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live fnr ever in the memory of posterity, that the
French soldier braves every fatigue and danger."
FORST SEVEN rll BULLETIN.
[The Forty-secenth Bulletin describes the en-
gagements which to,k place at Pultusk and Galu•
men, on the 2tith of Decembcr. The Russians are
stated to have received a total defeat, and to have
lost 12,000 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
110 pieces of cannon, all their ammunition waggons,
and I 2uo baggage carts.]

FORTY-EIJI! I I BULLETI:i.

" WARSAW, JAN. 3.

" General Corbineau, Aid-de-Camp to the Em-
peror, had set off from Pultusk, in pursuit of the
enemy, with three regiment, of light cavali y. After
occupying Brok, he reached Ostrowiel, ~n the Ist
inst. On his march he picked up 400 Russian sof-
diets, several Otli.:ers, and a great quantity of bag-
gage waggons.

o Marshal Snub, with three brigades of light
horse, part of Lasalle's division, has taken a position
along the banks of the little river Orcye, ia order to
cov.:r the Cantmmenu of the Army. •

Marshal Ney, , the Ptiaee of ?ante Como, and
l'sl.4nhal Bessiere., have cantoneil their troops on
[he left bank. _ _ _

"Fhe light corps, under Marshals Soult, Da-
voust, and L tnncs, continue to occupy Puttusk and
• the banks of the Bug.
Tho en any's arm; continues to retreat. The
Emper.'r arrived at Warsaw on the 2d of January.
" We have had snow and frost for two days in
continuance ; but it has begun again to thaw, and
the toads, which were becoming somewhat be:ter,
are now as bad as before.

U Prince Borghese has incessantly been at the
head of the lit regiment of Carbineers, which he
corn na ids. The brave Carhineets and Cuirassiers
to tified the most anxious desire to meet the enemy ;
ha el! divisions of Dragoons whic'i cvme first int')
afii-o, by carrying every thing before th• m, left
the fin mer no opportunity of attacking the enemy.
" H s 'slajesty has appointed General Laribois-
siere a Geseial of Division, and given him the com-
mand of the Artillet yof the Guards. He is an
the highest merit.
The troops of the Grand Duke of Wurtsbcrg
compu,e the garrison of the city of Berlin. They
consist of tu•o regiments, which make an •excellent
.ippearance.

" The corps under Prince Jerome continues to
besiege Breslau That beautiful city is in ashes. A
disposition to wait the course of events, and the
hope of being relieved by the Russians, have pre.
vented the garrison [Toni surrendering, but the se le.
makes prrgress. The Bavarian and V‘ irtemberg
troops have merited the praise of Prince J..rume,
and the esteem of the French army.

•. 'fhr G .vernor of Silesia had colledted the gar-
risons f the fortress.•s not ye: blockaded, and tot ni.
ed ou: of them an army of BQ,OOO men, with which
force he had c nornenced his march to interrupt the
operations of the atmy besirg.ng Breslau.
Ag.tinst this farce, G liedouville, the
Chief of Prince Jerome's st.ff, detachtd G:rwral
MOntbren, Commandant of. the WurterVi.irghtr.,
and General Minucci, Commandant of the B iv.,-
rians They carne up with the Prussians at Siterrien,
pet them to flight, and took 400 men, 600 hi,rses
and several convoys of provisions, which the entm!
intended to send into the fortress. Major I ler,:ch..r,
at the head of 150 of Leiningen's Light Horse, at.
tacked two Prussian squadrons, and completely
routed them, making 36 of them prisoners."

HUSUM AND Go rTENSURG MAILS.

TOMMINOIN, JAN. 17.

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better )
An estafette has Arrived At Luueck, from Konigs-
berg, by sea, with advice, that that city had been
illuminated and 7", /hum sung in all the churches,
in consequence of a decisive victory having been ob.
tained by the Ilii,siaus over the French on the
Narew. They are reported to have lust upwards
of 90.000 men.

The lie.id-quarters of the French, it is asserted,
have been removed from WArs.tw to Posen.
BANES OE THE MAINE, JAN. 3.

Tie Prussian gartison of Colberg harasses con-
tinually that country as far as Stettin. On the
13th 13,-,-cmher a corps of that garrison fell in with
a detachment, which had left Stettin, and made
pti.on,rs a Lieutenant and 25 men.

