The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

LaEBAI.T, JAN. 27.—" At the moment when the
Emperor's
.orders were issued for the first corps of
the Army to go into winter, quarters, between the
Rissarge and the Vistula,
.Marshal BERNADOTTE re-
ceived -intelligence that the Russians were-on the
march. with a considerable *corns , to attack and sur-
prise him in his cantonments. it seemed to be
their °tiled to 'advance *against OsterOde; "and; by
that mesas, to cut off all communication betWreen
the first corps and the rest of the Grand Army ; and
with this view they attacked and carried' our 'post
at Liebstadt,- consisting of about €2OO men, on the

day already occupied Stargardt. My left wing, at
Stolpe, cuts off the communication between Col-
berg and Dantzic. We-have not yet seen a single
patrole of the enemy. &they defend Dantzic with
the same courage with which they .have defended
this' province; that ancient seat of -the Poles will
soon have its brothers in arms in its bosom. All this,
my dear General, belongs to the wonders of the age
in which we live. The genius. of Nnret.coN pre
cedeS his standards Ikherever he sends them.
". Thick forests separate, inc from General Da
DOI+;iI3ROWSKI., but to-morrow I. shall certainly join
him behind Stargardt..
All the inhabitants of this country, and 'parti-
cularly the Germans established here; were in great
anxiety previous to our arrival. Thjy feared to find
us cruel and vindictive but they have only found
brothers, and.they forget that tliey were born Ger-
mans. The town of Conitz, .against which there
has been so many complaints, certainly gave a fine
example of patriotism after they had experienced our
kindness--I demandede of them uniforms and other
necessaries, with the exception of horses.,,offerino'b to
pay for every thing, but the town promised to deli-
ver every thing gratis, and is seriously employed in
performing this promise. Judge of what will hap-
pen at Dantzic, &c.

23d instant. . , .
-" As soon as Marshal BERNADOTTE received cer-
tain advice:of. the Enemy.'s intentions, he did not
lose a 'moment :'he immediately called in the troops
posted at Ming-, and gave orders for those a Christ-
burgh to draw towards Mohringen Without delay,
where they found the .81h. regiment ; and.theugh
the Marshal
.had troops at Lolkemis and Praunsberg,
on the Passarge, he succeeded in colle6ting them all
on 'the 20th at Mohringen. The Marshal arrived
in person about two in the afternoon, just as the
Enemy shewed himself upon the heights. He
seemed at first. to have had a line of cavalry, and
manoeuvred in such a manner as to make it appear
that his object was only to reconnoitre.. Hte wished
to gain time, in order to bring up' troops against our
right wing ; but Marshal BERNADOTTE • perceived
Ins dcrign, and immediately forined in. crder
of
"battle, while he' ordered a battalion of the gth light
infantry to arll.'anee against -the -of Pfarrer-
fel:lst:hen, which was 'defended by several battalions
'of Russians and six pieces of cannon. This batta-
lion-advanced with ail the courage', and impetuosity
that clesskinguiSh the French soldiers ; and notwith-
standing the murderous fire and the warmth of the
action, in which the Eagle of this battalion was
. taken and re-taken, the battalion. succeeded in de-
feating the Eneniy, and gaining .possessiOn of the
village. .
" The Russians, who
.defended themselves va- •
liantly, again attacked, the village with three bat-
talions; but the- Bth regiMent coming to the as-
sistence of the French battalion, they were driven
Lack.
«:1; fug i•ompelled to retreat,. 'they formed be-
hind the village, while their right and• left extended
towards the cods and frozen lakes ; (hey oc-,
aaipied both sides of the road between Mohringen
Liebstadt: •
" Our line of ir!antry, consisting -of the nth,
27th, and' 94th regiments, immediately •advanced
against the Enemy's front, upon the heights,. which
was provided .with a formidable artillery. A very
beavY fire of small arms took place. -- General Du•
FONT; in the'meanwhile, bad orders to move frbin
Neuhoff to Wiese and Georgenthel, for the 'purpose
of turning the fight wing of the Russians. At the
..sauce time the troops arrived that were to a& against
the :Enemy's front. A battalion 0t the 323 was the
first that advanced. The Enemy were driven back,
and very .roughly handled, and a very great car-
riage took place among them ; 'they were pursued
more titan two leagues, till' night put an end to
the afFair.
" The Prince of POIsTTE CORVO was not engaged
in the pur-uit, because about 2000 Russian infantry
- and cavalry, cut off from their main body, forced
themselves into Mohringen, which they found
without defence : the troops that had defended that
place kad eualied on, and were busy in plundering
the carriages left behind by the Russians.
A lantalion of, the Sib, which was seleled to
drive the Russians out of ATohringen, advanced with
fixed-bayonets, and overthrew all that opposed thtatn.
The sth Chasseurs followed the remainder, killed a
great. many, and made a number of prisoners, and,
among.the rest, the Colonel who commanded'the

