks,
which ha 4 been vacated on Monday morning, by
the Second West York Militia, ‘-ho are on their
route for Ospringe barracks. The three battalions
are about 2330 strong ; and with the wend batta-
lion of the 500, now quart red at Deal, will com-
plete the hanacks. tarts. &c. which ate constructed
for upwards of 2500 men.
It appears Item the official paper delivered to the
House of Commous, that the sums expended in
Great Britain for the Volunteer Service. from the
Ist of June. 1803, to the let of January, 1805,
amount to 1,87.4,3181.
The total of Recruits enlisted in England and
Inland in the course of the last y •ar, was 10.783 ;
in the present year 9.194 have been enlisted in Eng-
land alone.

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