Star.
London, England, 1807-01-26 00:00:00

PASSAGE OF THE SONNA.

" General Gardanne, whom the Emperor had
fent with thirty of his Guards to reconnoitre the
enemy's motions, reported that they were paffing
the river Sonna at Lopaczyn, and direding their
march to Tycoczyn. The Grand Duke of Berg,
who had been left ill at Warfaw, unable to refit} the
impatient defire which he felt to take a part in the
events which were in preparation. fet out from that
city, and has jut} joined the Emperor. He took two
fquadrons of the Chaffeurs of the Guards with him,
to obferve the motions of the enemy's column. The
brigades of the light cavalry of referee, and the divi-
fions of Klein and Nanfouty, made all fpeed to join
him. On reaching the bridge of Lopaczyn, he found
it guarded by a regiment of Ruffian huffars. This
regiment was inflantly charged by the Chaireurs of
the Guards, and driven into the river, with no other
lots on our fide than that of a quarter mailer being
wounded. The half of this column has not yet
paired ; it was attempting a ;mirage higher up the
river. The Grand Duke made Colonel Dahlmann
charge it at the head of the Chafreurs of the Guards,
who took three pieces of cannon, after putting feve.
ral fquadrons to the rout.
Whilit the column whicfi the enemy had fo im-
prudently thrown upon the right bank were endea-
vouring to gain the Narew, in order to reach Ty.
coczyn, their point of rendezvous, Tycoczyn was
already occupied by Martini Davouil, who took
there zoo baggage carts and a great number of
fledges, which had been colleined from all quarters.
44 All the columns of the enemy are broken, and
wandering about in a Rate of diforder difficult to
imagine. The Ruffian General committed the error
of polling his army fo as to have the French army
on his flank, feparated, it is true by the Narew, but
having a bridge acrofs that river. Had the feafon
been favourable, one might have predided that the
Ruffian army could not have retreated, and that it
would have been dellroyed without a battle ; but at
a feafon, when it is dark at four, and where it is not
light until eight, the enemy we are purfuing has
every chance of efcape, particularly in a country na-
turally difficult and interfeded with woods. Betides
the roads are four feet deep of mud, and the thaw
continues. The artillery can no longer advance more
than two leagues in a day. It is therefore eafy to
forefee that the enemy will effea his retreat from the
embarraffing fituation in which be is placed ; but be
will lofe all his artillery, waggons, and baggage.
66 In the evening of the nth, the following was
the pofition of the French army : The left, confining
of the corps under the Martha! Prince of Ponte Cor-
vo, and Marffials Ney and Beffieres, were marching
from Biezun on the road to Grodno. Martha! Soult
was entering Ciechanow. Martha! Augereau was
marching for Gulyenin and Pultulk. Martha! Lan-
nes was at Pultulk.
66 In there two days we made from fifteen to fix.
teen hundred prifoners, and took from twenty.five
to thirty pieces of cannon, three pair of colours, and
one Ilandard.

64 Ihe weather here is extraordinary. It is warm.
er than in the month of Oaober at ?ads; but it is
rainy ; and in a country where there are no regular
roads, one is in the mud at every (Lep."

FORT Y-SIXTH BULLETIN.
" Golymin, Dee. 22.
" Marfhal Ney, charged with executing the ma-
nreuvres by which he was to drive the Pruffian Lieu.
tenant General Leaocq from the Urka. to outflank
him, and, by thefe means to cut off his communication
with the Ruffians, has executed thefe movements
with his accuflomed ability and intrepidity. Oa. the
23d, General Marchand's divifion moved to Gurrzno.
On the 24th the enemy was purfued to Konzbrock.
On the 25th, the divition came to an a&ion, by
which the enemy's rear (offered fome lots. On the
26th, the enemy having collated at Soldau and
Miawa, Martha' Ncy was determined to advance and
attack him. The Pruflians were in poffeffion of Sol-
dau with 6000 infantry, and about tOOO cavalry,
and, being defended by morafres and other obflacles
about the place, they thought themfelves fecure
againft any attack. All thefe difficulties were fur-
mounted by the 69th and 76th tegiments. The enemy
defended himfelf in all the Itreets of the place, and
was every where driven with fixed bayonets. Gen.
Leftocq, übfetving the (mall number of the troops
that had attacked him, walled to retake the place.—
In the cootie of the night he made four fucceffive at-
tacks without effect. He afterwards retired to Nei-
denburg. Six pieces of cannon, fame colours, and
a great number of prifoners, are the effects of this
affair at Soldau. Martha' Ney praifes General Von
der \Veldt, who was wounded. He alto makes par-
ticular mention of Colonel Bruno of the 69th, whofe
behaviour was highly encouraging.
" OD the fame day, the 59th marched to Lauter-
berg.
" Dating the attion at Soldan, General Mar-
eband's devil-ton drove the enemy from Miawa, where
alto a read adion took place.

