Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-28
iii 0fIieial BulIetip Of the Grand
Army.
Fsakeastsxa, Is b May, 1907


Psisn. were an annoyance 10 the opera.
rioasef the siege, ordered general Ven
4 dame 10 erase ,hem. This general at the
head ofshe Wurre ubcrg troops carried oh
~shsse works ia the night Of The 3oth q
April aodis, May, has put 20 the sword
the enc my's troops that defended Il made
ons hundred and twenty prisoners and
!, q ken Dinc p,sses of caunoa The captains
du g-a,e D<pou hon and Prost marched
atahe head If lac columns aud g'ssAProefs
Of great bravery.
Lisussnans HohcndorH, Bawer, ard.
N1ullr, have particularly distinguished
thsmselyes Onthe Cd Of May iieuenans
gen. Csmarer took the command The
Wostemburg division.
Aappears that since the ARRIVAL OF the
), empesoT Alexander at, the army, grand
council Of war has been held at Bsr'ens1ien,
TO which the king Of Prussia and the grand
duke Conssansune have assisted that the
dangers 10 which Dap,z,c was exposed
have been the object of the deliberations
OF thar council that ii has been acksow
lsdged that two ways only remained by
which Dan zic might be saved. The LIST
/ 10 a,arklng the army by crossing the Pas
sarge and running the chance Of gene.
81 i b@stle tho issue Of which should II
szprovs sucessful. would Be TO oblige tho
erchio uncover Daatzie. The other
5 by relieving the place by sea. The trst
opefatioo appears TO have been deemed
imprsc,icsble, without exposing them 70
ruin and total defeat, and the plan ter Sc.
curing Dan,zic by sea was adopted.
Accordingly beu,enan, general kamen
oy, son Of he feld marshal with iwoRds-
sian divisions, forming eleven regiments
sod several Prussian, regfAen!s were EN-,
ba ked'as Pillau. On the 10 b 68 vessels
or transports. escorted by three frigates
lands d the troops q, the mouth OF the Wis.
suls, q, The port pf . AN; zic, under the pro-
stect.oo OF fort Weischelmnude.
The emperor Immediately gave orders
I 8 the marshal, commanding the corps OF
reserve Of the grand army, 10 march from
Marirnbnrg, where was his head quar-.
ters, with he division OF general Oud not,
ir order 10 reinforce The army OF marshal
Lafsbsrc. He arrived by ssiDgle ma, h
M tAe same moment that che snemys ar.
nv was disc mbarking The 18th and
14h the enemy made perpendicular an
a,tatk.s He was separ ated from the city by
spscs short of league, but occupied BY
the French troops.
Ca the 18Th he defled from the fort IN
three columns his project was ,Spene.
tra,e by the right Of the Vistula. General
ofbrigade Schramm, who was at the ad
vanced posss with the Sd regiment OF
light. infantry ADD battalion of Saxons
and Poles received the first ERE of the ca.
envy, and kept him OF cannot shot from
Nleischslmunde.
Marshal Lefesbre had directed bis
march TO the bridge situated below the
Vistuia, and caused the 18th rcgiMent OF
light idfan,ry and some Saxons 10 cross o.
vsrsso theassistance Ut gen. Schramm.--
General Gardasue charged with the de-
fence Of the right of the Yistula, had ike.
wise spppot,ed il with the remainder Of his
corps. The enemy was superior and The
engagement was maintained on both sides
with equal obsunacy.
Marshal Launes, with Oudinot, reserve,
vas. placed on the left Of the Vissula. BY
which it was expected The enemy would
sde6le, az appeared by their dispositions
che preceding evening but observing the
movements Of the enemy uomasked; mar
ahal lame pasted the Histula with four
bauahons Of Oudino,'s reserve, The whole
line. add III. reserve of the enemy, were
routed and pursued as fer as the Palissa.
does. and as9 10 the morning the enemy
WAS blockadad in the fort of Weischrl-
munde. The field OF battle was covered
With dead bodies. Our loss amounts 70 IS