" DE 'CotLiam."

GRAND ARMY.-GOVERNMENT OF POSEN.
ORDER di, THE DAY.

" For some time past 'malignant persons have
been suffered to spread reports as disgusting as they
are false,' respeeting the army commanded by his
Majesty the Emperor and King in person. Persons
accustomed to judge of- events with coolness, do
not stiffer themselves to be taken in such obvious
snares, btit credulous people aro deceived, and
the tranquillity and security in which they
have hitherto lived is disturbed. In order -to. put •
an end to the audacity of these malignant 'persons
who employ themselves in _deceiving other indivi-
dualS, the• ,Governor-General of the Department of
Posen orders all the Military and Civil Authorities,
as. well French as Polish, and also the Imperial
Guards,.and all persons in the employ of the Police
throughout The Department of Posen, to arrest and
bring .to the Head-quarters all individuals
,who.
apread, circulate, or repeat false intelligence, con-,
trary to tht interests of the Grand Army .as
wellas
the security of the inhabitants and their property.
TO make known at the same time to
,such
that it is no justification to theM that they heard
such intelligence from others, and that they must.
remain in prison until his -Majesty shall have pro-
nounced respelling their fate.. This Order shall be
inserted in the Gazette of Posen, and the Chambers
ofc.War and .of Administration will take care that
it shall be published in' the French„ Polish,- and
German twig-nacres throughout the Department,
and that it shall be posted up the towns.
" LTEEMIT."

The Emperor, it appears, is about 'to march to-
wards Kunigsburgh with his whole, army. .

expedition.
<< This Arair is so much the more glorious for the
fist corjls, bec:tuic the troops began their march of
16 I,?at:es-vt midnight, to arrive at the tell of bat-
tle, where the Marshal Prince of PosTE Coxvo had
8000. men, against 14,000 of theEneMy's
t c,;opi. The Enemy's loss is considerable, ex-
L; (eon() o)en ; ours .is reckoned at 7s or 800
J and,Woun.:led, . 5
" Tho French infantry have this day given fresh
fteir urar4g-e and uncomitSon intrepidity.
t :.e fatigue of a long #nd tiresome"
;.,—.;;cii:d the tic..i±!lits where the Enemy
w•a:.; poi!ed, v-!1; djended himself with great
obsiinaey. Ofea;i:Lil :1; :'.;23 of r 6 _or 18 pieces" of
Caniion could not resti-..iA them, for, a moment.
The cir.Talry, dislinguished itself by the fine charges
it repeateulyt made upon a superior number, and
thus claim a part of the glory. in fine—Generals,
Officers; Priv3tes, all did their duty : they all vied
with each Other in courage and devotion. -
liVf: 'have made four hundred prisoners, and
taken two pieces of cannon. The prisoners assure.
us that (.3cnrai AUREPP and Prince Dot.Goavciu
ere woun,_!e.:l.
• " The rei:it of this glorious day has been the
checking of the tnemy•ln his rapid. march, - and"
astonishing him by a display of valour almost Un-
exampled ; besides" preventing the execution of his
project, which was to snrprise the Grand Army,
and compel it to repass the Vistula.
" The Prince of PONTE CORVO remained upon
the field of battle till fi.o o'clock next day, and
made many excellent but slow.movements to Cover
the left flank of the Grand Army, while he gained
,time to-carry off the wounded.: 1-le retreated.- but
three leagues on the first clay after the affair ; he
rtinaiaed 24 hours at Liebemull, and arrived at Loe-
bau, on the 27th; when. he took a position behind
41:e place, there to wait. for the enemy, who did,
not make his appoarance.
" This long and tedious march gave the Grand
Army time to colleen itself. The- Emperor put
himself at its head, and has since recommenced
operations. The enemy is taken in his own snare,
cud will soon repent the imprudent step he iias
taken." .

