The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

'S'IECE OF DANI2IC.

rContinuatiOn of tfiC journal of the Siege of Dantzicl

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Night betiveen_ the 22d and 23d of April. Attack
of Haketsberg.—ln front "Of the right, denti-place
d'aritte,:we pushed. four zigzags, which enabled us
totgain 20 fathoms towards the third parallel. The
Enerny:s fire, which the moon-light permitted them
to direa with precision, prevented us advancing so
far by the left demi-place d'arnzes. The balls car-
ried away the gabions as fast' as they were laid.—
Obliged to proceed a la sappe pleine as long as the
moon-light lasted, then continued the work a la
sappe rolante.
During the day:Completed the works of the night,
and made some causeways.
Attack of EiSchqrsberg.—Completed the works
begun for the prote&ion of the battery of StotZem-
berg, of seven pieces.Of cannon. The Enemy fired
much.

Lower ,Vistula and Peninsula.—A new battery
was' construaed on the left bank.
Artillery.-Began .to arm and provision all the
,batteries to commence firing the following night.
Night between. the 22(.1 and 24th.—Pushed on in
front of the right denzi-place d'arines a sappe double
to the sappe zolante. A little sortie of the EnemY
for some time disturbed the. Workthen.

Strengthened the zigzags in front of the left demi-
place darmes, ten fathoms.
Artillery.—At one o'clock in the morning opened
a fire'from the mortars and howitzers. At day-light,
all the batteries fired; the Enemy returned the fire
with -great vivacity, but at noon our's became 'su-
perior. Qur'gunners made a great number of holes
in the embrasureS, many of which the Enemy. filled
up. The place took fire several times. We had,
two pieces of 'cannon dismounted, and one carriage
renaered unserviceable

Night bellveen the '24th and 25th. Attack Of Ha-
kelsberg.--Took. from the Enemy 05 fathoms of, the.
.developement of the trench; which advanced our
trenches:ion the left 20 fathoms nearer,to the town.
The 'Captain' Of ;Engineers, BLANC, direaed -this
=work. ''''4V6 could not gain' so much ground to
the right,, On which the Enemy ,kept up a very,
brisk,. fire of musketry, froth' eleven at night till
day-break.
Artillery...7-h has already produced a great elle&
The Enemy was engaged all night in repairing' his
embrasures, which facilitated our operations' on the
left. The deserters agree in their account, that the
bombs and howitzers have done much damage to the
city. The Enemy slackened his tire during the day,
and masked a great part of his embrasures.
Attack (if Bischoffsberk.The Enemy's bombs did
some mischief to our redoubts and batteries at Stot-
' zem.berg,''Which were repaired.
14ver PrStula and Peninsula.—Continned the ga-
bloithile Of the left bank, and completed the pall-
sading of the redoubt No. 6. The Enemy kept up
a, fire ofhowitzers against this redoubt.
At eleven at night a Ship sailed from the fort of
WeiChselmunde, with some armed nien, to attempt
to reach Dantzic :. she was attacked oppoSite to our
redoubts by two French Barks which General GAR-
DANNR had ordered to be brought into the Vistula,
where a small harbour has been made for them.—
After a tire of musketry had been kept up for some
minutes, the. Ehemy's Vessel was taken, together
with her 'crew, except a few men who threw theM-
selves into the water, and almost all of whom were
wounded.

