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11tILLETIN

Of TUC
OPFRATIONS OF THE IMPZKIAT, RUSSIAN ARMY;
From the 14th of potember to the 4th of MMCiI, 1807.

" Baron De Bennigsen having, after the battle
of Pultusk, effeCied his junCtion with the troesys un•
der the orders of Count Bulhovden, olrraiae a short
time after the command in chief. 'I he v...t.ele army
then maids a movement cm the right ; the (Alta of
which was to p;ote.l Regal Prussia, and to stop the
carpi of Marshals Ney and Bernadotte, which
Cireatened Konigsburgls. Altlieugh the march
lay through a country iotersene..l wi.h morasses
and small rivers, the passage of which became
more difficult on account of the an of the
thaws, which often separated the diffirent divisions
of the army to a considerable distance firms each
other ; nevertheless, the defeat which the French
experienced at Pultusk, did not allow them to profit
by those circumstances, and the army, after having
concentrated itself, recomrni need its operations. In
the mean time, the corps of Lieutenant-General
Essen took a fessicon in the environs of Drank,
from wile,.ce, according to circumstances, it could
elver the left wing of the Grand Army and the
frontiers of the Empire towards Grodno and the
Bng. if the enemy attempted to appro.:eh them.
The 7th ef Januaty ( I Rth, N. S.) the head (pawls
of Baron De Bennigsen were at Rhein. and the
nest Jay he advanced to Heiiigeti Linden. A
corps of 30,000 na-n, under the orders of Marshal
Ney, comprising the guards of Bonaparte, com-
manded by Mars'ial Bessieres, posted beton/ the
Alle, endeavoured to intrench themselves there, but
were oblized to fall back. Another corps. under
the command of Bernadotte, had penetrate/ as fee
as Prettssich-Holland to rejoin the farmer ; but be-
ing ;-,essed by the Ruisian van guard, this body
fl. 0.1 with so much precipitation, that it was lavas-
Uhlr to attack the two corps separately.
" The 11th of January, (25d, N. S.) the head-
quarters were at Bishchoffstvin. Ney and Berna-
dotte effeited their juntlion, and continued their
retreat in disorder, and our troops took many pri-
soners, who all agreed that our unexpeCted march
to Prussia Royal had spread the greatest alarm
throughout the Fres ch army, to shorn their Officers
had promised winter•qtrarters, giving them to un-
derstand, at- the same time, that an armistice had
been concluded with our Generals.

4• The 14th of January (26th) General Bennlgsen
was at Liebsradt. Very brisk adions took place in
the neighbourhood of MOhrungen. Our advanced
guard, under Gen. Marceffi, attacked by the whole
corps of Marshal Pereadotte, at first fell back ; but
berg reinforced by the division of Lieutenaut.Ge•
neral Anrep, the enemy was repulsed with loss.
He lost a great number killed, and some hundreds
taken prisoners. Nineteen officers and a standard
fell into our power. Marshal Bernadotte lost all
his carriages, plate, horses, &c. and only owed I.;s
safety to flight, by saving himself in a peanut's
little sledge. The inhabitants of Muhrungen cannot
conceive how he escaped the Cossacks.
" The brave General Anrep was wounded on the
bead by a musket ball, as he was reconnoitring,
after the affair was over. 'Some sharpshooters,
concealed in the bushes, singled him out r and io a
few hours atter this distinguished officer died, to the
great regret of the whole army.

The 15th of January (27i11), the Head•quar-
ters were transferred to Mol.rungen. Many skir-
mishes, among the advanced posts, were decid-
ed to our advamage, and gained us prisoners.
The Prussian corps. midst General L'Estocq. also
gained some advantages. It took prisoners. Gtne-
tali Poultrier atid I-assent.. General Vigor had
been taken prisoner near Colberg. The garrison of
Dantzic, having made a sortie, routed the Polish
Insurgents, commanded by Darnbrowsky. and
took from them many pieces of cannon, and a mili-
tary chest.

