Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-06-08
FOREIGN

NO later accounts have been received
from England, than was contained in he laS
Gazette An arrival at Salem from Ham.
burg brings intelligence from that place ID
10 April H. The following summary, from
the last Salem Gazette, contains ali 1 c in.
teligence which has been furnished bv this
arrival, with The editors remarks.
+" With respect to the events oF war
which had taken place between The French
and Russians, it Was difficult to Judge orthe
truth from the HsmBurg D. 4pers, as they are
issued under the inspection Of Frcu.h in
tendaut Ofpublic & official statements here
is generally distrust, from tba supu0sed
policy OF each party to conceal rs awr dis
asters, and exaggerate those Gifts enemy
private information is therefore often more
relied on. From persons who had been at
the theatre Of war, and from the commun-
cations Of the French officers themselves, il
was well known, that though the French
had maintained their military reputation IN
all the battles they had fought, yet that Bo-
naparte had at length met with an enemy
that required the full exercise of all his ge-
mus and energy, and had received such
check as he had never before experienced.
Persons who had visited both the French
and Russian armies, allowed that the former
were vastly superior to the latter in military
science and experience but set Bennig-
sen had managed his mems with such skill
and judgment as greatly to harrass and
stralten the French and to make them suf-
fer severely from the rigors Of the climate
and the want Of provisions as we'll az from
his arms The dreadful accounts we have
had Of the battle Of Eylau appear To have
[. been no fCtiOns: the destruction Of human
life III that awful scene has hardly been e.
qualled in modern warfare. Bennigsen's
statement Of the French loss in this affair
seems not to have been far from the truth
for French officers who were in the battle
acknowledged that they had between 80 81
10000 killed and wOu s'ed the Rus
sian loss they sta'e to be equally great,
and it was CO.. lently said that there
were not less thar $4,000 wounded Rus
SLAMS in Konngsberg the conclusion
was, that neither side could boast Of having
gained any distinguished advantage over
the other IN the action, though it was ac-
knowlcdged that the Russians saved Kon-
igsberg BY it. The account we have had Of
the destruction Of BQnaparte's guards was
true : Augereau being wounded, and his
menFliscouraged BY repeated repuIses, Bon
apArte ordered bis guards to the charge
they obeyed, and were all cut to pieces,
saving about IS men, the Russians giving
no quarter. After the battle, no less than
fifteen thousand dead horses were counted
upon the field. A French officer, in let
ter to friend, said, that two more such bat
lies would annihilate the French army. II
was evident that the impression Of Bona
parties invincibilfty was in some degree ef-
faced, and the hopes Of those strengthened
who wished to see bounds set to his tri-
umphs.
The greatest exertions were making on
both sides TO repair their losses BY recruits.
Vast numbers were pouring into the French
grand army, from all parts Of Germany, -
well as from France, thousands Of wretched
creatures being obliged to enlist, 10 get
bread and even many Of the Prussian prls-
oners had entered among the recruits. Inc
shock from the next meeting Of the two az
mics was expected to be even more terrible
than that of the former.
1t seems the good generalship Of Bennig-
sen had not preserved him from the Jealousy
Of the other officers Of the Russian army'
who think themselves dishonoured BY haT-
ing foreigner placed over them. The
Emperor Alexander had arrived at r vel, on
his way to the army, with view probably ot
composing the difficulties.
There are now no French troops in Ham
burgh the place Is garrisoned by the Dutch,
he river is blockaded BY ths British ans
rs trade hss ceased,