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London, England, 1807-07-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SEVENTY-NINTH BULLETIN OF THE PRENCHARMY.
" %Aka, Julie 7. -
" The aCtion of Spandau and Lomitten, the battles
of Guttfladt and Heiltherg were only the precnrfora
of (lilt more important events.
" On the 12th, at four in the morning, the French
army entered Heilfberg. General Latour Maubourg
purfued the enemy with his divifion of dragoons, and
Generals Dorocftl and Wattier's brigade of light Ca-
valt y to the right bank of the Allc, near Bartennein
In the-mean time, the light corps advanced in vari-
ous direftions, in order to pats the enemy, to cut off
his retreat to Koningtherg, and get between him and
his magazines. Fortune favoured the execution of
this plan.
44 On the rzth, at five P. M. the Imperial head-
quarters arrived at Eylau. Here the fields were no
longer covered with ice and fnow : on the contrary,
they prefented one of the molt beautiful fcenes in na-
ture. The country was every where adorned by
beautiful woods, interfeaed by lakes, and peopled
with handfome villages.
" On the 13th, the Grand Duke of Berg advan-
ced towards Koningfberg with his cavalry, Martha'
Davotd followed to fupport him. Marfhal Soult
advanced towards Creutfburg ; Martha' Lannes to-
wards Domnau ; Marfhals Ney and Monier towards
Lampafch. Meanwhile General Latour Maubourg
wrote that he had purfued the enemy's rear guard;
that the Ruffians had abandoned a great number of
wounded in their Right ; that they had evacuated
Bartenflein, and that they had direded their retreat
on Echippenbeil on the right bank of the Alle. The
Emperor immediately proceeded towards Friedland.
He ordered the Grand Duke of Berg, Martha's Soult
and Davouft, to marrceuvre towards Koning(berg,
while he advanced with the corps of Ney, Lannes,
Mortier, the Imperial guard, and the fire corps, cons;
manded by General Vidor, on Friedland.
" On the 13th, the srh raiment of Halters enter•
ed Friedland, but was driven out of that place by
3000 of the enemy's cavalry.
" On the 14th the enemy advanced on the bridge
of Friedland, and at three in the morning a cannon-
ade was heard.--, It is a fortunate day,' laid the
Emperor ; ' it is the anniverfary of the battle of
Marengo.'
Marfhals Lannes and Mortier were fiat engag-
ed, they were fupported by General Grouchy's di a•
goon., and by General Nenlbuty's cnirarners. Seve•
ral m-eenurts and ar9lnns took place. The enemy
were hopped and c ,uld not pals the vi'lage of Pof
ter.heim. Imagining that they had only a corps of
about 15,000 men ()opted to them, they followed
the movement. of our troops towards Koningfberg ;
thus 'lie French and Saxon dragoons and cuirailiers
had the opportunity i f m..king a brilliant attack and
of taking four pieces of cannon.
" By fie• in the evening the feveral corps were at
j their app inted nations. Marthal Ney was on the
right wing, blarfhal Lannes in the centre, Martha'
Mortier on the left wing ; the corps of General Viaor
and the guard. formed the referee.
" The cavalry under the command of General
Grouchy fupported the left wing.
44 The divifion of dragoons of General Latour
Maub burg was behind the right wing, as a referee.
General Lahaufayes' divifion of dragoons, and the
Saxon cuirafliers, formed a referve for the centre.
64 Meanwhile the enemy deployed the whole of his
army. His left wing extended to the town of Fried-
land, and his right wing a mile and a half in the
other direetinn.
44 The Emperor having reconnoitred the pofition,
initan:ly determined to take the town of Friedland.
Then fuddenly changing his front, and advancing his
right, he commenced the attack with his firft part of
that wing.
" About half pan five.Marfhal Ney began to move
forward. Some (hits from a battery of zo cannon
were the Cigna'. At the fame moment the ditrifion
of General Marchand advanced, fword in hand, upon
the enemy, and proceeded towards the tower of the
town ; being fupported on the left by the divifion of
General Bilon.
46 When the enemy perceived that Martha' Ney
had left the wood in which his right wing had been
polled, they endeavoured to furrnund him with fume
regiments of cavalry, and 'a multitude of Coffacks ;
but General Latour Maubourg's divifion of dragoons
rode up in full gallop to the right wing, and repelled
the attack of the enemy. In the mean time, General
Vidor crated a battery of 3o cannon in the front of
his centre. General Sennarmont, who commanded
this battery, pufhed his works forward more than
acro paces, and greatly annoyed the enemy. The
feveral manoeuvres they attempted, in order to pro.
duce a diverfion, were all in vain.
Marfhal Ney was at the head of his troops di-
reeling the fmallell manoeuvres with that coolnefs and
intrepidity peculiar to himfelf, and maintained that
example which has always diiiinguifbed his corps
among the other corps of the Grand Army. Several
columns of the enemy which attacked his right wing
were received with the bayonet and driven into the
Alle. Thoufands found their graves in that river,
and Tome efcaped by Awimming ; meanwile Martha!