.
POSEN, FEB. 6.—Exitraa of a letter from the
General -of Brigade KOSINSKIi Commandant.
of-the advanced guard of the Polish division under
the "command of the General of. Division M. DP.
DOMi'diOWSKI: which is On its march towards
Dantzic.

" Head-Quarters, Conitz, Tan. '27.
"- The Prussians fly before us. We have this

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iris . for.s.lions as Governor-Gem-La of Livonia, and
Couriand.

MECKLENpURGH, `FEB. s.—No Country has suf-
fered more by the present War than Mecklenburgh. •
Three French armies have alternately been quarter=
ed upon those unfortunate Provinces, viz.. those
of Marshal BERNADOTTE, the Grand Duke of BLaG,
and Marshal SOULT, exclusive of the Prussian army,
which-has traversed the whole country between this
place and Lubeck. Besides these, Marshal Molt-
. TIER'S Corps has cost the Dutchy of Mecklenburgh
two million of crowns,- exclusive of a contribution
of one million of crowns in hard cash.
ERLANGEN, FEB. 3.—The Austrian' regiments in
Bohemia,haVo received orders to put themselves in
motion.; among these are the light-horse of Rosen-
berg, and. the Uhlans of Schwartzenberg.
LEMBERG,' JAN. 18.---General KAMENSEGI, with
the main body of the Russian,Army, is posted be
• hind the River Narew. The Head-quarters are in a,
small village of,the same name, Auxiliaries arrive
for the Russian Army from the farthest parts of the
Empire in Asia. The first Corps of Reserve is near
Byalystock,where there isalarge magazine ; a second
Army of Reserve is at Grodno, and a third at Dubno.
The- recruits,. who are numerous, are trained and
exercised, fit for.the ranks, in fourteen days. Dubno
and Niesewiess are both strongly fortified. In the
former place the Fretich prisoners are kept, previous
to their being carried thrther into the interior. To
animate the courage of the Russian soldiers, the Em-
peror has promised to prOmote every Officer who
shall distinguish.himself, besides,;t, grant of crown
lands, &c. , The wounded privates Xi:also to receive
pensions, and their widow.s and orphans to he pro.:
vided for. , . • , •

[FROM THE COURT GAZETTE.)

" VIUNNA, JAN. 28.—The Austrian Prisoners of
War who - have returned from France have given
their Sovereign a striking proof of their attachment;
for in spite of all they have suffered on the road,
and the sedu6tions to ..vhich they were exposed in
all the States thrOugh which they passed,.. particu-
lady on the borders of the Rhine, where they were
obliged tb remain some months, out of 36,930 'men
who wept to France, 36,000 have a6tually arrived.
Upon the Austrian Aerritory. 'These faithful soldiers
chaunted hymns of joy upon their arrival in Austria."

PRIVATE LETTERS.

