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IivrALLIGEACE.

SEVENTY FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND

ARMY.

" Finkenfkin, May :6.
4' Prince Jerom-4 having difcovered that three out-
works i t. N•ifft, linnet& the Bielau, impeded the
prig ef's of the fiege, ordered General Vandamme to
occut.y 'hem lo the night from the 3oth of April
to the tlf of Mar, this General, at the head of the
Wuretuburgh irrop4, took the works, put the ene-
mYc tr ups by whom they were defended to the
fword, ti.ok tso prifners, and nine pieces of cannon.
The Coprain, of Engineers, Deponthou and Proft,
were at 'he head of the columns, and gave flrong
prr•ofs f bravery. The Lieutenants firthendorff,
Bawer, and Mulher, diftinguifhed themfelves in a
parr icolar manner.
" On the ad of May, Lieutenant General Camrer
took the command of the Wurtemburgh divifion.
44 It kerns, that a Grand Council of War was held
at Barrenftein, fince the arrival in the Camp of the
Emperor Alexander, at which the King of Piuffia
and the Grand Duke Coaßantine of fled ; that the
dangerous lituatien of the city of Dantzic was the
fubjeft of the deliberations of the raid Council, and
that it was found, Dantzic could only be relieved in
two ways ; firft, by attacking the French army, to
cm*: the Paffarge, and to take the chance of a ge-
neral engagement, the refult of which (provided any
advaritage was obtained), would be, to compel the
French army to raife the fiege of Dantzic; the fe.
cond, to throw fuccours into Dantzic from the fea-
fide. It teem.- that the firß plan was deemed imprac-
ticable, milers the enemy would expofe himfelf to be
completely defeated and routed. It was therefore
refolved-to confine themfelves to the other plan of re-
lieving Dantzic by water.
" In confetotenee thereof, Lientenant General Ka-
tnir.lki, fon of the Field Marfhal, embarked at Pillau,
with two Ruffian divift ms, formed of twelve regi-
ments, and fiveral Pruilian regiments. On the 12th
the troops were landed from fatty-fix tranfports, un-
der convoy of three f.igates, in the port of Dantzic,
under the proteeion of the fort of Weichfelmunde.
" The Emperor immediately ordered Mat ffial
Lafres, who commands the Referve of the Grand
Army, to advance from Marienburgh (where he had
145 head-quarters), with the divifion of General
Oudinot, to reinforce the army J Marlhal Lefebvre.
He arrived, after an uninterrupted march, at the
very moment when the enemy's troops were landing.
" On the 13th and 14th. the enemy made prepa•
ration, for the attack. They were fcparated from
the town by the diftance of fomewhat leis than one
league. but that part was occupied by French troops.
On the .1 sth, the enemy advanced from the fort in
three columns, with an intention to penetrate to the
town along the right bank of the Vitlula. The Ge-
neral of Brigade Schramm (who was at the ad.
wanted polls with the zd regiment of light infantry,
and one battalion of Saxons and Poles), received the
firft fire, and refilled the enemy at the dillance of a
cann.m that from Weichfelmunde.
44 Marfhal Lefebvre had repaired to the bridge
which is firuated below on the Vitlula, and ordered
the 12th regiment of light infantry, together with
the Saxons, to crofs over that way, to foppurt Gene-
ral Schramm. General Gaidanne, who was charged
with the defence of the right bank of the Vitlula, alto
preffed that way with the reit of his troops. The
enemy was fuperior in numbers, and the conteß was
continued with equal obtlinacy. Mat that Lafnes,
with the referve of Oudinot, was placed on the left
hank of the Vitlula, where it was expelled, the day
before, that the enemy would make his appearance ;
but when Marfhal Lafnes taw the movements of the

