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ins !nigide, Which, supported by two tegiments of
dragoons. attacked the enemy with the bAyollet,
and repulsed him with Treat slau4hter ; on which
the enemy retreated in great disorder, and left
eight pieces of cannon spiked. General Zapolsky,
wit() was p.tsted behind the centre, with one of the
c:ilumns of reservi:. being ordered by Gen. Doccor-
off to deploy, received the enemy with so well
supported a fire of small arms, that it forced
him to retreat ; and, without giving him time to
rails, advanced on him with the bayonet, took
an Eagle, and made I .to prisoners.
At the same time some squad:ons of French ca-
valry, supported by infantry, advanced against the
left of our centre, and endeavoured to penetrate it
through an interval of our first line, but were re-
ceived by the Cossacks, and some cavalry, with so
mush success, that only IS men returned, the rest
being all cut to pieces. Tne enemy'. infantry,
which supported those squadrons, was repulsed by
the regiment of grenadiers of Moscow, under the
command of Prince Charles of Mecklenburgh-
Schwei in, and the Schtusselberg regiment of infan-
try, which had been detached by Gen. Essen. They
retreated towards the column of the enemy which
had been repulsed by Gen. Zapolsky, and joined
them

At the same moment, these columns, which had
been joined by two other columns of the enemy,
began to renew the attack, but were repulsed by
Generals Surnoff and Zapolsky. with two regiments
of cavalry, which were posted behind our front, and
which attacked them with the greatest impetousity.
Count O'lteurke, with three squsdrons of the regi-
ment of Pawlcgrad hussars, took the retiring co-
lumns in flank, and pursued them till they got
under their cannon. The St. Petersburgh dra-
goons and the Wladeruin regiment of infantry, on
occasion, took two Eagles; and the enemy, in
his retreat, left behind him 20 pieces of cannon.
The attack direSed against our tight wing was
eih.tructed hy General Sacken and the Rankers. Gen.
Bagavoust, svhn had occupied SexpAllen, with a
deteehmert of the advanced guard, was attacked At
break of clay, and merely defended hinielt by his
fl mkers. Buz as the attacking column threatened
to turn the village, General Kochowsky hastened
to his assistance. with his regiment of Uthuniass Uh-
lans, and the regiments of the cuir is acts of Little
Russia ; they drove the enemy hick, who retreated
in the utmost confusion towards a forest The same
regiment then attacked, with the same decisive suc-
cess, other columns of French infantry, which, sup-
ported by cavalry, made a movement towards our
centre, threw .hem Into the utmost confusion, killed
Bud, and took 67 prisoners, among whom are four
officers. General Pathless attacked, with the bri-
gade of cavalry of General Knrff, several French
columns, which were marching agaihst General
Sicken'. division, and took one standard. The re-
giment of hussars of Isum, and the regiment of
dragoons of Courlaud, attacked the enemy with
;peat success. The enemy finding themselves re-
pMsed on all sides, retreated with considerable loss ;
they unveil their force, and formed in strong co-
luams, which moved towards out left wing, with
a view of turning it. General Bagavoust being too
weak to resist a force so very superior. found
himself necessitated to abandon and set fire to the
vidage of SexpAllen, which he had hitherto occapi-
ad, is order to take up another position ; his ca-
valry posted in trout. attacked the enemy several
times, but were ooliged to fall back behind our left
wing. In the mean time the enemy continued to re-
ceive considerable reinforcements, pursuing his plan
of turning our left. Gen. Kamensky. who had sent
some reintot cements to General Bagavoust,detached
also the regiments of Uglite sad Kostroma to rein-
force his left wing. and ordered th • village of Klein-
Sangarten to be occupied by the regiment of Resan.
Count Ostermaen find ing himself opposed by a very
superior force, deemed it necessary to reserve his
left wing, which w:.s soon joined by Gen. Raga-
roost, against whom the above strung French co-
limns advanced, preceded by a numerous artillery
and Hankers, and had already reached our dank. Al-
though Count Osterman!) received the enemy with
a very brisk fire of must' retry, and made several
attacks with the bayonet, he was. notwithstanding
all his efforts, compelled to draw back. 'lhe enemy
had alrriJy turned our left wing, and forced
the ifivi-ions of Sacken and OstermAnn to a retro-
grade movement, by concentrating all his attacks
against tins point. I now ordered my horse-artil-
lery to advance. General Kutoysoff and Colonel
Jermoloff greeted their batteries on a height, and kept
up so brisk a tire on the enemy, that they halted a
few moments, abandoned the farm of AnklAppen,
whin they had occupied, in great haste. and fled
in the utmost confusion. At the same time, Gene-
ral Tschaplitz, who commanded a detachment of
horse, attacked the enemy in the village of Kut-
schilten, drove them out of it, and almost entirely
destroyed the enemy's cavalry. During these
transaetions, Lieutenant-General L'Estoey arrived
on the field of battle with the Russian corps under
his comm ind, and two Russian Regiments of foot,
and hastened to reinforce our wing. As soon as
be had formed a junetion with the division of Ge-
neral Kamen:Ay and the detachment of General
Tschaplitz, he marched towards the enemy, whom
be cannonaded with a well-dirt-led tire Iron) his
battery. kle then made a rapid movement against
the left wing of the enemy. with a view or turn ng
ir, and pursued them until the tall of n:ght, which
forced him to relinquish a further pursuit. Ihe
arrival of Lieutenant-General L'Estocti. and the
attivity with Which he performed all his movements,
contributed much to secure to us the fortune of the
day. White the batter;es of our kft wing were
then keeping up a brisk cannonade against the ene-
my, and Lieutenant General L'Estocq began to
pursue them, the enemy, although they were in
possession of the 'alone of Schwditten, did not dare
to attack our right wing. merely composed of the
division of General Toutschkow, on account of its
being covered by the fire of a strong Prussian bat-
tery, which General Fock had established on a
bright. At the fall of night, I ordered the enemy to
be driven from the village of Schveditten, where
they sustained a considerable loss. The Cos-
sacks behaved with distingnished gallantry during
the whole aetion, and took 470 prisoners.
This delineative battle, which commenced on the

th, ar three o'clock in the afternoon, ended the ful-
-1 twin,: day at midnight. The lose of the enemy
cants,:‘, by their own confession, in 30,00