4. Bonaparte, after receiving reinforcements from
the Vistula, and assembling the different corps,
which were falling back upon his army, concentra-
ted himself, and marched against General Beunig.
stn. The latter, lot thiukiifg his position suf6-
e4ently good to risk a battle, retreated in two co-
lumns opus Wolsdorf, where he arrived on the :lid
(4:h Feb.).
" The two rear-guards, commanded by Generals
Prince Bagraihion and Barclay De Tolly, covered
the retreat, and repulsed the repeated attacks of the
enemy. The next day they tollowed us elute to
Burgerwald. The rear-guard had new attacks to
suf port ; bat the next day, at the gates of the town
of Laudsberg, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a
very brisk affair took place between the enemy
and the corps of General B. De lolly, which lasted
till !•is o'clock in the eitsfig. The rear guard had
succeeded io repulsing the enemy; but not toeing
content with that, it conceived it necessary to pursue
them, which drew upon them three columns, and
obliged the General in Chief to send a reinforce-
ment of three regiments, commanded by Prince
Bald Doigcrocky. This corps of 10,000 meu
fought for many hours against near 40,000 French-
men, and maintained the Geld of battle.

" Lieist.-General Essen, who, in conseque:-ce of
the movements of General Bennigsen, had repaired
to Wysoule-M-acnwick, had at first thought it su:li •
ciao' to watch that corps of the enemy which was
opposed to him. Althor;gh that corps was at least
equal to his in number. and occupied a very
advantageous position, interseded by mcrasses and
woods. he nevertheless frequently harassed it. by
sending out large detachments to attack them, and
who, in all the eng.igements, obtained important
advantages, and took many prisoners When it
was known that Bonaparte had quitted Warsaw,
and that he was advancing with a superior force
against the army of General Bennigsen, Lieutenant-
GeneralEssen,inorder to make a diversion in favour
of the Grand Army, attacked the enemy on the
2241 of January, en the whole length of his line,
overthrew tam at all points, and repulsed Generals
Savary, Suehet, and Becker, as far as the Narew.
This battle, however, did not prevent Bonaparte
from fallowing General Benuigsen, who having
chosen. behind Prussian Eylau. a position which he
judged proper to allow all Isis trope to adt to
advantage, and particularly his cavalry, had taken
post there, in order to wait the arrival of the French
army. whose advanced guard attacked incessantly
and impetuously the corps of Majar.General Bar-
clay De Tully. The ever-memorable day of the

25th (7th February), put an end t 2 the enejay!‘
rat „ . —,rrss At three in the afternoon, the SIMI,
began through the whole line of the main army.
It was bloody, and the night came on without the
eterny being able to gain any.ground. Early ou
the morning of the 27 h, the attack was renewed by
the French. Both sides fought wizh fury; but in
tile evening the enemy were repul‘ed an all. sides,
and the Russian army remainrd in povii sci,n of
the fi Id of towle. Bonaparte comma:tiled in per-
son, and under him Marshals Augereau, 1Y von,t,
Ney, and Bessieras, at the hcad of the guards,
who particularly stiff:red. We wok iin this day
1500 pi isonirrs,a.nneg whom are 30 officers, beside.
12 standards and 20 pieces of cannnn. The French
Generals CoOdneau, Desjarditis, D'Aaltaiene, and
Guilin, were killed; Atagereau mortally wounded ;
Vial lost an arm ; Suchet had la. brok-n;
and Generals Hautpoult, Piccard, Friand, St.
Sulpic., IYE.pagne, Second, and Martin, were
a-minded.

" Ai the occupation of the town rifr,enssisch
Lylau, in front of the field of battle, for !Rd no part
of General Bennigcen's plan, and as the army, abet
so much fatigue, had need of rest, arid was also in
went of warlike stnres, the Cotaniaodar•in Chiet
entrenched himself in the environs rat MitU.Att,4:n,
establilied his head-quartcrs at Konigsbuig!:, an t
left Lieutenant-General w HT f /91, d two
nays after the battle, with 15,000 Cossacks, to ha-
rass. the Itcnch in their retreat. The enemv, on
quitting the pi.);tions which he occupied, abandoned
his sick and wrundcd.

