Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-02-02
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War operations on the Continent.
LONDON, NOV. $3.50.

an account of the surrender of HaIneln,
with almost as little resistance as Mag
deburgh Stettin, or Custrin. In fact,
none of these places could be said to
have been regularly besieged. They
surrendered not TO the fire Of the enc
my, but in consequence of total want
of provisions and stores of every kind.
Such has been the misconduct and ia
tulty OF the Prussian war department,
that there was not q fortress provided
with the means Of supporting for a
month the garrison necessary for its
defence. One would suppose that his
Prussian Majesty made sure of victory,
and that he calculated upon dissipating
Che veteran legiens of France with the
same facility that his army has melted
before them " ike breath into the wind"
IN place of having to sustain siegeS, It
Is not unlikely that he reckoned upon
laying them, and that instead of defend
ing Magdeburgh, he would have TO at
tack Mayence or Strasburgh.
The sum Of the whole intelligence
from the Continent is, that the French
have every where been most successful,
and the whole Prussian force that op-
posed them antirely ennihiIsted.
The Russians have fallen back to-
wards their own frontiers, where they
are. concentrating themselves, and daily
receiving reinforcements from the in
terror.
vENIc I, NOV. /.
From Delmatia, official accounts
have been received that in consequence
of the victories Of the 29th and 3oth of
September, obtained by the French
over the Russians, the Montenegrins,
and the inhabitants of Cataro, the for
tress of Castel Nuovo was stormed by
the French on the lst of October,
sword IN hand.
DEC. /.
Whilst Bonaparte is reducing the !
court of Vienna to this state of dislem-
ma, he is using language more nnperi- |
dive to the court of Denmark.-Ie Las |
ordered the Danish troops to be with
drawn from the confines of Holstein, !
threatening, that if any misunderstsnd- |
ing ensues from their remaining in |
their present position, and if, in conse-
quence, single trigger be drawn a.
gainst French soldier, he will give up |
Altoona to be pillaged.
1t is evident that he wishes to terrify
Denmark, into full acquiescence In |
the demands which he will immediate |
" make, and which will have for their
object tho exclusion Of the British |
commerce and shipping from the
Baltic.
LUBECK, NOV. 9.
The 9th of this month was the most
dreadful day In the annals of. Lubbock /;
the Prussisn General Natzmer being
NJ our town with 1900 men, the French
under the orders of Marshal Bernadot-
te, attacked the Prussians- at nine
O'Clock in the morningout Of the town
both sides Tough, with the greatest
bravery and obstinacy towards noon
the French appeared before the town
with very superior forces they were
received at the gates with cannon
charged with langride (mitraille,) but
It did not stop them, they were repuIs-
ed at several of the gates, but they sue
c.eded in forcing that of dem Burg
thor then began in the town the most
dreadful combat the Prussians had
good deal of artillery which did much
injury to the French, but nothing could
withstand their bravery and superior
numbers. They followed the Prus-
slams into all the houses, churches and
public buildings, where terrible car
mage was made.-The slaughter lasted
upwards of three hours, during which
the number Of killed and wounded &C
cumulated both in the houses and in the
streets, and particularly at the Burgtho
to a frightful height. Several of the
houses escaped plundering by getting
aFrench safeguard. Now that all is
over, Bernadotte has informed his SOL
disrs that they are no longer to consid-
er Lubbock as an hostile city, but as un-
der the protection OF his Majesty the
Emperor.
BreslaH, Mop. 8.
The following article, dated the 5th
INST. from South Prussia, appears in
our Gazette of this day 8 We can
now state with certainty, that al army
Of $4,000 Russians is already in full
march through this province, and will
speedily approach the frontiers of ST.
ksia.