Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-08-03
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French Account.

forrrrfs is in our petition. Eight
hundred pieces cf ordnance, maya
fines Of every kind, upwards OF
100000 quin;als Of whea5, conGder-
able cellars, large fuPpIles of cloth
and grocery, rcfources Of kinds for
the army, and finally fortrefs Of
the frG order tupporting our left, as
- Thorn1npports our centre, and Pra-
"a our right thefe are the adyan-
sages obtained during the winter, and
WATCH have Eqnallzed the leifure Of
sae G-and Arny; it IS the 6r;t, tho
fineif fruit Of the victory Of Eylau.
The difficulties which the artillery
bad 70 y4nqu;ih were comfortable.
Oae hundred pieces Of cannon, five
Or FIX hundred yhoufanI pounds Of
GIN powder, and an immeaie num-
bor Of balls were brought from 3tct-
Tn. and the fJrtrelIts Of Siiefa.
On the 18th, the mine blew up
4ta OIock-houle On the place Of arms
IF the covert,way. On the 10TH the
the d-icent and pahage Of the foiice
were executed at 2 in the evening.
ga the aft, Martial Letcbvre hav-
ing prepared every thing for the az
fault, the troops mounted, when col.
Lacoite, who had been fcnt into the
tortreis in the morning, on buhnelS,
regarding the iervice, tated, that
Gen. ka.kreuth affixed to capitulate
on the fame conditions which he had
formerly granted to the garrifon of
AEcntz. TINS proqof4l was content
81 70. The Hakcllburg would have
been carried BY aG4ut without any
great iois, but the body Of the for
tfeis was FIJI. entire; large fodce
OF ruouins water preiented zach OBJ
hac!es as might have enabled the be-
acscj 70 have prolonged their de-
fence for fortnight longer. I'm
der iuch circunitances it was deem
81 advifable to grant them an hon
ora le caPitulatlon.
On the nth, the garrilon defled,
On. Kalkreuth at their head. This
ltrony sarrrloB, which at firft coniit-
ed Of 10000 men, is reduced to
Sooo, out Of which number, 1000
have d-r-rted. There are even Of
fccrs among the deferters. eve
WI. not go to Siberia" fay they
Sev-Fli thouianI Of artillery horrcs
have been delivered up TO us, but
!hcy are IN a very bad condition.
Inventories Of the magazines are
ma'Srog out. Gen. Rapp is appoint
FL Governor Of DAntzick.
The Rudian It. Gen. Kamenfki,
afIer having been defeated On the
I5tn, was driven under the fortif-
cations of Weilcheimunde, where
he remained without undertaking
my thing, and where he was fpec-
rator OF the furrender Of the for
frels When lie beheid batteries
erecting for red hot lhot, in order TO
burn his veGcls, he got on board and
returned 10 Pillau. The fort of
Weifchelmunde Till held out. Mar
fhai Lefebvre caufcd it 10 be fun
noned. On The 10th, and while the
capItuiation was regulating, the gar
rifon marched out Of the fort aud
.urrcndered. The commandant aban-
doned, faved himfcif BY fea, accord
ingiy we are nov matters of the
Gown and harbor of Dantzick.
Thefe events are happy omen for
the campaign. The Emperor of
E@iIil ant the King Of Prui1ia were
at FirllsenbcrI- They might have
conjettured the furrender Of the for
;rets rom the ceiIation Of the fire
The cannon was heard as far as that
place.
The f-ige Of GRADIENT is begin
niaL, under the command Of Gen.
Vit}or. Gen. Laxow1zi commands
the eng ncrTs, and Gen. Douhouard
the artillery. Graudentz is frong
BY is great lumber Of mines,
All the good news of the fuccefs
q Ifnaii and WaIachia is jult arriv-
I'd: he. Rufisns have been oblig-
ed to raift the Gese Of IlmaH and
evacuate WsIachia.
vienna, Nay %.
The affairs in Turkey have fud-
denly. aaumed very different at