An Austrian G?xette, in an article dated Z .m-
-berg, Di•cember 2,1, states, that the French Mi-
ni.tcr had arrived there that day fr,im Jassy ; on
the 26th November, the Russians, to the number of
75,00 i) men, entered Moldavia. Sixteen thousand
men, commanded by General Michelson, have ad-
vances' to Jassy ; their plan appears. to cross the
Turkish territory and to enter Dalmatia, for the
purpose of carrying on their operations in Italy.
ALTONA, JAM. 9.
They write from Vienna, under date of the 20th

December. that M. Montescidieu

Chaniberl,

Lip ri
His Ma!esty the Emperor Napoleon, had arrival
there as courier, and that his mission was of the
greatest importance.
Hitless:Ros, JAM. 4,
A letter from Warsaw, dated the 2ith Deeeniber,
states, that there are between the Bug and th,
Vistula 70 or 80,000 French troops, and 12,043
Poles. but that, within a fortnight, thst nncni,„,
would be increased to 150,000 ; a field bakery i"
been established, and the transport of prosisins,'
from Austria, is also considerable ; the Ru.,:s4'
have left the Bug, ever since the 9th, and I:lkea
position behind the Narew; the villages betwees
those two rivers have suffered much. The heads
Tiarters of the Russian Grand Army were at
Grodno; it had received considerable reinforce.
ments, and a reserve had a.iived at %Vilna. The
Bug and Narew are entirely covered with ice,
which has enabled the heavy artillery to pass eve:,
and all the farriers h.tve been put in requisition at
Warsaw, to rough shoo the horses of the I
cavals y. From the 3d to the 15th of Dectru.Ae
430 Russian prisoners wore brought to
80 of which are severely wounded.
Private letters from Berlin state, that Breslaw!ot
not surrendered, and that this is the cause
has Prevented the re•cstabiisinneat of the post he.
tween Berlin and this city.

WAtIAW, DEC. ?7.

Dispatches, dated from Socktickzen. the ei;thcf
D cemher, at seven iu the morning, bring
that the enemy has been cot and defeated on Al
si2es ; every momei.t prisoners are brought in. We
have taken all their baggage and artillery. It is
impotsibie that they ►hould again f arn in Line.
Our army it pursuing theirs, without allowing they
a moment'. time breathe.

Private Letters say, that the Grand Duke
Berg, with the cavalry under his command, he
thrown himself between the Russian advanchl
guard and their mat body.
■[tt.rrr, JAN.

The Paper called The Tekgrapb, cnntains the la.
lowing official intelligence from the Grand Army,
sited Soliniou, the 29th of December

" We have, during the last four days, defea•cd
the Ressian army, which has been pursued to
Ostrelenka, and obliged to abandon its artillery ad
baggage. The badness of the roads, and the saves
rity of the season, have determined Ili:. Maj tte
E.mperor to go into winter quarters. The can.
paign may, in lac!, be considered as ended. We
have taken more than 10,000 prisoners, and s/
i,l cannon. The Emperor attacked the elecr
ir. their cr.ntoriments, without its being possible fw
them to LOIICC: II gLiher.
" The army of the enemy is indebted for its pre-
servation to the badness of the roads, rendered im-
passable by the inc.:stoat rains ; and also to the rt.
ifice of the whole of its artillery and baggage"
1111RLIN, JAN. Q.

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Several l•tters from Warsaw give the following
interesting details of the recent military operations:

Tut retreat of the enemy's armies, and the diffi.
culty of overtaking them in mass, were the
Causes uhy no general battle could take place, but
very brilliant anions were fought on several susses.
days. The enemy hid entrenched himself a
Czainowo, but his redoubts, though defended by
13,000 men, were soon taken by a pan of the caps
of Marshal Davcant. Many prisoners and piece,
of cannon remained in the possession of the French.
At Ty:oczym, the same corps took 2.0 baggage
waggons, and a con iderabla number of men wLe
had been 1. ft bt:hind.

Marshal Karnenskoy, who had taken a good poi-
tion, covered by morasses, at NAsielsk, attempted
to maintain himself is it ; but ht. was driven front
it, pursued for several leagues, and ob:ip,el to kart
behind many pieces of cannon and prisoners, among
whom are several Colonels. The passage of t. 15
Wkra furnished occasion for an aftion, in which the
carps of Mars!•il Augereau Obtained great glory.
Fifteen thousand men defended the be.' Ige of Kur•
umbel. The infantry passed this bridge in clox
columns, and in the middle of it sustained, with ex-
traordinary intrepidity, the attack of the cavalry.—
By a brisk fire cl musketry, they soon threw dlr..:
Russian cavalry into confusion.
We most not omit mentiot.ing with distindlias
the affair at Pultusk, where Marsha Lannes, wth
15 or .‘20,000 men, defeated the Russians isetsseen
35 and 40,000 strong 3,0 W Russians were left
upon the field of blttle, and nearly the same num-
ber were made primers.

The flimflam of the Prussian army. which at-
tempted to make a stand at Soldau, was driven from
that place by the corps of Marshal N,y, who tot.i.
from them some colours, cannon, and a considerable
number of prisoners. This Prussian corps, which
was nearly 6000 strong, was dispersed and drivro
into the morasses. he cavalry, under the com-
mand of Marshal Bestieres, made on this occasion a
very brilliant attack.
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