enemy difclofed, he croffed the \Natal& with four bat-
talions of. General Oudinot's referve. The whole of
the enemy's line and referve were thrown into confit•
lion, and purfued to the palifadoes, and at nine in
the morning the enemy was (hut up in the fort of
Weichfelmontle. The field of battle was firewed
with dead bodies. Our lofs confins of 25 killed, and
:co wounded. The enemy's lofs is goo killed, Isoo
wounded, and 200 taken. In the evening we could
diainguith a number of wounded, which were em-
barking on board the veffels, the latter (peering off
fucceffively to return to Koning(berg. From the
town no tally was made during this affair, and no
more was done from that quarter than to fupport the
Ruffians with a heavy cannonade. The enemy, from
the height of his demolifhed and almoa dearoyed
ramparts, was nitnefs to the whole anion. He was
dejected on feeing the hopes vaniffiing which he had
formed of receiving fuccour. General Oudinot has
killed three Ruffians with his own hand. Many
Officers of the Staff arc wounded. The 12. h and the
2d regiment of light infantry have difiinguifhed
themfelves. The particulars of this action were not
yet received at head quarters.
I, It will appear from the journal of the liege of
Dantzic, that the works are carried on with equal ac•
tivity, that the covered way is completed, and that
we are occupied with preparations for palling the
ditch.
" As loon as the enemy knew that his maritime
expedition had arrived before Dantzic,his light troops
began to reconnoitre and alarm the whole line, from
the pofition occupied by Martha' Soult, on the Pal.
large, to that of General Morand, upon the Alle.—
They were received at the mouth of the mulket by
the Voltigeurs, loft a confiderable number of men,
and retired with more precipitation than they came.
ge The Roffp.ns prefented themfelves at Mal.
ga, before General Zayonchek, the Commandant of
the Polith corps of obfervation, and carried off one of
his ports. The General of Brigade Filcher purfued,
routed them, and killed 6o men, one Colonel, and
two Capt4ins. They likewife prefented themfelves
before the fifth corps, and infulted General Gazan's
advanced polls at Willenberg. This General purfued
them fors:t al leagues. But they made a more ferious
attack upon the bridge of Omelew at Drenzewo.—
The General of Brigade Girard marched againft
them with the 88th, and drove them into the Narew.
General Sucher_ arr ived, purfued the Ruffians clofely,
and defeated them at Oarolenka, where he killed 6o
men, and took fifty holies. Laurin, Captain of the
64. th, who comm toiled a head guard, furrounded on
all fides by the Cafacks, made the heft refinance,
and deferves to be diltingnifhed. Martha! Maffena,
at the head of a brigade of Bavarians, had reafon to
be fatisficd with the zeal and good behaviour of the
troops.

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•
On the fame day, the f 3th, the enegy attacki
General Lemarroir, at the mouth of thelßug. This
General had paffed that river on the toth, with a
Bavarian brigade, and a Polilh regiment, who, in the
.courfe of three days, had conftruted feveral teterclu•
pont, and had advanced to Witkowo, with the inten-
tion of burning the rafts which the enemy had been
at work upon during fix weeks. This expedition
completely fucceeded, and the ridiculous work of fix
weeks was deftroyed in a moment.
i! On the 13th, at nine in the morning, 6000 Rut
Cans arrived at Nar, and attacked General Lerner-
rois in his entrenched camp. As loon as the Gene-
ral faw that the enemy, who was upon the borders of
the ditch, was repulfed, he made a lonic, and put..
fued him [word in hand. The Colonel of the 4th
Bavarians, a brave foldier, was killed. He is uni.
verfally regretted. The Bavarians loft so men, and
had 6o wounded.

" All the army is encamped in divitions of fqnare
battalions, in very wholefome fituations. Thefe at•
fairs of advanced pas have not occafioned any
movement in the army. Every thing is quiet at the
head quarters. This general attack upon our ad-
vanced polls feems to have had no other objea than
to occupy the French army, fl as to prevent them
from reinforcing the troops employed in the liege of
Dantzic.

44 The hope of fuccouring Dantzic, by means of a
maritime expedition, appears very extraordinary to
well informed military men, acquainted with the
ground and the pofition occupied by the French army.
44 The leaves begin to appear ; and the feafon re.
fembles the month of April in France."
FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIERS, MAY 7.
" On the .6th of April, a bloody affair took place in the neigh-
bourhood of Oladowa, between the troops of the tiervian General
Meiotic," Stalk, and Kufanzi Aly. The Servlans furroundsd the
Turbid% entrenchments; the latter made three vigorous attempts
to break the Servian lines, but without cite& At length, however
the left wing of the Turks forced, and defeated one column of the
Servians, and made good their retreat from Timok to Widdin.
though purfued by the enemy's cavalry. The right wing gained
Oladewa, where they are inclofed. The Turks 101 l 3000 men killed
and wounded.

" Subfequent advices fate, that on the loth of April, Kufanz•
My attempted to difengage himfelf, but without the leaf draft
He renewed his attempt on the 234, but was vigorously muffed!