" Uarflral Beffieres had already taken poffellion of
Bieznn, with the fecund corps Of cavalry, on the tq h
The enemy feeling the importance of this pgia, and
obferving that the left wing of the French army
wifhed to cut the Pruffians of from the Ruffians, made
an attempt to retake the plane ; this gave rife to the
engagement at Bieztm.
" On the a3d, at eight o'clock, the enemy' ap-
proached by various ways. Marlhal Beffieres had
placed the only two companies of infantry he had,
upon the bridge ; when Peeing the enemy approach
in great numbers, he ordered General Grouchy to
advance, with his chvifion, to meet them. The ene-
my had already made himfelf mailer of the village
of CarmeJen, into which he had thrown a battalion
of infantry.
41 Being attacked by General Grouchy's diolfion,
the enemy's line was loon broke ; the Pruffian in-
fantry and cavalry, 6000 prong, were thrown into
confufion, and driven into the moraffes. Five hun-
dred prifoners, five pieces of cannon, and two fiand-
ards, are the fruits of this attack. Natant Beffieres
bellows the higheft encomiums upon Gen. Grouchy,
General Rouget, and the Chief of the Staff General
Rouffel ; Renie, the Chief d'Efcadron, of the 6th
Dragoons, diningnifhed himfelf. M. Launay, Cap-
, lain of the fele& company of that regiment, is killed.
gg M. Bqrrau, aide de camp of Marfhal Balms,
is killed. In general our lofs is of (mall confeqnence
it confias of eight killed, and about twenty wounded.
The dragoon Plat, of the 6th, and M. Jeffroy, of the
3d, took two fiandards.
" His Maje fly, wifhing to give Prince Jerome an
opportunity of obtaining military knowledge, had
ordered him from Silefia. This Prince has been
prefent in all the affairs that have occurred, and has
frequently been at the advanced polls.
" His Majefty is highly pleated with the conduCt
of the Artillery, for the firmnefs they have difplayed,
in various affairs, and for their activity in laying
bridges, and concluding the cannon along bad roads.
" General Marulaz, Commandant of the cavalry
of the light cot ps ; Colonel Ezcelmans, of the 111
Yager. ; and General Pettit, have difplayed marks of
courage and military (kill.
" His Majefty has given particular orders, that in
the official details of the different affairs, no trait, be
paired over which deferve to be conveyed to future
ages ; as it is on that account, and in order to live
for ever in the memory of pollerity, that the French
foldier braves every fatigue and danger."

FORTY.SEVENTH BULLETIN.

0 Pultufk.

" The affair of Czarnowo, thatof Natiel(k and Kur-
fomb, the cavalry affair of and Lapoczyn, have been
followed by that of Pultufk, and by the complete
and precipitate retreat of the Ruffian army, which
has finifhed the prefent year's campaign.
41 Marfbal Lances firft arrived on the morning of
the 26th, direely oppofite to Pultufk, where during'
the night, the whole of General Benninglen's corps
had affembled. The Rufilan divifion, which had
been defeated at Nafielik, had arrived about two in
the morning at the camp at Pultufk, with the 3d di-
vilion of Maribal Davouff's corps dole at their heels.
41 At ten o'clock Marfhal Lannes began the attack
having his fiat line compofed of the divifion of Su-
chet, the fecond of Gazan's' and that of Oudin, of
the third light corps under the command of General
Dauttane, on his left wing. The engagement was
obffinate • after various occurrences, the enemy was
completely routed. The 17th regiment of light in-
fantry, and the 34:h, covered themfelves with glory
—Generals Vedel and Claperede were wounded.—
General Treilhard, Commandant of the light ca.
valry ; General Boullard, Commandant of a brigade
of dragoons under General Becker. and alto Colonel
Barthelemy, of the Isth dragoons, were wounded
with grape-fhot. Voifin, aid de camp to Marthal
Lannes ; and M. Curial, aid de camp to General
Sucher, were killed. and both have fallen with
glory. Marthal Lannes waslikewife grazed by a muf.
ket ball. The sth corps of the army gave a proof of
every thing that could be expelled from the ruperio-
rity of the French infantry over that of other nations.
Marthal Lannes, though he had been for fix days
indifpofed, perfilled in following his corps. The 85th
regiment futtained feveral charges of The enemy's
cavalry, with great coolnefs and fuccerz. During
the night the enemy beat a retreat, and reached
Ofirulenka.