BANKS OF THE ELBE, FEB. 7.—ln all probability
you are at-this-moment 'better informed concerning
the state of aft:airs in Poland than we are who are
so much nearer the scene of action. The French
Bulletins on the one side, and the Official Statement-
of General BENNINosEN and the concurrent flying
reports from dil-Tere.nt (luarters on the other, are so
centradiaory, that We know not on which side there
is most truth: The better opinion seems to be,
that at least the hitherto victorious French Army
has,received a signal Check, and that on particular
occ\lsions advantages were pined by the. Russians
which might have been improved into" a vi6tory.
FlIo:,,I THE BANKS OF THE MAINE,' FEB.-7.—A It. seems probable that the deciSiee ' blow is at this
moment struck "i for it is certain that BONAPARTE
few days ago an escort of Prussian plisonerS attired
at Frankfort, guarded by seventy Wirtembargh set out for the Army from Warsaw 'on the e7th ;
and it is believed also that the Etinperor ALEXANnen.
troops, and after, resting for one, nigh-I
-proceeded tor
has taken the field. kis this engagement Which
Mentz, where they were delivered' over to the Na-
tional Guards, as usual, and sent forward to the place will shew the world,
.whether the presence .of
ALEXANDER, at the , head of his oWn troops, .in
Of their destination: The Wirtembureh carps, after
his own dominions, may not avail more than
taking a night's rest, set out on ,their return for the
main body, to -which they belonged, FRANCIS at Austerlitz, and •FREDERICK
of Frankfort, ice. When they had got to the diS- , WientAm at . Auerstedte There are • a number of
by the way
. 1 that of F
tance of about obe mile, from Mentz, they were king reports, e:llich • May be • worth, repeating,
overtaken by an express'on horseback, who request- ! though they nioy note be relied upon: - Tra-
ed the Officer at their head to return to Mentz, . Yellers coining from Posen .relate, .that 1-ri that
. town all sorts of workmen and labourers. have been
as. the Governor of that City desired him to take
a dispatch for the Governor commanding at Frank- .put in requisition; to furnish in.haste 7000 bedsteads
fort.' The Officer accordingly entrusted, his set._ for the wounded French brought. in. Persons who
and Ordered haVe recently left Hessia-say, that the French Offi-
jeant with the command of his corps;
him to march on at a slow pace, io hopes of saver- ‘ eel's- there betray great discontent and!apprehensien,
taking the detachment as soon as his business should ' In the mean time the French ate said to praolise all
nsiness with the Governq of Mentz ! lsi..inds of artifice in order to spread the belief of their
be done.. His b
was over in a quarter of an hunt-, ;,:ii."l -the 'Officer _ uccess. • It is stated that they dressed up large bo-
dies of French soldiers in itussian unitbrms, and
hastened to come up with his corPs„ heft' in vain.
Still he supposed' they had got the start of hum :
Sever Marched, them through the towns in Poland.
al families ofdistinEtion are at Altona, the
but how great was his surprize, when to his
principal of whom are the Duke arid Dixhe ss of
enquiry at the gate of Frankfort, of, how .lonk
MEcKLENBuBoIt SCH. wEitiN..
it was since his corps passed that way, he received
fer answer, that it had not been heard of. -He FEB. 10.—Our hopes and fears are directed to-
hastened to the Governor to deliver his dispatch, wards Poland, though our attention is somewhat di-
and then inquired again ;_ but was informed that no vented towards the, less ImMediately interesting, yet
report had been received of any detachment having still very significant Military operations in, Turkey.
entered. 'He returned to the
,gate, thinking that his On the-Dniester, welearn that the two brothers •
Men might have missed their way.'; and alter wait- of the King of PRUSSIA are raising Volunteer Corps;
ing a good while, he, saw ten men coining in of the and we -are "persuaded, that whatever the ultimate
hole corps; who reported, that their comrades, from.perseveringofSerjeant resistance which theit adversa-
arms 'and equipage ; that they were also desired to IT has not hitherto experienced. The battle of
go with the others, but did not chuse. The Officer Mehringen,. though the French boast of another
returned to -thte.Governoreand told into :What had, J vie-tory, shews how much is yet to be done before
happened, when the, latter immediately sent all the Konigsburgh can be attacked, which is obYibusly the
-.Gens d'Arines that. were •at Frankfort to -scour the .oblecl of this detachment from the main army.
country ; and also sent expresSes: to all the Corn-, FEB. 13.—That the French are on the retreat,
mending OtEcers in the environs ; but every and inquiry - •have repeatedly suffered great loss, may be in-
roved fruitless. • •
ferred from their own statements, on a comparison
VIENNA, JAN. 28.-4 is. said there is a continual • with the map of Poland.; and that reports on losses
correspondence between the Russian .General who have been. prevalent, in countries subject to the
(as we had already heard by letters irnrn Bucharest) enemy, is evident from the severe. measures taken
had: eriteredewith a body of troops into the town a against those who should be guilty of doubting the
Kraiowa, the capital of Wallachia, and the Pacha of invincibility of the Great Army, directed by the ge-
Widdin, PASSWAN OGLOU : but it is merely conjee. nins_of the Great Hero. Even in Jena, a threaten-
,ture—when it is added, that the objeO•of thii cot- inn BrOclamation, was published by the Commandant
respendence is ;,he admission of the Russians into' of town, against the propagatorS of • reports. dis-•
that place. As PASSWAN OGLOU has always been advantageous to the French; and that, ton, on the
considered as a rebel by the Sublime Porte, it is said 4th of January, though the Treaty of Peace be-
he is distrustful of the measgres and eitgigements. tween France and the, King of SAXONY was signed
which that Power has taken, and that hence he is on the tMb December, • and. was to he
.ratified
fearful of receiving these new guests, who, as he I within fifteen:days, after which the regal authori-
, 'thinks, might send him in chains to Coestantinopie. ties of the Sovereign would be' of course restored
On the other hand our Journalists nseent, that PAss- to him. , .
'. w OGLot, will have to contend'-attains against The French `Papers have briefly noticed the cap-
two Armies—that is, !against the'lldsiian Arrnyy and ! ture of General VICTOR. l'lliS is kik! to have been
that of CZER N I GEOEc:ES. ~ • Aify. ! attended with some unusual circumstances. Lieut.
ttOt had been
P:I:NH :IGEN, Fe. I 0.-
11-.-AeVessel friim sigs- ' dismissed the Prussian service for va-
CO rious exce;sses and irregularities, which the severity
burgh, which entered the Sound on the,"3 thAriri,Y:i .e of ,Prussian discipline. could not toirate. He rc-
intelligence that evvrvy hi n g I.vas quiet at Kolligsbitrgrii:
d t hat there were ti ) French troops in that neieief- sided. near Colberg, in Pnmerania Posteripr ; and
an
bourhood. . ° when the general disorganization of the Prussian ar-
bour .
• • ! My tonic place, animated by a warm love' for his
• Des..izic, JAN•, 31.---The rumour that C.,,unt country, he on his own authority, collated from
CERN STOIiFI, has received a drawl 'Cross of the,LeL . tee peasantrY'around him a- troop amountine' to near
gion of Honour, is, according to the latest intelli- 2OOO men; which he armed as well as he could, and
,genre, unfounded., - ,i employed in scouring the country and watching the
Cunt I.3t7xnovDEN has left the army to resume ' enemy. It was in one of these excursions he met with

