The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

vehemence.
Setting out from the South, I shall give fl hasty
1
sketcl of their Ulysian wanderinge, which, if
insufficient in other respects, will serve to show the
general spread of rebellion throughout the length
and breadth of the land. If an English memory
can be expected to retain Polish Lames, the reader,
I hope, is still aware of the existence of the Dorn-
browa camp, about twenty paiie, to the cost of
Czenstochow. About the same distance to the west
half a dozen caeca eters have taken place between
the Russian vanguards and a Polish force stationed
in the ironworks I,f Pankin. Forty miles further
to the north, in the neighbourhood of Kalisz, we
hear of repeated engagements at Opatobek, Pysz-
kow, Sieracz, and Winari. Notwithstanding the
nearness of the insurgents, who have advanced
nearly to the gates of Kalisz, a third part of the
of 1,500 men, has had to be
garrison,marched to co nKs g
8010, twenty miles to the north-east,
where the Warta-bridge has been burnt down by
the Poles. A Russian force of 3,000 men, stationed
at Konin, ten miles distant from Roll), had been
unable to prevent the destruaion of the bridge
--
a misfortune which, in the swampy. nature of the
-Warta banks, is sure to embarrass their future move-
ments. It may be observed here en passant that
the unusual mildness of the winter has been profit-
able to the Poles, not only from the early disap-
pearance of snow, bat also on account of the abun-
dance of rain, and the consequent freshets in the
rivers. Ina country where, from the natural confi-
guration of the soil, as well as the indolence of the
inhabitants, every river is lined by a swamp, and
every morass begets a new river, this is a circum-
stance to be taken into serious account in calculat-
ing the chances of a spring campaign. Not only is
the Pole more intimately conversant with the watery
nature of his soil than the Russian, but, apart from
national characteristics, in coping with simi.ar dif-
ficulties the advantage will always be on the side of
guerilla troops.
Continuing our survey, we meet about the same
distance to the north of Kolo as Kalisz is to the
south the respectable town of Wlonclawek, together
with the less pretentious township of Radziejeowo.
Here lies the scene of the first appearance of Mieros-
lawaki on the revolutionary stage. As was the case
with Prince Drogomirecki, the gallant general,
finding himself confronted by superior numbers be-
fore effecting a junction with the Kolo bands, was
put to flight, and forced to make the best of his way
out of the district. His whereabouts for the pre-
sent remains unknown. The Polish bands distri-
buted over this region have also met with nume-
rous reverses. Near Isbica, half-way between Kolo
and Wloncla',vek, one of the patriot detachments,
being caught in a wood, lost 50 men out of 500.
Another band, about equally strong, was cut off on
the way between Siupca and Konin, and nearly
fell into the hands of the Prussian Hussars who
lined the frontier ready to receive them. The affair,
which may figure hereafter in diplomatic correspon-
-1 dente, took place about 30 miles to the east of Posen.
Receding from the circumference of the circle to
the centre, the primary thing to be noticed is the
continued occupation of the railway by the insur-
gents. Along the entire distance between Warsaw
and Czenstochow the garrison of Petrikau, consist-
ing of 2,000 men and more, is the only representa-
tive of Russian power in this important quarter.
The few engagements reported from this neigh-
bourhood have all occurred at a distance of 10
to 15 miles from the line, the insurgent garrisons
at Rawa and Skirniwice remaining unmolested in
the very sight of Russian troops. Of encounters
given, those of Lodz and Brzezin may be mentioned
more especially. In either case the Russians had
the best of it. Looking at the undisturbed condi-
tion of the rebel garrisons along the line, the Poles,
it may be conjectured, fought under particular dis-
advantages on both occasions. As a rule their want
of success is to be easily traced to the scarcity of
experienced leaders. • Broken up, as they are, into
a hundred different handful's, it is of course, impos-
sible to provide an adequate number of cautious com-
manders for their scattered divisions; and adroit-
ness being everything in guerilla tactics, tho
slightest mistake is but too frequently punished by
surprise and defeat. I need not say that the same
remark holds equally good with regard to the Rus-

sians.
The province of Plonk is the only part of the
coantry where aggressive movements have not been
entered upon by the Czar. Shut in between War-
saw and the more easterly part of the Prussian
frontier, the reduction of this district is sure enough
after the defeat of the others. There is little sym-
pathy for the cause, but a whole army opposing it
to be found on the other side of the border, while
the thin population of the country and its remote-
ness from the centres of rebellion do not seem to
augur any very dangerous rising in the absence of
a repressive force. The existence, however, of a
large number of insignificant bands is undoubted in
this part of the kingdom also.
The comparative quiet in the north is contrasted
all the more strongly with the turmoil to the east.
M. Sokol---Anglice Mr. Falcon, a nom de guerre
assumed on the model of all the more prominent
leaders—has taken up a highly convenient, if not a
very comfortable, position in the morasses of the
Liwica, about 20 miles to the norto.-east of the
capital. Instead of being destroyed at Simiatica,
as General Maninkine would have us believe, we
thus find the daring leader putting himself in the
very jaws of the bear. Another, but less adven-
turous force, is to be met with at Brock, on the
lower course of the Bug; while a third, roaming
about Zelechow, has just repelled the Cossacks, and
is advancing on Seidice (about 30 miles to the east
of the capital). An equal distance to the east of
Siedlce, the neighbourhood of Biala has witnessed
the destruction of the force destroyed a fortnight
ago by Colonel (now Generai.) Nostiz. So runs the
Russian bulletin.
I shall not exhaust the patience of your readers
by passing in review the eventsiti the south-eastern
province of Lublin. The fact of the re-assumption
of the offensive suffices for our purvosed. If adding
that the vicinity of the fortresses of Zamosc and
Evangorod has been more especially subject to the
Cossack raids, the reader will be able to form an
idea of the weakness of the Russian Government in
that particular quarter. The country between the
two southern fastnesses, as well as the high road to
Kiew, remains in the hands of the insurgents. The
force occupying the latter has made good its title
to the position by a complete victory near Dab;enka.
There is no want of interest in the abundant in-
telligence flowing in from Lithuania. Amid the
immense forests of those pathless tracts a serious
danger is brewing for Holy Russia. Once in pos-
session of the wood of Bialowice, insurgents have
rendered themselves all but impregnable to the at-
tack of even a superior force. Stretching over a dis-
tance of 40 miles and more, and consisting to a con-
siderable extent of impassable swamp, this aborigi-
nal forest is about as well adapted for military ope-
rations as an Indian jungle or a Guiana marsh. The
insurgents, it would appear, have established them-
selves in different parts of this invalguewirtahhbopiloaoecorfhsttronghold,
and, sallying forth in every direction, have defeated.
and led away captive the neighbouring garrisons
in rapid succession. At Pruzana, to the east of. the
wood, five hundred Russians have been relieved
of their arms; at Orla, to. the west, the same fate
befel a detachment hovering round its outskirts,
while at Bystre, to the south, a cotnaythtflheaieacttitintan:cmshuhuareers_s;
taken place with Gen. Maninkine, which also ter-
minated to the advantage of the Poles. A number
of other engagements are mentioned in the same
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of operations.
In addition to the intricacies of the country, insur-
rection is here aided by the particular eircurnstauce
that the country not belonging to the kingdom of
Poland, the disarmament had never been carried
out with anythiug like the rigour evinced in the
Westeru satrepy.

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