Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-05-27
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lodged by every power in Europe but one
and those principles viii be made the ba-
! sis of system, Which SO close to the real
| lization of that idea of an EuroHezU re-
fH6Lc, conceived by the celebrated Sally,
and so anxiously looked for by Henry W
/ of France.
| We give this idea, as the consequence of
the existing state of Europe-and the i'm
pending, (or perhaps already accomplish
ed) discontinue OF the modern Vandals.
! This city was much amused last week
! by the industrious circulation of reports
that the editor Of this paper had very re-
cent advices from Europe--and accounts of
terrible battles subsequent to the affairs of
Braunsberg. At the coffee house it was
even alledged that the papers containing
those marvellous accounts were in our
( hands. We neither received any such,
nor did we give the least credit to the tales
that were circulated, tho they went to say
thai Tie Vandals were completely annihi-
! lated, and $4,000 killed or prisoners with
their general Benningsen.
We had been specializing upon the news
| the day before, in consequence ca the con-
sideration Of the 65th and e6th bulletins
! and had formed judgment by our cnaui-
rics; the scope at which we shall now Of
fey to our readers as leading 20 the conciit-
sion with which we began this article.
We have not found in any one of the
| official bulletins Of the French, a fact stat
ed which has not been corroSorat-d by
subsequent information and events. The
reverse has bccn the fact uniformly on the
| other side. Perhaps the effect of the bat
| ties is the cause of the different character
| of the official reports. The Goieis appear
to be satisfied with what they Do and have
! done-the VnuaaiS endeavor to supply by
| official gazettes their deficiencies in the
! field.
BY the 65th and Goth bulletins we are
put in possession of the positions >. the ar
mics.
! The Russian head quarters continued at
! KontngS6erg; but they had carried their
| Cossacks and other light marauders, as far
as Bartenstcin on the Ala !. this place is
of Eylau and at the SAINT distance
/ CSC r.iifss) east of the Passer&ge, and about
f60 miles from the Erepch head quarters,
wfdch continued : @ seroRe on the 18th
| OF March.
The advance of the French, however,
was east of the Passerage, under mar
shall Ney at Gulstadt, that is miles from
that river, and 25 miles S. w. of Barten-
stein.
Having the head quarters and the adj
vanced posts, we have now to trace the
lines of cantonment. The Russian front is
marked by the course Of Pregel river;
with some corps advanced south Of the
Pregel, but with two small rivers Ammonia
and Suhucena in front, and their left CO.
vered by the lakes of Hars and SPriding,
and thence by the Pysch river to Grodno !;
which is principal magazine. so miles
n. F.. of Grodno is wilma an important
place and depot.
The French left under Bcrnadottc, was
at Braunsberg within IS miles of Konings-
berg, and the legions under Soult and Da.
voust stretched along behind the Passe-
rage 20 Leibstadt and Deepen where the
line of the Passerage is encroached upon,
: and the French positions advanced be-
tween the Passerage and ALA, which are
, not more than to miles apart, and We
ry favorable by nature for a strong defen-
sive military position.
| The French line extends in chequered
columns of cantonment along the hume
rous lakes, and occupy Seeberg, Allen
J; stein, Freudenberg, Munsterberg, Berg
J fried, Burtingen, Passenhcim, and Ortels-
. berg.
; Here a new disposition has been unfold.
! ed. 1lassena with the fifth legion, and a.
[ mother of the French infantry, has advan-
, ced south TO the OmHl1 river, which has
its rise in the same lakes as the Passerage
S and ALA, but runs south while the Pas.
D serage runs north, and the Aha north east
The Omula falls into the Narew, few
, miles above Pultausk.
I, But Mnsscna's head quarters is at vii
denberg in the forks ofthe Omula within
fifty miles Of Grodno.
The collection of force at this point give
new and impressive character 10 tn,
prospects Of the war; and induces us to ex
pect some very sudden and powerful en-
ltcrprize for besides the two lcgions o
French infantry, we find two other power
full bodies of troops.
A Polish army of observation is postcI
at Neldenberg, which is only IS miles II
= the rear of Massena, that is west of hi
E position OF the Omula.
e Besides these we find A1urat duke q
{ Berg) in the same quarter; the cOnciusi
2 ons which we draw from these circum
S stances we shall explain very simply.
% The intrepid character Of Massena.
81 The more than ordinary force directed
Il to that point under him; as the infantr,
cannot consist of less than 30, or 5000
men.
The Polish army are all cavalry.
The whole cavalry OF the grand army
tunder Murat, and the Younger Kellerma
as his chief of the staff
The Polish corps being called an army