SEVENTY-FIFTH BULLETIN.
" Flnkenlteln, May d.
The following are further particulars relative to
the affair of the isth. Marfhal Lefebvre makes a
very favourable report of GeneralSchramm, to whcm
he in a great meafure imputes the favourable ifue of
the affair at Weichfelmunde. • •

,4 On the morning of the isth, at two o'clock,
General Schramm had formed in order of battle,
covered by two redoubts, thrown up oppofite the fort
ef Weichfelmunde. He had the Poles on the left, the
Saxoos in the centre, and the regiment of Paris in re•
ferve. The Ruffian General Icamenfki fallied from
the fort at day-break, and after two hours fighting,
the t xth Regiment of Light Infantry, fent by Mar. I
fhal Lefebvre from the left (bore, and a battalion of
Saxons, decided the vitrtory. Scarcely a battalion
belonging to Oudinot's corps bad any occafion to
take part in the aEtion.,--Our lots is very trilling.—
M. Paris, a Polifh Colonel, was killed. The loft of
the enemy is greater than we fuppofed. We have
buried 900 Ruffians. We cannot reckon their lots
at lefs than a,soo men.' We obferved no more
movements on the part of the enemy, who teemed to
confine himfelf very prudently within the circuit of
the works. The number of veffels fent off with the
wounded was fourteen. The Emperor has iffued a
decree for making every perfon who diltinkuithed
hinsfelf on this occafion a member of the Legion of
Honour. They are about so in number.
4, On the roh, a divifion of gOOO men, moßly
Pruffians, from Koningfberg, landed on the Nebrung,
and advanced againft our light cavalry as far as
Kehlberg, who thought proper to fall back upon Fu-
r

" The enemy advanced to the extremity of the
Frifche Haff. We expeaed they would have pene-
trated from thence to Dantzic. A bridge thrown
over the Vint]la at Furnenwarcler, made the paffage
eafy for our troops cantoned in die iflan4 of Nogat,
fo that the infantry might hail kttacked the enemy's
rear; but the Pruffians were too wary to proceed.—
The Emperor ordered General Beaumont, Aid-de-
Camp to the Grand 'Duke of Berg, to attack them.
On the morning of the 16th, at two o'clock, the Ge
neral of Brigade Albert advanced, at the head of two
battalions of grenadiers of the referee, the t a and the
3d regiments of chaffeurs, and a brigade of dragoons.
He met the enemy about day break, between Paffen-
werder and Stege ; attacked him, routed, and clofely
purf'ied him eleven leagues, made t zoo prifoners,
killed and wounded a great number, and took four
pieces of cannon. General Albert diflinguifhed
hitts-
felf on this occafion, as did alfo tbeMajorsCheminean
and Salmon. The 3d and the z zth regiments of
chaff-curs (hewed great intrepidity: a Capta4i,of the
3d and five men were killed, and eight or ten woun-
ded. Two of the enemy's brigs, ctutzing in the Haff,
approached to annoy us ; a howitzer that Bruck one
of them upon the deck made them get under way.
66 Thus the enemy has fuffered confiderable loffes
at various points, fince the izth.
64 On the t 7th the Emperor called the fufileers of
the guard to mancauvre : they are encamped near
the cattle at Finkenflein, in barracks equally as hand-
Come as thole at Baulogne.
•' On the 18th and igth the Imperial Guard en-
camped upon the fame tpot.
" Prince Jerome is encamped in Melia, with a
Corps of Obfervation, covering the liege of Neiffe.
" On the t zth the Prince learned that a column of
300 a men had left Glatz, to furprife Bream He
ordered General Lefebvre to advance with the ta
Bavarian regiment. and a detachment of 300 Sax-
ons. In the morning of the 14th the General came
up with the enemy's rear neat Cauth, which he -im-
mediately attacked, made himfelf matter of the vii.
lage with the bayonet, and took Igo prifoners. One
hundred of the Bavarian light cavalry fell upon thole
of the enemy, goo in number, routed and difperfed
them. The enemy again formed in order of battle.
and offered refillance. Three hundred Saxon. fled;
this extraordinary concha& mull have been the effeas
of diffaffeaion, as the Saxons have always behaved
with valour ever fince they joined the French. How-
ever, this unexpeaed event brought the t a Bavarian
regimen; into a very critical 4tuation. They loft

.;, ;

