Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-04
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The last letters fro2 Italy announce,
that "a corps Of Montensgrins, together
with q number Of the inhabitants Of Catta-
rs. had made an attempt 90 the cd Mays
TO take possession Of tic village OF lsubi.
MIA, int urkish Albania. but the goyerner
who bad received some reinforcemen ts
from general Laurisson. had totally de.
fea.ed the Insurgents, Gha lett three hun-
dred dead upon the field ct battle !,
One of our papers to-day has published
the following letter from the camp at ilant'
aic, written by superior officer OF inc
lGlnperial corps OF artillery
q AT the moment 10 which write, the
articles of capitalization are adjusting. The
siege of lantsicewiil be memorable II his.
tory. BY singuIarity which will charac..
terlse the wars of the four csalisions,. these
campaigns. SO fruitful in immortal baI.ies,
have produced very few sieges. For ibir.y
days aud nights, We have fired necessarily
upon the pace, which has constantly an-
swered Us. Flfnished with ausinmense
quantity of artillery and with abundance
of provisions, her means Of defence were
certainly superior 10 our means of atsack.
But, fortunately, the skill OF oni officers,
cannoniers, and the bravery Of oar troops,
surmoupted every obstacle Dantzic would
not have held out more than ten or fltteen
days, If We could have procured any hea.
Wy artillery from the arsenaIs Of France /;
bu. at distance Of nearly three hGndred
leagues from our froniiers, We were oblsg.
ed TO equip ourselves in the eneny's own
country. Every nation has some peculiar
method hf making their artillery aud our
cannoniess have sften regretted the wans
of their French pieces. Fhe only eonsi-
Iteration which consoles them, and which
sometimes serves as food for their gsieiy
| is, thar they did not throw shell or butn
a single pound Of powder which was nor
at the expense Of the enemy ard IN tact
il was with nrussian cannon that We took
| a Prussian city,
4" The capture of Daatsic is aEseyent az
| which all good Frenchmen will rejoice,
but of which soldiers alone can feel the
| great impor.snse. With the exception Of
the descent Of gen. Kaususky, and the
battle of the 18Th, the enemy made no at.
| trmpsso preserve place, on the preser,
sa1ion OF losssot which may depend the
whole success Of the campaign. From
the resuls of this siege, we have discover
cd truth fatal to the emperor OF Russia !;
/ it has given Us the secret Of his real
| strength. II Alexander I. afer having
been fos three months employed 10 collect,
ing aresnd him the forces of his empire,
has nos dared to hazard battle for the
| preservation of Danlsic, With what terror
| must he view the reduction of that place,
now that our invincible emperor, reinforc-
/ ed 10 one day by SO, o0o soldiers, has no.
thing tooppose him but men! The Rns-
SLAMS can now no longer rely for safety up
on the snow and the ice: we shall now 6nd
the direct road to them. and the banks
Of the Pregefw will perhaps ere long witness
a day no. less fatal to Russia than tina. 81
| Jena was to Prussia
/ Letters koFa Poland state, that thanks
to the care and activity of the existing all.
thorxsies the French army is supplied with
| provisions in abundance, and has besides
very considerable magazines established
al Thorn. The Russian army does 40,
ENJOY the same advantages; il suffers ex.
tremely for he want OF provisions and
| other articles of the frst necessity. The
country in which it is eacanped is entie.
! y ruined.
The mission Of the Swedish general
CONT DE Wrede. 10 Pomeranis. has fur
tie object. mis- saiJ, to enter upon negocla
,ions ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a French plenipo
tenaiary. ] here~is every reason to believe
that i viii have happy terrination.
Hecaunts iron. the borders Of the Maine
state, that the $ Confederation of the
< Rhine0 ny I'D, snnn assume annYher fena oai