Ney's left wing reached the Raveline, which encircles
the town of Friedland. she enemy who had polled
the Imperial horfe and foot guard in ambu& there,
advanced with great intrepidity, and attached Marti*

Ney's left, which for a moment wavered. But Du-
pones divilion, which formed the right wing of the
refarve, fell upon the RulEin Imperial guards, de-
feated them and made a moil dreadful (laughter.—
The enemy fent forward feveral other corps from his
centre, to defend Friedland :—viin efforts ! Fried-
land was forced, and its beets harmed with dead
bodies. The centre, commanded by Mar!hal Lannes,
was at the fame time engaged. The attempts which
the enemy had made upon the right wing, being
fruftrated, he wilhed to try the etre& of limilar efforts
upon our centre : he wag, however, fuitably received
by the brave divifions of Oudinot and Verdier, and
the Commanding Martha).
" The repeated attacks of the enemy's infantry and
cavalry were incapable of obffruCting the march of
our columns, all the powers and all the courage of
the Ruffians were exerted in vain.
" Martha) Mortier, who, during the whole day,
had given great prritifs of codnefs and intrepidity,
in fupporting the left wing, now advanced, and was
in his turn fupported by the fufileers of the guard on•
der the command of General Savary. The cavalry,
infantry, and artillery—all on this occafion, gene-
rally diflinguithed themfelves.
" The Imperial bode and font guards, and two
divifions of the firft corps, were not in the aetion.--
The victory was never for a moment doubtful. The
field of battle is horthle to behold. It is not too
much to eftimate the number of the dead on the fide
of the Ruffians, at from fifteen to eighteen thoufand.
The number of dead on the French fide was five
hundred, but we have three thoufand wounded.—
We have taken eighty cannons, and a great ni mhta. of
Military elicits. A great number of standards have
alto fallen into our hands. There are twenty five of
the Ruffian Generals either killed, wounded, or taken.
Their cavalry has differed an incalculable lots.
" General Drouet, Chief of Martha! Lannes's
corps ; General Cohorn ; Colonel Regnaud of the
ph of the line; Colonel Lajonquiere of the 6oth ;
Colonel Lamotte of the 4th dragoons; and Brigadier
Genetal Brunryn, are wounded. General Latour
Maubourg is wounded in the hand. Deffourneaux,
Colonel of the artillery; Hutin, Chef d'Efquadron,
and firft Aid de Camp of General Oudenot, are
killed. TW;) of the Emperor's Aids de Camp, Mou-
ton and Lacole, are (lightly wounded.
" Night prevented us from purfuing the enemy:
they were followed until eleven o'clock. During the
remainder of the night, the cut off columns tried to
paf. the Alle at feveral fordable place,., and next
day we law military chews, cannon, and harnefs, every
where in the river.
" The battle of Friedland is worthy to be num-
bered with thole of Marengo, Aufterliz, and Jena.
The enemy were numerous, had fine cavalry, and
fought bravely.
" Next day the enemy endeavoured to affemble on
the right bank of the Alle, and the French army
made manatuvres on the left 6:ink to cut them off
from lioningtherg. The heads of the columns ar-
rived at the fame time at Wehlau, a town fituated
at the confluence of the Alle and the Pregel. The
Emperor had his head quarters in the village of Pe.
terfwelde.
" The enemy having deftroyed all the bridges
took advantage of that obfiacle, at day break, on the
16:h, to proceed on their retreat towards Rutile. At
eight in the morning the Emperor threw a bridge
over the Pregel, and took a pofition there with the
army.
" Almoft all the magazines which the enemy had,
on the Alle have been thrown into the river, or
burnt. Some idea may be formed of the great ex-
tent of their lots by what yet remains to us. The
Ruffians had magazines in all the villages, which, in
their paffage, they every where burnt. We have,
however, found more than 6coo quintals of corn in
Wehlau.

66 Koningfberg was abandoned on the arrival a
the intelligence of the battle of Friedland. Martha]
Soult has entered that place, where much wealth
has been found. We have taken there tome hundred
thoufands of quintals of corn, more than 20,0c0
wounded Ruffians and ?ruffians, all the ammunition
which England had fent to the Ruffians, including
160,000 mufkets, which had not been landed. Thus
has Paovsnrece puniflied thofe, who, inßead of
negotiating with good faith to bring about a falutary
Peace, treated that objet with der ilion, and regarded
the repofe taken by the Conquerors, as a proof of
timidity and weaknefs.
66 The army is now in a delightful country. The
banks of the Pregel are rich. In a fhort time the
magazines and cellars of Dantzic and I(4lring'berg
will afford us new refources of fuperfluity and health.
The names of the brave men who have dillinguillted
themfelves, cannot be contained in one bulletin. The
Staff is employed in colleting their dead.
64 The Prince
.of Neufchatel gave extraordinary
proofs of his zeal and knowledge in the battle of
Friedland. He was frequently in the hotteft part of
the aftion, and made arrangements which were of
great advantage.
66 It was on the sth the enemy renewed hoßilities.
Their lots in the ten days which followed their fiat
operations may be reckoned at 60,000 men, killed,
wounded, taken, or otherwife put bon rde comic!. A
part of their artillery, the neceffary fuppllies of mill.
Lary floret, and all their magazines, on a line of more
duo forty milts, arc loft to them. The Fireeh army
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