Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-27
Late Foresigs hst<lls gs'scs.
Defails 9th Con6as Of 3frscl sast, gained OK zee
Polish sroofas over, The z0rutsiaass.
WARSAW, March 8:


we have Just been informed Of the de-
tails Of The action Of Dirschau. inswhich &C.
neral Dabrowski has made himselt -naasssr
d Of The ensnny,s positions, and repuised them
as farsas Danszick. SIS
The enemy daily appeared before the
IS cantonmcntss of News and lis enviTons,
sdis,urbing The lefs FAX Of Dabrowskl, who
siu sobssqnence, resolved TO make an st-
tack with his whole corps, and TO drive the
. enc my rewards Dantzick: 3;
The enemy's principal points were Dir.
sehau. Mnhlbank add Seheeneck. Cane
raj Me6ard was with hi, division in the
neighborhood Of Pepeiipg. and has occu.
pied Stargards with a sgimenkof The trooPs
sf Baden; one battahon Of Polish infan-
try ihe legion of the north, and Two pieces
Z of cannon.
Genesal p sbrowski waswish bis division
al Mewe and us environs. his head quart
ers at Gsembiin, commanded by his sou,
colonel Dabrowski, composed OF his regi.
Y mens OF; sa6onal. cavalry, two pieces Of
cannon, and four companies of chasseurs.
Il On the morning of the Esd Of Feb. the
whole corps put itself IN motion. General
NIsnarsl had orders to occupy Schoeneck
Swishssie selachmsnt Of his division, which
he had az Ssargardt, 70 march his division
BIZ the iefr of Ssargardt, to Dirshall, asd
then TO torn 20 the left 20 covsr.the high
road 10 Dantzick. The van guard OF gen.
Merard, commanded sby general 5puthod.
was composed of TWO Polish battalions, The
cavalry Of Badens of two bowiszers, asd
one piece Of cannon. The van guard was
Ye;ntorced by the FIRST regiment of Polish
Infantry, ccmmanded by gen. Mem oiwiski.
As soon as general Menard, whose division
formed the left Of the whole, had perceived
! thar the enemy was mafch;ng from Laugs
nau towards Dirschau, he sent his vap
guard 10 meet them. II was also reinforc
ed by Polish regiment of cavalry, &c.
neral rsienard took his position near Dir
schas. slsss ~ SO Sss
!. The van guard Of Dabrowski attacked
the enemy, overthrew them, and forced
\ ,hem, IN spite of their heavy FIRE of attille-
nv and uusketry, 10 return 10 the suburbs.
Being there adyanIageously posted innthe
houses, the enemy opposed our approach
vigorously !; il. was accessory to driyrahem
trom thence. COLONEL Kauke, with some
companies OF grena diers and chasseurs OF
the first Polish regiment of infantry. at.
! lacked the suburbs GA the other side OF
he Vissnla,. made thirty prisoners, and
forced:the enemy % throw themselves Toto
the place. MAJOR Sisrwoski with the FIRST
battalion Of theSffst1sgimen of infantry,
drew also near that side In spite of the
broken ground extremely difhculsto pass,
ard attacked the enemy with the utmost
!. y:vacisy. HE remainder of the van guard
s Of general 'Niemoiwiski, where general
Dsbrowski was himself, attacked the sub
urbsof Danszick onthe other aide, defend.
ed by the enemy'n artillery, and the major
part of The infanty; but the enemy was
soon forced TO retire TO the city.
The enemy; seeing Itself pursued with
nexampled in,repidisy, set fire TO the gra.
r.aries and houses on the outside of the
gates. Thas shutup ID The town, relying
4 IN the. siiccots expected BY way of Muh,
lansh they defended themselves with de-
sperstion The second battalion of the
Z first regiment of infantry commanded By
IT'S colonel prince Sulk owski, sustained q
terrible FIRE with the utmost sang froid. and
gained ground towards the gates. -Four
cannou andswo howiszers of French Polish
artillery, under the orders Of the brave
lieutenant of artillery Charelot, fred on
The city he approached the gates with two
of his pieces aud fred a breach. After a
six hours obstinate combat, the eneipy,s
artillery was obliged TO lessen its Ere. The
young prince Snlkowski, disregarding the
two consusions he had received, followed
by col. Msjaczevski at the head Of his Sc
cond battalion, and battalion Of them