The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-17
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NCH BULLETINS.
FIFTY-FiRST BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
WarLazv, .Tannarr IA.

OF General Bennington was received by the King
of Prnflia at Koningfburg. (*) 1t was imnedi-
ately pnblifhed and pofed up throughout the
town, where it excited the greatcit tranfports
ofjoy ; the King was publicly complimented
on this location but on the sir in the even
ing, intelligence was given by fome Prufiian Of
hcers, corroborated by other aivices from the
country or the real fate of things. Sadnefs
and conformation were now 70 much the grea-
ter, as every one had abandoned himfcf TO 10Y.
Ii was then rctoved TO evacuate Konine fburg,
and preparations were Immediately made for
the purpoie. The treafure and mott valuable
property was Immediately fent off to Memel.
The Queen who was Till i'll, embarked on the
Sd OF January for that town the King fet out
from thence on the 9Th; the remains of General
Letocq's divihon alto departed for the fame,
company Of invalids.
The King Of Prufia's Miniary is competed
IN the following manner:
General Ruchel, t!l III of the wound he re.
ceived at the battle of jena, is appointed Minif-
ter at Wharf.-The Prelident Sagebart he is ap-
pointed Minifter of the Interior.
The prefent forces of the PrufIian Monarchy
are as follow
The King is attended by 500 troops, both
foot and horie. General LcaoCq has fcarceIy
5000 men, COMPETING the two battaons left
at Konngiburg, with the company of Inva-
lids.
Lieutenant General Hamburger commands
at Dantz'g, where he has garrfon of 6ooo
men. The inhabitants have been diarmed &
II has been intimated to them, that in cafe of
alarm the troops will fire on all thofe who flall
quit their boufes.
General GuZadon commands at Goldberg, with
! 800 men.
Lieutenant General Coubfere is at Graudentz
with 5000 men.
The French troops are in motion to furround
and beiiege thefe fortreiies.
certain number of recruits, whom the King
of Prullia had caufed to be attended, and who
were neither cIoathed nor armed, have been
diibanded, tecaufe there was no method of
keeping them in order.
Two or three Engliih officers were at Kon-
ingfburg, and caufed hopes to be afcrrtained of
the arrival of an Englifh army.
! The Prince Of Plefs has, in Sileha, 1e or
$4,000 men, fhut up in the fortreffes of Brieg,
Neis, Sweiduitz, and Kofei, which Prince Je-
rome has caufed to be inverted.
We ihaIl be flent concerning the ridiculous
difpatch of General Bennington we f,all only
remark that it appears TO contain fomethng -iu-
conceivable. The general feems to accufc his
colleague General Buxhowden. He fays that
he was at Mohaw. How could he be igno-
rant that Buxhowden was gone TO GoIymin,
where he was beaten He pretended to have
gained victory and nevertheless he was in
full retreat at ten at nj eht, and this retreat was
10 haity that he abandoned his wounded Let
him Thew Us Jingle piece of cannon, Jingle
French itandard, a hngle French prifoner, but
! twelve or fifteen men who might have been ia
ken here and there on the rear of the army
while we thew him 6ooo prifoners, two fian-
! dards, which be !oA near Puitulk, and 5000
wounded, whom he abandoned in his fight. :.
! Should General Buxhowden have given, on
! his hde, true relation of the engagement OF
GoIymin, il sill be evident that the French ar.
| ny was beaten and that in conftquence of its
defeat, 1t took pohtfiion of 100 pieces ord
nance and 1000 baggage wagons; of all the
hoipltais ct the Ruiiian army; of all ts wound.
ed and ct the important petitions of Sieroch,
Putuik, ORrolenka, aud obliged the enemy TO
fall back so leagues. Wish regard to the infer
eHce attempted to lie drawn by General Ben
ningieu from his not having been purified, it is
efficient 70 obferve, that good care was taken
not 20 purfue him, becaufe our troops out
ftretched him BY tao days march, and that but
for the bad roads, which hndered Martial
Soult from following this movement, the +. f.
fan General would have found the French il,
ORrocnka.
1t remains only for ms 10 ftek what could be
the intention of fnch 4 relation. IT jsthe fame
no doubt, rs hat the RuiIians promoted to
themfeves at Auaeriitz. 1t is the fare. M
doubt, as that OF the Ukaies, by which the En-
Peror Alexander declined accepting the Grand
nlIgnla, becaufe he faid he h1d not command.
ed at the battle, and accepted the fmal infp-
MIA for the iuccels he had obtained in n. al
though under the command Of the Emperor of
Auitria.
He iays, further more, I've had the Grand
Duke Of Berg, and MARTIAL Davou(t ao5inG
him, while in fact, he bad only to cope with
the diyiion Of Sucbet and the corps of Mar.
fhal Lannes the 18th regiment of light infan-
try, the 94;h of the line, the 9th and the ssth.
are the only regiments who fought againN him.
lie maj have reflected very little on the poIiti.
on Of PultuGs, to fuppofe that the French would
take poileilion Of tat town, commanded with
in pfol mot.
There is, however, one point of view under
which the relation of General Bennington NAV
be iuAilied. No doubt but approximations were
entertained Of the eject which the truth mighi
produce throughout PrufIian and Rufiian Po-
land, which the enemy were to crofs, had il
reached thofe countries previous to his being
enabled TO place his hofpitals and fcattered de.
tachmeDts fate from all infult.
Thefe relations, 70 evidently ridiculous, NAV
hHl produce the advantage for the RufTisns OF
delaying for fome days the arGour which faith