V 5 pen* who were made. prifoners,-'and they very
compelled to beat a retreat, which they effeeted in
good order. The enemy retook the village of Cauth.
" In the morning, at eleven o'clock, General Du.
muy, who had advanced from Breflau with moo
Yrench difmounted dragoons, huffars, and chaffeurs,
attacked the enemy in the rear ; tso of the huffars
reto.,k the village, after a charge with the bayonet,
made too prifoners, and liberated all the Bavarians
made prifoners by the Prohans.
The enemy, in order to facilitate his retreat to
Glatz. had feparated in two columns. General
Lefebvre, who left Schweidnita on the !ph, fell in
with one of thefe columns, killed too, and made 400
prifoners, including 3o Officers. A Mint regiment
of lance•bearers had arrived on the preceding even-
ing at Frankennein ; and a detachment of there being
fent to join General Lefebvre, by Prince Jerome, dif-
tinguilhed themfelves on this occafion.
" The fecund column endeavoured to regain
Glatz, by paffing the Silberberg. Lieutenant• General
Ducoudrais, the Prince's Aid-de Camp, fell in with
them, and threw them into diforder. Thus a co-
lumn of between 3000 and 4000 men that left Glatz
was Unable to return. They have been either killed,
made prifoners, or difperfed.
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SEVENTY SIXTH BULLETIN.
“ Flake:Mein' May so.
" A fine Englith corvette, copper theathed, having
tzo Englifb for her crew, and laden with powder
and ball, prefented herfelf off Dantzic, with an in-
tention to enter that port. On approaching near
our works, the was attacked from bath the nacres,
with a heavy (bower of muncetry, and forced to fur.
render. A piquet of the regiment of rails was the
firll to leap on board.
44 An Aide du Camp of General Kalkrenth, who
was on his return from the Ruffian head quarters, and
feveral Englifh officers, were taken on board the vef-
fel. She is called the Undaunted, and had 63 Ruf-
fians on hoard, betides the 120 Englifh.
" The enemy'; lots in the affair of Weichfelmande
on the tsth, was greater than was at fief fuppofed.
A Ruffian column, which held out to the lan, was
put to the bayonet to a man. There were 1300 Ruf-
fians buried.

" On the 16th, a Ruffian divifion of 6oco men,
under General Turrow, advanced from Brock to the
Bug, and towards Pohulk, with a view to prevent
the execution of tome new work, for firengthening the
fete disponi. Thefe works were defended by fix Bava-
rian battalions, under the command of the Crown
Prince in perfon. The enemy advanced four limes
to the attack, and were four times repulfed by the
Bavarians, and covered with grape Ihot, from the
batteries of the different works. _ _

" Mat fhal Maiena eflimates the enemy's Lois fat
300 killed, and twice as many wounded. And what
renders the conflia ftill more glorious is, that the Ba-
varians were not quite 4000 prong. The Crown
Prince commends', in particular, the Bavarian Ge-
neral Baron Wrede, an officer of confpicuous merit.
The lois of the Bavarians amounted to 15 killed and
150 wounded.
64 The fame mifmanagement, as in the attack of
the 16tb, at Puitu&, was difplayed in that which the
enemy made on the r3th, againft the works of Gen.
Lemarrois ; nor was their want of judgment lets con-
fpicuous in the preparation of a great number of
rafts, which the enemy were preparing on the Bug
for there fix weeks pall. The refult was, that thofe
rafts which took them fo long in preparation, were
burnt in two hours time—and that thofe repeated
attacks upon works well contrived, and defended by
ftrong batteries, without a chance of fuccefs, have
produced them a confiderable lots. We are almoft
induced to think, that the purport of thefe attacks,
was to draw the attention of the French army to
their right wing. But the pofition of the army was
calculated, by anticipation, for every cafe, and for
all chances of attack and defence.
" In the mean while, the important liege of Dant-
zic is continued. The kfs of that important fortrefs
and of the mow men (hut up within the fame, will
be feverely felt by the enemy. A mine, which was
contrived near the outer baftion, had the effell of
blowing it up. A communication has been opened,
with the covered way, by four entrances, and we arc
employed in filling, up the ditch.
46 This day the Emperor reviewed the citlrProvifi.
oral Regiment. The &ft eight of thofe regiments
have already been embodied. The Genoefe confcripts
among thofe regiments are much extolled-for the rea-
dinefs and zeal difplayed by them."

HAGUE, MAY 26.
Mr. Meyners, appointed our ambafrador at Copen-
hagen, and Mr. Groevinus, who has obtained the
fame appointment at Carlfruhe, fet out yefferday for
their different places of dellination.

MESSINA, APRIL 4.
Yelierday arrived here an English (agate, from
London, in 34 days; fhe brought one million of
franks in lava, which were landed this morning.