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add cOuicntcd ltHclJ with supporting MS
Russi ans BY . brisk csnnouade The enc
mr. has Witnessed this affair from the top
IDf iss tastcred and half demolished ram.'
paris. tIe has been dismaYed q secing
he hope Of relief vanish away. General
lOu6iros has killed shrce Rassians with his
own hand. Several of his staff officers have
been wounded. The 18th and The Cd rcgi.
ments Of Infantry have Distinguished them,
selves.
The particulars OF this engagement
hare notyes been received az head guar.
ters.. 81
The Journal Of The siese ol Danszic
win show thar the works are going on with
equal activity, that the covered way 10
complra.ed aud thar they are busy 10 maxi
ing preparations for the passage OF the
ditch.
As soon as the enemy heard that bis
maritime expedition had arrived before
Danlzic, his Iighstroops began 70 observe
and harrass the whole line from the posi-.
ton occupied BY marshal Soult, aloog the
Passarge, 70 the division Of gen. Morsnd
90 the ALE. They were received within
muske. .ho.by the Volsiguers; they lost
great number Of men, and retired faster
than they came.
The Russians made also their appear.
ance al Malaga 10 from, of gen. Zayonchek,
cen handing the Polish corps Of observa.
ton, and carried . Polish post. General
{ Fischer marched and over,hrew them, XIII.
ed GO mea, !. one colonel aud two captains.
They likewise presented themselves before
the S h corps, and iDsui,ed the advanced
posts of gen. Gazan at Wiiiemberg. lis
general pursued them 70. several leagues.
They alta ked in grc..er earnest the tete
du pout rOmnew Of Dain!ewo. The Sc.
neral Of brigade Girard marched up to
them with the h, and overturned ihem
into the Narew.
- Gen. of division Suches came up, pursued
the Russian. at the point Of lhe sword,
and overthrow them q. Ostro!enka; killed
ahou, so men andaook 60 horses. / he
captain cf the GARD, Laurin. who cora.
msnded grand guard, surrounded on AL
sides by the Cossacks, remaiaed frn and
deserved being distinguished. Marshal
/ Massena, who had mounted on horseback
with brigade of Bavasisns, had occasion
| to be pleased with the zeal and good de-
pertinent of hrs troops.
The same day, 18Th, The enemy attack
ed gen. Lemarrois at the month OF the
Borg. That gene ea had crossed !ha, river
on The 10 With Bavarian brigade and a
Polish regimeo., had ins days caused letes
de pont to be constructed, and had brn, his
{ march towards Wilkowo, With the intent.
on Of burning the RATS on which the enc
my had been busy these six weeks.
This expedition succeeded perfectly. the
whole has been burnt; aud IN 40 instant
| this ridiculous work OF six weeks was ami.
| hilated.
On the 18th at nine III the morning 5000
Russians from Nur attacked general LIE.
marrcis ia his en,renchsd camp. They
were received with musket s,zs and grape
| shot 800 Russians remaiaed on the field
of battle and when gen. Lemarrols saw
| the enemy, who had arrived at the edge OF
the ditch repulsed, he pursued them sword
| in hand. The colonel Of the Bayarian 4 n
| of the line, brave soldier, has been XII,
| led; his death Is generally lanenied. ne
| Bavarians had 20 men killed and 5owound.
J ed.
! The foliage begins to shoo. forth. The
| season is Ike the month Of April in
/ France.
| The whole army is encamped on dipisi.
on in square battauions; and in wholesome
| places.
These events Of advanced posts have oc.
casioned no kind improvements in the ar.
my. All is quiet at head qnarters. This
! general attack on all our advanced posts
on the 18Th seemsio have had for i.s OBJ.