Star.
London, England, 1807-03-05 00:00:00

PRUSSIA

FROM THE HAMBURGH AND ALTONA PAPERS.
BERLIN, FEB. 15.•••( Front the Telegraph.)—A let-
ter from Arnfdorf, dated the 6th February, confer ms
the accounts we have already given, brought by an
officer who left that place on the sth. The letter of
the 6th contains the following details :
The Emperor, on the 3d of February, left Al-
tenllein, and palled the night at a (mall village named
Getkendorf, two leagues from that place. He went
from thence the next morning to Sahlitt, where he
palled the night. On the sth he arrived at Arnfdoef.
6$ The enemy was found on the 3d beyond Get-
kendotf, bat during the night he effected his retreat.
He was purfued. A ccrps of twenty thoufandinen
was cut off; and it is probable that not a man of
them will be able to efcape. From eight to ten thou-
fend men have already been made prifoners. The
enemy is flying in the greateft confulion, not know-
ing whither he is going. He has already loft thirty
pieces of cannon, many Itandards, and a prodigious
quantity of baggage. The two depots of Lieblladt
and Gultadt have likewife been taken."
Fsß. 17 —(From the Telegraph).—His Excellency
General Clarke received yellerday official letters from
Eylau, dated the 9th indent, which announce the
great events which have taken place fince the ill of
this month. We give an abridged account of them,
and with refpeCt to any further account, wait until
we have received the bulletins.
The advanced nuard of the Ruffian army, which
was defeated at Mohrjngen, retreated to Lieblladt.
Several divifions, inclhding that of General Ellin
from Moldavia, arrived to reinforce the army. The
enemy .appearing to have the defign of making an at-
tack'', the Emperor ordered tyre PI ince of Pomo Cor-
vo to make a feigned Retreat, in order to draw them
towards the Viftula.
On the eft of February we marched towards the
enemy, and joined the Prince at Paffenheim. On the
3d in the morning the left wing of the enemy's army,
which had retreated in Italie, was turned, and placed
between ua and the Villula. The Emperor pro-
ceeded to Getkendorf, and placed in order of battle
M.arthals ,Ney, .Augereau, and Soult, keeping his
guards in referve.
In order to cot off the retreat of the left wing of
the enemy, )Marthal Sault received orders to feize the
bridge. of .ISergfi ied; which the enemy defended with
twelve of their bell battalions. Thefe battalions were
thrown into diforder by two French regiments ; they
loft four pieces of cannon, and 16co prifoners, and
were forced to aband::n all their fine pofi'ions. The
enemy', cavalry were overthrown on the 4th, by
General Lafalle, who purfued them for fix leagues,
with drums beating, and who pafild the night at
Derpau. A column of the enemy which could not
pafs the Alle, found itfelf turned, and cut off by our
left wing. Marthal Ney, who purfued them, took
feveral thoufand prifoners, and t 6 pieces of cannon.
In contequence of thefe movements we took the
enemy's depots at Lieblladt and Guttadt, and a part
of their magazines on the Alle.
On the- 6th the army continued to purfue the
enemy. The Grand Duke of Berg took a pofition
with his cavalry between Glandau and Hof. The
Dragoons and Cuiraffiers attacked the rear guard of
the enemy, confittiog of twelve battalions, cut to•
pieces two regiments of Ruffian infantry, and took
their Colonels, llandards, and cannon.
Martha] Augereau had taken poll at the village of
Hof, which fix of the enemy's battalions attempted
to retake. The Grand Duke of Berg made a fecond
charge with the Cuiraaiers. He fell on the flank of
the enemy and threw them into diforder. On the next
day the aimy continued its march to Eylau,and on re-
cobnoitering the ground found the enemy drawn up
in order of battle behind the town. Two Ruffian re
giments, placed on the heights which defend the
entrance of the plain behind this little town, were
overthrown by the rflth and 46th regiments of the
line. The enemy had rationed in a church, and on
a burying ground, feveral regiments, who made an
obftinate reliflance. After a bloody aetinn, the enemy
were diflodged from their pofition. The following
day commenced with a bra cannonade on both fides
the P Arlan army placed in columns fuffered greatly.
At the moment when Marthal Augereau was ma-
noeuvring to form a junaion with Marthal Davoull,
the fnow fell fo thick that it oblcured the atmofphere
—This lafted half an hour. The weather having
cleared, the Grand Duke t f Berg and Marthal Bef-
fiers, by a fkilful manoeuvre, fell on the enemy's ca-
valry and made great (laughter. Two lines of Ruf-
fian infantry ....ere broken, and the third only remain-
ed entire in confequence of its being fupported by a
wood. The fquadtons of the Imperial Guard twice
paired through the whole of the enemy's army.—
Upwards of zo,ooo men were ovet thrown, and ((need
to abandon their artillery, and had it not been for
the woad and fume difficulties of ground, the vielory
would have been decided upon the fpot. The Inow,
which fell lteeral times during the battle, liktwile
retarded the march and the juntlion Gf our columns.
Matfhal Ney advanced by Altdorf, and took poll
at Sciiniocliten. The enemy, placed between the di-
vifions' of Matlhals Ney and Davoull, endeavoured
in vain in the evening to retake the villages. They
la ere reptilfed with lois.
The enemy were purfued the next day to the Frif-
They palled the P,cgel, and abandoned
fixteen pieces of cannon and their wounded. All
the boats in the roads by which we paired were filled
ith them. On that day alone they had at lull 7,000
k;lled.
Flom ; z to 15.000 prifoners, as mars, put hors Je
rombat, eighteen tiandards, and forty five pieces of
cannon, arc the trophies which we have won in the
different anions which have taken place fince the 19
of February.
Tne enemy having been defeated, and purfued too
leagues from theVillula, the Ft arch army will refume
its winter quarters.
Private letters from good authority, (late that the
&enemy are quitting Kuuinglberg, and retreating be.
bind Memel.
FEB. B.—The Telegraph of to-day contains as foi-
-1 :•••=4 Although the following letter, dated (Fa m
Pruffian Eylan on the 9th of February, at five in the
evening, was wt itten earlier than the intelligence we
gave y efterday, yet we cannot refrain from commu•
nicating it to cur Readers: as it comes from a celt-
ated warrior, who was an eye withers of the battle
of Eylau, we can depend upon his veracity :