, - Marine.-4 Brig of four guns, under English co-
lours, anchored at the jetties of the port.
' The 241?, at three in the afternoon, M. LeMAre,.
dial lEgEg lYlirk: ordered the firing to cease, and sent
thc,Adjutant Commandant AYME to summon Ge-
neral KAL'ii.REUTH to surrender; but he refused to
;listen .to any iternis till, a pra6ticable breach should
be:, inati(---.-
.-'/Viiiii4etiv- e'en.' the 25th dnd26i h. , .Attack of Ha-
helsbcrg.:--:Made the approaChes of the third parallel.
A sally of the Enemy Was briskly repulsed.
.drtillery.--Our bombs. set the town on fire. The
conflagration was very great : at noon the fir 6 wait
not .extinguished.
' ilTitsitht betiveen the 261 h and 27th. , Attack of .1-iti.
kelsberg.---Contintii:d the works-of the third parallel,
an (I, pushed eight.' branches of communication to the
right to join the parallel. The firing on either side
was very'bi-isk on the 20th till seven at nighty when
the Enerny'S fire entirely ceased:
-MITS. Sile.nee seemed to indicate a sortie. The
Marshttl (made his dispositiOns ; he: gave orders to
stiffer' the'Enemy to reach the unfinished trenches,
acid afterwards to attack him briskly on both flanks,
in Order to cut off the head of the column ; which
orders were executed with complete success. At
ten-at night the little post placed in front; venire a
iirre; fell•back, and announced that the Enemy was
adVancing in column, by divisions, with bayonets
fixed ; '660 grenadiers" were followed by 2bo la-
bourers, with implements. Our labourers retired, and
Our troops instantly rushed from the trenches, attack-,
ing.the Enemy With the bayonet, but without firing :
the. Enemy was repulsed and driven back iu disorder on
'tlin reserve of his covered way, where the firing com-
menced. Our guards returned in good order to the
trenches. During- this time the Enemy's column,
winch bad been cut off, drew to the left, where it
was made prisoner.
• The Enemy had 140 men killed ; we had i 1
• killed and 29 wounded. The Marshal mentions
with.: commendation, Messrs. PERRINi as Staff Of-
ficer;ilicx vans, 'Aid-de-cainp to General 114ENARD i
C2IItEO'DVILSRL. ; Louis and LEFFERIDES, Chas-
-jseurs in: the- 12th Regiment of Light Infantry ;
1,
.ArEiolkis•and.GEOFFßOY, Serjeants of Milers ; and
::ZlICI: Miner 4.4AIGH, who killed an Officer with the
'lxiyunet. ; : ' •
General KALEREUTH having demanded a suspen-
sion of arais.to bury the dead, Marshal LEFEBVRE.
granted him from three: to five o'clock in the morn-
ing, We availed ourselves of this opportunity., to
reconnoitre new positions- for 'batteries a ricochets,
and the trenches that are to join them to our paral+
-lets. We measured the distance between the parallel
.and the covered, way ; it is 125 'fathoms from the
palisades.

Attack of Bischoffsterg.—Connccted by
,a trench
the left of the town batteries of Stotzemburgh.
.1.40u,.cr Vi.Ftula and Peninsula.—Gained possession
of . the:neck of land at the extremity of :the island
formed by the Canal and the .Separated it
brim- entrenchment, to prevent the Enemy froM
driving us from it, and thus rendered thd communi-,

• . . .
.B.,AlArtgl, Chief of DivWoti of the Engineers, ally
dire tied thiV6P:tatiolin: • •
Construded a bridge of rafts on. the Canal ; ano-
ther is to be laid cref.ss. the Vistula. This bridge
Will possess the inestimable advantage of establish,-
irig-a very speedy communication betwea the two
shores, Whereas, at present, there is ,no conirriuni-
bation but by a circuit of more than eight leagues.
Artilleu :—Arrived six 24-pounders. Began a
new battery. Armed .the second battery of Stot-
zemburgh.
Placed in the redoubt, No. 2, a battery of 24-
pounders against Bischotfsberg, which greatly an:-
noys our batteries of Stotzernbtirgh. -
Mounted four 24-pOunders instead :of 4 twelves
which were in the first parallel.
Constructing three batteries direaed against the
half moon. andflancs-bas of the front of attack ; the
artillery had an Officer uTunded\during the day,- and
two Gunners and a Seijeant killed. CASTLLLE, Cap-
tain of Artillery, was wounded. •

Night between the 27th and 28th.--Attack on
ilakelsberg.--,prolonged the third parallel to the
right and left, for about 120: fathoms, and finished
the -communication of the right. The Enemy kept
pp a very brisk fire. A weak sortie was immedi-
ately repulsed.

Lower YMula ind Peninsula. Three times Ves-
sels attempted to pass from the Fort of. Weichsel
munde to Dantzic they were invariably repulsed.
A French bark, frbm the right bank, Went to
reconnoitre the post in front of the left bank, and
remained some time in observation.

Artillery.—The Enemy fired incessantly on the
batteries of Stotzemburgh, and on the redoubts Nos.
1 and 2. He direEts a numerous artillery against
these batteries.

A bomb set fire to' a barrack containing .ho-
witzers; Captain LARGE. and two gunners ran to
the. barrack, and removed the howitzer chests.—
GEoFFRoyi Lieutenant of Pontonniers, was wound--
ed, as were two Serjeants of the artillery, and two
gunners:

One 24-pounder was rendered, unserviceable.—
We fired '1400" balls on the ' 26th, and rguo on
the 27th.