" On the 9th (2lst) of February. the Cossacks
advanced towards the eat/iron. of Liebstadt, toed;
several hundred prisoners, four cilficers, a number
cf baggage waggons. and even forage And pro-
visions. A detachment of nvarly 2000 Hnssian
and Prtustau prisoners. who were on thew route to
Warsaw, were tit-live:call and some hundreds of
Horse Chasseurs, aho escorte.4 them, were either
killed or taken.

,t On the f sth (27th) of February, the Rus.ian
head-quarters *etre at Landsbeig. In various
petty encountc• s. the Cossacks tcok some hundreds
of prisoners. The garrison of Danteic defeated
the insurgents under Dontbrowsky. General Pia-
tow, who was constantly in pu►suit of the enemy,
took from him a piece of cannon, some waggons.
and a good deal of baggage. On this day, the
number of prisoners taken trom the French army,
after the battle, and daring ks repeat from Prrus-
theft Eylan, amounted to 2,900 soldiers. and 43
officers.

" The head-quarters remained at Landeberg on
the 16th ('4Bth) of Fe.auary. G•a,eral L'Estocy's
corps of Prussians found itself oppn:.ed to that of
Bernadotte, between Mehlack and Heiligenheil.
The enemy seared behind the Fasrarge. They
must have evacuated Gortstadt. ihe Cossacks
drove them to the environs of Allenstein ; and the
engagement on this occ.e.ion cost them 400 meth
who remainfd on the field, and 35 prisoners. One
hundred Russian prisoners were also recovered.
" On the 17th of February, (Ist March), :viej•r-
General Running attacked the enemy at Allenste n.
beat them, killed a great number, touk 50 prisoners,•
and delivered ROO Russians.

The army remained in the sameposities on the
two following days. Count Tolatoy's corps fcrined
the left Lull; at flischoffstein.

" On the 20th February, (4th March), there
were some affairs of out posts. Two OrEcirs, a
Secretary, and seventy-four soldiers, were ttLec.—
The army kept the smite position till the :26:11 Feb.
(loth March), doling which time tiiere were on:y
affairs of out-posts.
. .

" On the 24th February, (Bth March), the de-
monstrations of the French army obliged the Corfl
mender-in-Chief to concentrate all his forces belore
Heilsberg. These was an afTeir between the ad-
vanced posts. at the close et which the enemy were
repulsed, :tied pursued by the Cossecks. The head-
quarters were removed to Bertenstein—Bonaparte
still at Ost• rode.

On the Ist (13th) of March, G sera! 1). Witt.
genstein, having advanced with a detachment so
the environs ot Isleidenbouig and Ortelebourg. car.
tied oil tram ther,ce the enemy': patrol:s, and took
prison se Lietenant.Colonel Le Grang-,
Camp to General Ney, ar.d a Mjor, Commander
M a regiment ot Chasseurs. These advantages
having attrataed the attentipn of the French, they
advanced in force to these points ; and G•neral
tow was detached, wi.h eight reg ;in:tilts of Cossacks,
to support General Wittgenstein, which induced the
enernyin retreat.

•• The army remained in the um.. position on the
4th (16th) of March. Murat advanced, kith .12
regiments uf infantry and cavalry, to 13ischoffs-
bourg, whence he .1 1,1 h _ts.o_ge.. detachment of 100
Cossvek., who, nevertheless, in their retreat, made
prisoners. In consequence, General Platow re-
ceived orders to repair to the spot with 5000 Cue.
sacks; but the French did ni.t wait his arrival.

" March 6 (loth). According to the latest ad-
vice% Bonaparte is still at Ost.trode • D'Avoust at
Allensteint Ney at Guttstadt Sout at Leitntadt ;
and Bernalotte in the nei4hbourhood of Wormditt.
Murat makls incursions in the neighbourhood of
Wartenbourg, Itschoifsbourg, Passenheim, Ortels-
huurg, and Willenbourg. According to the best
information we have of the French cavalry, it is
:opposed that Murat makes his incursions for the
purpose of procuring forage. General Platow,
alto a considerable corps. is on the point of cutting
oil' all the French detachments welch are Toad
this little town."