Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-24

empire did 60. hang upap si,:,.
q single battle Benuingsso had y s'Al i
against contingencies. E.xelu,,lp' 'fda
great army under his coma,asi VII
consisting ofiroop. from The NM, 's'ae
Districts ofthe RussI an en- pire !. 'saa
bled and placed s.a avea'sa, 4 !. ''sl
the rsa. OF the principal army. I'
presented 10 be SO powerful a, u WI
the Russians no, apprehenslss for H. 's'ts
sequences OF even a lost ba,.ls. ~ ~
The whoie, though there is enough !, "a 2
accounts TO excite a greai uneasin., a's
anxiety, we see nothing tina. shoa,,
dace despair. Bcaaparte hiss gained I'a
tory bur we ore persuaded i b,..%
hardly earned, and tina, il is far l,om 't'
decisive of the full issue Of Il. W. .
psign. 49,
No further information resps,ns. y
late calamitous occurrences 10 p.,l.,SsH
arrived. lis strange tia, 60 Oa,, a''r
OF the 14sh bad t'anspired a. Ee.t,
days after. The paper Of The 90 i
lished 10 this city, gives ipde.d 's ~
ing resalt, but carefully abstain, f..i
descending to particulars. On II. W.
cedipg day we .6nd that Inc PRINCE NJ,
hese passed through that city, ca b.
to Paris, with an accouns Of thai d;.
gaisbed victory. Why was 90, The ~
staose Of this glorious intslIyeocc ~.
known at Berlin? Why was ,hs, rfs '
NATION ei'her KEEP. back from s.n, Ch,l.
he governor of tina, CITY, or suppresdp'
him, viii which prince Borghese va, i,
patched as an express to Paris? II.
distance between Fried'and and B,tEo !,
no, 80 great but that all the occurrence,
The l4;h, nay, even on the l5!h ard ls,:
vi: .smight have been fully known "A.
last Of these .o@ns on the 18th. Ia a,
extreme anxiety we naturally Catch sa,
circumstance tending to d'ninish III: a.
dibi'i-y Of the enemy's statement. Y.
therefore derive SOME hope froG~.as in,
periec, communication 10 the Berlin D,.,
Of the ooh. If the battle of tue la!n r.,
minated 10 the decisive over'hroa u il.
Russian army, we think some pubic a.
nouncement Of an event, so impor,1Dl il
lis immediate effect ald future consscucr.
ces, would haze been made to the aas55;;.
ants of that city. Thai the Russians ui,h
have sustained a partial defeat We will 90.
attempt to deny, The ab!ess Conducted
retreat must be made under grear disat
yansaees. The ,,npe;uosi,y of pursuing
enemy will frequently eaas'e them 70 CT
off corps, whose marches is retarded BY
unexpected aseidsnts, or orders i'll con-.
ceived. aud consequently imperieclly g..
bcyeo. Those, however, who are acquaint
ed wish the perseverance and bravery Of
the Russians, know, that with them re.
treat does not always inpIy defeat, and
tina, defeat il far from being eqsiyst0I
TO total ruin.
Since writing the above We have learnt
'ha. foreign officer and messenger ha':
;us. arrived from the continent. |. i, s
ported that they have srough. the details
Of the battle Of Eriedland.-
tbs is tie Ietest English date fsesiVtdl
NEW YORK, august 10.
BY a gentleman who arrived here inh'
British Packet, from Halifax, we are p'
Ii,sly favored with The following ioiereslSG
The Rslions, Of ~ guas; E'hai'''
81; heasta, a.; Halifax, %; BsrmSo1
22; Cs.esyaiSur, 10 (; indian OF 90; S:''
with the uimos, dispatch.
/" The La Vile de Mlsn, OF a guns
loadsd With water, was to sail tor 's
Chesapeake On the 8sh OF Aug. aod Sasw
take under convoy the la,e American 0''s
Eusaw, also loaded with water. :.
"Satled ia co. with the Packet, the SOY
Gr;enr, captain Bray, Of Msrblsnoao,, !"
Spain, part OF her cargo consisting o. ).
dfa goods from Calcutta and exported w"
amounting 70 IS, 900 donr''