..•• • • s
and 12,000 wounded, 2,00 J Frenamets have bee I
made prisoners, and 12 Eazles taken ; our loss
amounts to 12,000 killed. and 7,0(U) woundei ; i
rreach Generals were killed or wounded ; 9 of nor
Generals are weiimdea, bar most of th.rn so ili~htly,
that tbey have alreaey rejoined the army.
Permit Me to beltr testimony to the signal va-
lour displayed by your Maje.ty's troops, and to
assure you, that your army, while it has thus :se-
! quired immortal glory. has I
naaso given another me-
: morable proof of wh.it :ion may achieve,
which fig!ns in defence of its native country, and is
ready to sacrifice blood and life for the attainm-nt
of the noble pi-pose of an adored Monarch. In
vain did Bonaparte lavish, with the utmost profti,e-
ness, all his vast re7ources, in vain did he sacrifices r
great a part of his army ; the gallantry and per-
severing valour of the Russians withstood all his ef-
i and wrested from him a vilory, long and se-
verely contested.
Having remained master of the field of battle, I
remained there the night, and weigh-d the mea-
sures which .1 should have farther to pursue ; and I
have reason to congratulate myself on the deter-
mination I took to march to Koningsherg.
1 was there able to supply my army with every
thing it stood in need of; after a long and glorious
exertion, it found there idle( and repose; while the
French army, weakened and dispirited, continued
tinder arms. I hoped, by this retrograde movement,
to induce the French army to follow me ; but twelve
regiments of horse only made this attempt, under
the command of Marshal Murat, and were almost
entirely destroyed, near Mar,sfeld. Alter Olio flesh
loss, the enemy began to retreat.
(Signed) BENNIGSEN.

NAVAL INTELIIGLNCE.

•ORTSMOPTH. AP34 t. 20

Arrived His Majesty's ship Linna, from the
Note; and several outward bound vessels from the
Downs.—Wind E.

TALMOUTH, APRIL IR.
Arrived the Superieure schooner, from Portsm rot h
to colleß the vessels lying here bound to tae Wbst
Indies.

Sailed the Prinrets Ahru, Captain Pocock, *kb
Mails for Halifax and New York.—Wind N.S. '
DEAL, APRIL 20.
Arrived this mnrning the Masguito ;loop of war,
and immediately saded again on a cruise.
Sailed the Leda frigate for Sheerness.
Arrived and sailed for the R:ver, the TCKSII,
Waters, from Clic;

The Sesurx, HAttly, from London for Surinam,
is captured aod-carried into Martinique.
The Prelim*, —, from London, and the Aerie',
?discern, from Lontion for Bethke, have put into
listbadoes with dam

FROM LI.oYD'S LIST.
ASSIVIM

At Portsmouth —The S rho., Meer.. from Jamaica ; the
Three &nt'•ers, Patrick; the Thalia, Cartes; the Sedulous,
Ingraham; the Alfred, Robson; the Margaset, Bruce; and
the Industry, Lathens, Irons 0 sotto; the Rem. Gammas ;
and the Neptune, from Ls.bon.
At Cowes—The Ann, from New York ; the
olns,
rlireadwell ; the Krung States, Bramien; sod the
Paragon, Myri. k, from Charleston.
At Kridul—The Autu.nn, —, from atomic.
At Liverpoul—Th.. Copernicus, from Dentine ; the Sarah,
Gal, from New York ; the Georee, Pierce, from Savannah ;
the Nancy and Mary, pay, from New (Means; and the Clif-
ton, Lewis, from Jana Ka.
At GibralMr-ulte Jane, Grattan, from the Clyde; Richard,
Storks, Not Belfast; and the Alexander, Leuresurier, from
Falmouth.

At Lootlnnierry—the Joteph •nd Phoebe, lee,be. from
Baltimore; and the Intuit Horner. from New
lark.

At Lirneric.k.—tho Indian Princess, Hallway, from N-11,
York.

Stewart, from 1110thiell ; the Caierlonia, Stewart, from
Savannah ; and the Elizabeth, 'MIMI, from St. Thomas's.
At Lamaster—eTM Abraham, Treasure, from ditto.

Off Cape Clrar—.The Neptune; —, from ditto.
At Dublin—Mte Volenge, Drlent, from New York; the
Brothers, Dooe!lv ; and the Dispatch, (rum °putt,.
At Falmouth—The Dart. Ls:veys; and the Ann, Bibbin,,
horn Oporto.
In the Clyde—the Jennie, Tetley, from Demerara.
At Belton—The F.1.z0, Jam:neon, from ditto.
lit the Cirde—The Ar;.,..lne, Joh mon , frorß Demerara ; the
At Kircudlaritat..The Samuel, Braddick, from Jamaica.

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