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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

" REPORT OF TAE b)M MANDER-1 N. CII I EF.

WARSAW, MAV 29..--The encounter of Gen.
Lubienski, on the 23d inst. with the mass of the
enemy, apprised me that Field Marshal Diebitsch
was with his principal force on the right bank of
the Bug, and that at any moment he could rejoin
the guards. On the other band, Gen. Chlapowski,
intrusted with conveying support to our Lithuanian
i'rethtrn, having joined them, had secured the ob-
ject of our expedition. 1 then gave an order to
commence our retrograde movement before forces so
r:iperior to oar own. On the 24th the reserve, under
ien. Pac, was at Stoczyn ; Gen. Rubinski occupied
tt.e position of Crerwin ; General Lubienski, with
tl:e second corps of cavalry and the division of Ge-
neral Henry Kantienski, •„•as posted near the Nod-
i:crg, and General Gielgcd marched upon Lomza to
etcupv it. On the 25th, General Lubienski was
stacked by the guards from lykociu ! and from
thorocre ; at the same time the army of the Field-
Varshal arrived from the Nur. I gave orders for
eo:r troops to pass to the right bank of the Narew,
r.l.ich was effected on the evening of the 25th,
ever both bridges, in the most perfect order.
General Lubienski commanded the rear-guard, and
to cover the passage of the army, he occupied the
heights of Zekun and of Lawy. In the morning of the
26th, the positions of Gen. Lubienski were attacked
with great impetuosity by the Field-Marshal in
person. General Lubienski retreated upon Ostro-
lenka, making a most vigorous resistance. His j
march was stopped by the city itself, which had
been set on fire by the mortars of the enemy ; but
after having passed to the right bank of the
Narew, our army attempted to destroy the bridge:
placed, however, under the fire of the enemy, their
success was imperfect, and they could not pre-
vent the Russians from repairing it. This cir-
sumstance enabled the divisions of grenadiersoinderj
Prince Pzakowskoi, to pass over to the right bank
of the Narew. The enemy's division, protected by
numerous artillery, placed on a position on the;
opposite bank, commenced a vigorous fire. This
protected the division, and presented a serious ob- j
stacle to our attack. Nevertheless, several of our i
regiments of infantry and other divisions charged
the enemy with intrepidity. The combat was for
a long time one of real slaughter. We were un- '
able to drive the enemy across the river, and on
his side, with the greatest efforts, he could not
reach its right bank ; and the enemy, who had ad-
vanced in numerous columns, was obliged to re-
treat. Finally, the Russians, exhausted, towards
night retired from the other side of the river,
leaving only some sharpshooters on the right bank,'
who also retrogaded as far as the bridge. Thus
we remained masters of the field of battle.

" The battle ended at 10 o'clock at night. I
ordered the army to proceed to Pultusk. This
march was effected without the least interruption
on the part of the enemy. We have not been able
to ascertain our loss, but it is considerable on both
si, both in killed and wounded.
h 4 We have taken some hundred soldiers and
several officers.

(The report concludes with praise of the officers and men,
and a promise of a more detaikd report.)
(Signed) The Commander-in-Chief,
" Pultusk, May 27, 18:31.._ _
____" SKRZYNECKI."

" On the 26th a sanguinary battle was fought
at Ostrolenka. Malevolence will no doubt be
ready to exaggerate our loss. It is our duty to
anticipate the false reports which it will endeavour
to propagate. We therefore hasten to announce
the results of this battle.

"We have sustained a reverse. Our troops are
retreating upon Pultusk. They fought the whole
of the 26th, against the whole united forces of Ge-
neral Diebitsch. The attack of the enemy was
vigorous ; the resistance of the Poles most obsti- ,
nate. Courage, however, was obliged to give way
to number. Ostrolenka was taken by assault, and
our troops repassed the Narew.
‘• If the Russians have obtained a success in
causing our retreat, they have paid dear for it.
The death of the brave General Click, and of Gen.
Kaminski, grieves us. Several superior officers are .
severely wounded. All have done their duty.
" The Commander-in-Chief, in executing the
plan which he had conceived of assuming the offen- '
sive, and of ad% ancing into the Palatinate of Au-
gustowo, was alive to all the dangers of that expe- ;
dition, but he was also aware of its importance. In
throwing troops into Lithuania—in carrying suc-
cours to the insurgents—in furnishing them with
officers, cannon, arms, and ammunition, he did more
than if he had obtained a victory. A victory would
not have sufficed to consolidate our independence,
but a levy en masse in the Polish provinces, the co-
operation of all the Poles in the work of the rege-
neration of their country, secures to us results of
the greatest importance in a military and political
view.

" The intelligence which we have received from
Lithuania announces the success of the insurgents,
paints to us the enthusiasm and general devotion
of the country, and at the same time explains the
precipitate march of Marshal Diebitsch, who, in di-
recting all his forces upon Ostrolenka, resolved, at
all risks, to cut off our communication with Li-
thuania.

" Podolia has already risen. The insurgents are
advancing in Volhynia. Balla, Tubergz, are in
their hands. The ranks of the Volhynian patriots
will increase daily.
" The check which w•e have experienced has not
altered in the least our military position. From this
day all the Poles will form only one army, and
those who perished on the banks of the Narew
will find avengers on the banks of the Niemen
and of the Dwins."

It was lately my pleasing task to give you a
slight sketch of the rapid and glorious triumphs of
the Polish .troops ; but, alas! the inconstancy of
fortune is proverbial, and even the stupendous
efforts of this army of heroes has proved insufficient
to win her exclusive favour. The last accounts
from Poland are of the most distressing nature.
General Diebitsch having effected his union with
the guards, crossed the Narew on the 26th of
May, and Sell with his whole forces on the
Polish army, under Skrzynecki, in the neigh-
bourhood of Ostrolenka. The Poles, although at-
- so far superior in number,
,ient renown, and performed
The oldest generals on both
actually astounded at the
:ring on frenzy, which pre-
and many have declared that
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