Gen. VtcTor, in whose possession he found 20,00.
ducats; with which the General, it was supposed,
was going to same fortress, which he hoped se-
cure:in this Manner, as has been often done before.
The Lieutenant immediately transmitted his booty
to the King of PRUSSIA, who, however, returned it
to him, saying, that he had already sheen he well
knew: how to apply his resources in the defence
of his Country, and that he might expend this
sum in the establishment of his corps. He at the
same time conferred upon him the rank of Colonel.
I send you the substance of a Proclamation of
General BENNINGSZ*, addressed to the people of
Germany. It announces the Emperor of RUSSIA'S
desire to recover the liberty and independence of
Germany. " The Enemy (it says) is at a consider-
able distance from his own frontier, in a country,
and at a season, in which he is in want of the ne-
cessary means of subsistence, and where he meets
with impediments at every step. Although it is
probable that the French will be routed, this will
not satisfy the Emperor ; the Enemy must be driven

beyond hi own frontier; this is the only means
of saving Germany. The Emperor, therefore,
hopes, that the Germans, under these circumstances,
which will decide their fate for ever, Will not lend
any assistance to the Enemy's troopS; but, by a
general resistance, render it impossible for therr
to prolong their stay, and also harass them in.
their ,retreat. Finally, the Einperor promises to
restore the ancient Constitution of the German Em-
pire."

FRANKFORT, FEB. 7.—Our fancied happiness on
the removal of the troops that were tivartered in our
city, , has been of short duration ;. as the French
garrison, which had marched out some days ago,
made its re-appearance in this city on the sth in-
. stint, . in the evening, with a reinforcement. These
troops had' been no • farther. than Mentz, where
they were diVided into battalions and, as soon as
their organization was completed, they marched back
to Frankfort. We have now here four battalioni,
viz. one of the 9th light regiment ; and of the 27th,
57th; and ti 1 st-infantry of the line, one battalion
each, which, however, are nor complete, amounting
to about 1500 or 1600 men. On the following day
they . occupied every post where the citizens had
lately mounted guard.
.The time of their stay is not
fixed, but it is thought that it. will be of short dura-
tion.