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1•r ot" 611 00.6'41 !mints, and hevinft lost 4.pieces
o• ,aonon ant 1700 pi long rs. abandoned all his po-
-4.-i mi. and night put an end In the fight. On the
tollioei• g day the setiiias was resumed ; hut the ene-
my had employed the night in retreating, and bad
left behind only the rear-guard, which was endear.
vouring to follow, aei whieh was fiercely pursued,
fighting all the time, fur FIX hours. The difficulty
of the ground prevented nor cavalry from doing
the enemy much ilitry. On the sth, the whole
French army was again in motion, advancing,
and the enemy constantly retreating, except one
column, which was sill on this side of the little
river Alle. The Ernesor titereopon ordered Mar-
shals Sonit aad amnia, and the Grand Duke, to
follow the enemy's main Leidy; and Marshal Ney,
I. .'• joined by a divicton of dragoons, to attack the cut
: MT column. While, in consequence of these orders,
the Orand Duke, at WalercntF,after some attacks,
compelled 8001, or 9000 Russian cavalry, to re-
treat ; Noy came up with the hand of the before-
roentione,l column, which, finding itself surrounded,
for a mo:nent adopted the bcld resolution of cut-
ting its way through our corps, bat met death and
dests serum on the points of bur bayonets. Defeated
and rhrown into confusion, the enemy abandoned
their carmen, colours, and le.gga•re, and the other
part of the column, on learning dat fate of the ad-
vanced guard, retraated.
la alt V•e-e nelsons arm hiss seas very little, not
more than etety or cc, htiared killed, and from
three to tour hut-idled wounded. The loss of the
enemy co.o.isteal of sixteen eieces of cannon, several
thousand .prisoners, and a Teat number of killed
and wurisle&
FIFTY FEVr.NTH BULLETIN.
This L.l9:vn is eared from Prussian Eylan,
Feb: 7. It mentions only some attacks on the rear
of Ole enemy's main bode; which, it is stated, were
(XCllettd on the nth and •7th, w,itb the best success,
by sloe Grand Duke of Berg, notwithstanding that
the Russians ',resented a nio.a framidablc resist-

any.

at e'ey.a IC:at IV IP•LIATIN.
This Racial is elan dated froin Prussian Evian;
Feb. 9. it !mentions, that, on approaching that place,
tbearaeser were fnund already behind it, waiting for
our army, in order to ceeamence a new battle, for
„hie, bath sides prepare& Li the.previoui affairs
which took place, dame Rustic') regiments were com-
pletely cut oft; but at the same time a battalion of
the 18tb regiment was thrown inso disorder by a Ros-
s:an column of cavalry. The dragoons of Klein,
however, observed this affair in sufficient time to re
lice oars battalion ; but in 7.ylau, a here the Russians
wislail to inanitaiii themselves, but which we wished
to poison betior the battle commenced. the fighting
stiki must bloody ; it was ten at night before they could
be.drwea out of the town. They had thrown however
loose regiments into.a china h, where they remain' d,
an) which they were not compelled to abandon until
after great slaughter. The night was passed by the
arfeirn under the bare canopy of Heaven in each
OL1:1 's presence.
On the &bowing day, by the first dim ray of the
moroisig, the Russians commenced the attack with a
braelc cannonade. The Lmpetor visited the church
which the Ruesiaos hued deftntled with so much ob-
stinacy oo the day hcifore. He made Marshal Auge-
eano corps advance, and the eminence upon which
the church stood was cannonaded by tO pieces of ar-
tillery beionging to his guard. The ai mica were now
within halt guar shot of each other. The thunder of
tlaa cannon was terrible. After the firing had con-
- tiptoed fiar some time, the troops became impatient of
fettering so much without any thing decisive happen.
ing. Sonsecosanceuvres then commenced on both
4 Wes, in tirder to obtain advantage': over each other,
and in the mean time a thick fall of snow came
on, iu contaquenee of which the troops could not
years one another, at the distance of two pares.
—ln this obscurity grime of the corps lost their
way, and the columns getting too much to the left
• wandered in uncertainty. This state of things lasted
half an hotir. When the weather cleared up, the
Strand Duke at the head of the cavalry, supported by
Marshal Bessieres'at the head of the guards, and the
division of St. Hilaire, advanced and attacked the
enemy. This hold manoeuvre, which covered the
cavalry with glory, had become necessary in conse-
quence of the circumstances in which our cclumns
were placed. The enemy's cavalry, who endeavours
rd to oppose this manoeuvre, were completely routed.
The slaughter was horrible. Two lines of Russian in-
fautry were penal ated, and the third only maintained
It sell m consequence of having supported itself upon
a wood. Some aqua irons of the guards passed twice
through the whole of the enemy's army. This brilliant
attr.....k, bad it not been for the wood, and some
other of the ground, would have decided
rt.; victory. General Hampoult was wounded. Ge-
neral Dablinin perished gloriously in the attack. For
the hundred dragoons or cuilaasieis of the guard
Which lay dead on the field, there were found beside
*ham 10,10 of their enemies. Marshal Dasonst, who
bag been dispatched to fall upon the rear of the enemy,
but whose progress was much impeded by the wee-
:ether, was at Lot enabled to execute his orders, and
decided the victory. The enemy, after several vain
entleat ours to repulse that General. retreated, leaving
their wounded and it; pieces of cannon on the field
• a battle. The number of killed 'and wounded in
this action was on both sides very considerable, and
It could not be otherwise when a constant fire was
maintained from about 300 pieces of cannon for 12
hours, within a short distance of aoth armies. Mar-
shal Augereau is wounded. Generals Desjardins,
• I leudalet, and Lochet, are ale wounded. Genkral
Vorliiaeau is killed, as are likewise Colonels Lacue,
Lesnarais, and Bouvieics. Our whole loss consists
;:srf exactly 1000 killed, and 5.700 wounded, includ-
• ing 1090, who are very badly wounded. But we
have to set against this loss 7000 Russians, who have
been counted dead on the field of battle.
The plan of the cuerny, which had for its object to
extend tnemselces towards Thorn, and to torn our
left wir.g, his completely miecarried, and their at-
tempt to carry it into executiou has proved exceedina-
ly fraud to them. it has cost them from 12 to 15,060
as many in killed and missing, 45 pieces of
artillcry, and 1 a standards. _The eagle of one of the
lottalioasis lost, and has probably been taken by Ilse
enemy. The Emperor will give that battalion another
standard, **grit shall have taken one from tbe enemy.
debated this enterprise of the enemy, and
driven tile's' 100 miles flout the Vistula, the army
bas returned to its cantonments, and.ss going iato
far inter..iii•if tits again.

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