.Night between the 28th and2gth.—.4ttack of Ha-
kelsberg.—Prolonged the right of the third parallel
twenty fathoms.; enlarged some communications ;
likewise prolonged one of the _branches from the
right denu-placed'armes, towards the place fixed for
a new battery. _

4.t ten at night the Enemy made a sortie on the
third :parallel ; he began his.. attack on our left.
Two Coinpanies of the 19th regiment of the line
put, him to the rout and pursued him to the palisades,
of the covered way, into which some of olir brave
fellows had the imprudence to leap. A battalion
of grenadiers, which 'presented itself to the centre,
repulsed our two compaqies, while. two battalions
turned them by our right. The Enemy penetrated
to the communications of our, third parallel, when
he was vigorously attacked by. our reserve, who
went to the assistance of the guards of the trench
The Enemy retired in the utmost confusion : thrice
he ,returned to the charge, and. thrice' he was re-
pulsed. His loss amounts to 70 men killed, a great
number wounded, and 200 prisone-s. We had 25
wounded, and eight of the 19th regiment killed.'
The 19th battalion condukqed itself with great in-
trepidity. Gen. PUTROD commanded the 'trench,
and Geti. 'MK:Him) the reserve.

The Marshal particularly mentions Messrs. the
Baron DE • STOCKHORN, a -Major in the service of
Baden, and Major-General of the trench-; Mosix,
Captain of Voltigeurs of the 19th, thrice taken and
re-taken ; QUENTIEUX AURILIAC, Captain ; Do-
MONT, PILLET, and DUNIO, Seljeallt-MajorS of the,
19th, who entered the covered way with the enemy,
and killed six men and two Officers; TEINTURIOR,
Voltigeur; of the 19th regiment, .who twice rescued
Captain MUSIN from the hands of the 'Enemy, kil-
lino- two or three men each time • HATZLER, cor-
poral. of. the regiment of the Hereditary Grand
Duke of BADEN, who nobly defended his post,' and
with his detachment, killed. a great number of the
enemy.
The son of Marshal LEFEBVRE rushed upon the
Enemy
.at the head of the'colurnn.

Lower Vistula and Peninsula.—Continued the
Vvcirks begun, without being.. disturbed by the
tnemy.
Arlillery.7---Arrived twelve 24-pounders, .6000
24-pound balls, 1300 bombs, 120,000 hounds of
powder, and various articles of provision. Three
thousand of the enemy's balls were picked up. He
is daily augmenting his batteries on the Bischoff's-
.
berg..
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patrole of Cossacs was met by ten men of the
4th Polish regiment, who killed an Officer'and twoCossacS. The others could not be pursued, on ac-
count of the inundation of the water.

Night between the 29th and 3oth. Attach of Ha-
kelsberg. Prepared the .parapet of the third parallel
to receive tirailleurs. Bordered it with earth-bags.
Enlarged the third parallel, and formed causeways
with fasci n es.

Attack ofßiscludAberg:—Prolonged' towards the
right the trenches which-cover the batteries of Stutz-
ernburgh.
Artillery,.—Fired 1700 balls on the 30th. the
tire of the redoubt, No. 1, greatly incommodes the
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enemy, who has directed more. than 20 pieces. of
cannon to th it pdint.
Placed a mortar battery in the second parallel and
another in the front of that parallel.

Placed three-pounders it' the extremeties of the
third parallel, to flank it against sorties.

Contruiied two batteries at the extremeties of the
derni-places d'armes, between the second.and third
parallel, to sweep the branches of the covered ways
of the half-moon, to batter the entrenchments of
timber, which are in'the retreating‘p/aces d'arrnes.—
(Moniteur.)

The motto of the new Order .of Knighthood, es-
tabhibed in Holland 'hy Lours BONAPARTE, is ex-
tremely appropriate : it is, Doe wet en zie niet om.
Do well, and look; not back. The comparison be-
tween a Dutchman.of the present day and his grand 7
father w ou:d not, indeed, be very gratifying.

- - --
.The damage sustained by thee small Duchy of
Saxe Weimar; from the invasion of the French in
Odober, 1806, has been estimated at 1;726,140
dolicars, besides 33 houses burnt. Among other ar,
tides, the French got' 31,762 bottlei a brandy, and
.