The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-16 00:00:00

.FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM DUTCH ANU HAMBURGH PATERS

SEVENTY-FIRST BULLETIN uF THE GRAND AR%IY.

riNICRIIISTRIN, APRIL 19.

" The victory of Eyler' having frustrated all the
plans which the enemy had formed against the
Lower Vistula, ITIS enabled us to surround Danttic,
and to commence the siege of that fortress. But it
was necessary to draw the batwing artillery from
the fortresses of Silesia, and along the Oder, so that
it had to come upwards of 10 leagues through a
country in which there are ne -oasis. This difficulty
is now got over, and a parr-of that artillery is, al-
ready arrived. One hundreJ pieces of cannon are
now on their way from Stettin, Custrin, Gingen, and
Breslau, and in a few days we shall be provided with
every thing necessary.
•• The Prussian General Kalkreuth has the corn-
/nand at Dantzie. The garrison consists of 14.009
Prussians, and 600911ussiens. The inundations and
marshes, several lines of fortifications, and the fort
of Weizelmtitide, have rendered it difficult to sur-
round the fortress.
0. Tile annexed report of the siege of Danteic will
thew what progress hat been made to the le7th
instant. Oar works already extend to within eighty
rods of the fortress; we have even attack-ad the
covered way several times, and have damaged the
palisadoes thereof.
Marshal Leiebvre displays all the a Tvite of
youth. He is very successfully assisted by General
Savary ; but the latter is now lying ill of a hilt sus
fever, at the Abbey of Oliva, not tar horn the ta .en
His illness was of so serious a nether, that his life
was in danger for several days. General Lefebvre
has also found able assistants in the General of Bri-
gade Schramm. in the General of artillery Lar ibisis-
were. and in Gene.:4l of Engineers Kitgener.
the General of Engineers, Chasseloup, is also ar-
ristscl near Darezie.
" The Saxon, the Poli.h, and the Baden troops,
sine t.le leredt:ary Prince of Baden is at Oreir
head, are try ti.g w.th each other in bravely
•• The enemy has not tried any otherrehod
comete to the assistance of Dentzic, ihao by stud-
io:, a teat hattaiio..s and soma provisions Co the place
ny the sea.
•• In Silesia, Prince Jerome condones the siege of
Neisse vigor usly.
46 Sin% tue Prince of Piers has declined to act,
Items Kleist. Aid-de•Camp to the King of Prussia,
is et rived at Glatz. by way of Vieunsi, witti the title
of Get arnor-Genatal of Silesia. He is.aecempa-
nied by an English Commissary, who must koep as
eye upon the manner in which the eiglry th.tusand
pounds sterling ate laid out, which wee given by
Engler..: to the Kiag of Prussia
• On the 19th inst. that Pruss;an Officer a Ivanced
from GLCZ with a corps of 4000 men, and att:r.:icec4
General Lefebvre (who commends the corps of oh.
servation which covers the siege of N Pratt.
kenstein. This operation has been ineffeedu.al. Baron
Kleist was repulsed with vigour.
On the 14th, Prince Jerome axed his head-
wieners at Munsietbeig.
•• General Loison has taken neon him the mm.
wand at the siege of Colberg. The mi ins for pro.
sec uting the same are co letting. T.,ey base bes.n
subjs.& to some delay, because it %viva accessary not
to hinder the assembling of the train Ohlitillery de-
stined for the siege of Minute.
_ _

•• Mardis! Ninrtier, who has the direAtion of
Colberg, had gone to that fortress, leaving Gue-ral
Grandjean in l't,meransa wi:h a corps ft: ohs.rvatio, ,
after he had given him orders to take Fst on the
bank; of the Airrne.

The g;r:..nti of Stralsund havin', in the mean
time, received a reinforcement of sever.l regiments
by sea, and being informed of the movemer4 of Gen.
Mortier. marched nut in a numerous Irdy. General
Grmdjean, in tonformity to his instruSions, crotscil
the Keene, and tonic post at An:lam. The nurnet-
nos flotilla of the Sw4.les affirded them opportunity
to lanai at ddierent places, and to surprise a Dutch
post of SO men, and an Italia(' post of 37 men. On
being informed of these movements, MArshal Mor-
tice, on the 19th, proceeded to Stettin, and haviag
collettzd his forces, he matuuseted to entice the
Swedes, wh,:se force did not amount to 12,000 men,
to asivancg. _ .

- -.-..--.
" For t!,.ie two months past. the Grand Army
has bean q si:t in its cantonments. This time has
been employed in recruiting the cavalry. aid pro.
viding theist with horses, repairing the grins, esta-
blishing large magazines of biscuit and brandy, and
furnishing the soldiers with fohncs. Indeperdent of
one pair in v ...sr, each mast has two more parr in
his knapsack.
" Silesia and the Island of Nogat havt, famished
a number of good horses to the cult assiers, to the
dragoons, and to the light cavalry.
the beginning of May, an army of observa-
tion, consisting of 50,000 French and :Spanish tron?s,
v.:a be asvembled on the Elbe. Whitst Russia has
assembled in Noland nea•ly the whole of her troops,
there is only a part of the French military force in
that country. 'lbis, however, is a consequence of
the great difference which exists between the essen•
tial strength of the two countries. 'Fite 520,000
Russia:is, which the writers of ncwspap. is made us . . .

matzli to the right, and again to the lett, only ez.st
in their papers and in the imagina.i.ia of .0:11e :ca-
dets, who ate the easier misled, by being shcKt, the
immense eztent of the Russian c.nritory, without
the ICAA mention of its exiensive deserts and uncul-
tivated distrafts.

" It is said, that the Guards of the Emperor of
Russia Lave teached the army. They will see. on
the first meeting, whether the Imperial Guard is an-
nihilated, as the enemy's Generals have assured.
That Gu ur.l i; now more numerous than ever. and
almost double the number it was at Austerlitz.

Exchisive of the bridge thrown across the
Narew, another is forming on pales between Warsaw
arid Praga ; the work is in a very forward state.
The bridg .s on piles are stronger and more service
able than those of boars. Although it is very la-
borious to construa such bridges across a liver of
400 tots in breadth, it is rendered easy through the
skill and aarvity of the Officers, under w!,.cise direc-
tion it is performed, and from the abundance of
timber.
The Prince of Beneecato is still at WArs2lr,
negotiating with the Ambassadors a the Porte and
of ins Saveror of Persia. Independent rat the KIN.