" The battle of Eylau h one of the moll remark-
able events of the war. The Ruffian army fuffered
a molt dreadful difafter. They pared the whole
night without being atle to concentrate, and they
are a march diftance bef,re its. They loft from 40 ,
to 45pieces of cannon, at !call eighteen flandards.
ten or•twelve thouland prifoners. and ten thoufand
wounded. • To !late thrir whole lol•s at thirty thou-
find men, would be rather to ltffen than to magni•
fy it."

FFB. 20. (From the 7 e7egroph.)—For fome time, a
party of Pruflian•, confining ‘,l p ;tmers of war,
deferters, &c. has overrun a part of die new Ma'che.
Their enter prizes have not been of much importance,
and the peafants, with the exzeption of a very (mall
number, were difpofed to be tranquil. This patty,
therefore, confined itfelf to the feizure of fome
iil-
guarded ammunition, and attacking fome unarmed
persons. They, however, fpread terror amongft
the inhabitants. M. Schee, Aide de Camp to Gen.
Clarke, met with this party near Chritlianfladr, in
Saxony, at the moment when they had cut off the
c•,mmunication between Frankfort on the Oder and
Pofen. M. Schee attacked and difperfed them, kit.
ling upwards of forty men, and carrying away as
many wounded, including two officers. The Chief
of the party fought fafety in flight. He took the
road to Soratt, and his troops difperfed themfelves in
the woods, where they abandoned fifteen carriages,
Wen with arms and ammunition ; forty cavaliers
fold theft horfes in the villages, and quitted their
uniform. We ate in purfuit of the relt, who will
not efcape the vigilance of the French detach-
ment. Two French Oflicets have been releafed,
who had been made prifoners by this party on the
great road.