Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-01

49, '''Noss, iea'itS Senefai Gt9nlean
IN Pomerania with corps OF Observation.
after he had given him orders to taxa
post on The banks Of he Peehe.
he garrison Of Sualsund having. in
the mean time, received reiniorcemeut
OF several regiments bv sea, and beng
informed oT The movement Of General
Mortier, marched out in a hume rcus bo.
dy. General Grandl.an, in conformitv
10 ms instructions crossed the Peene and
TOOK post a, Anclam. rhe numerou.
hottl!a OF The Swedes afforded them on.
portun'ty to land at diiferen, places, and
10 surprise Dutch pos, Of 80 men and
an Italian post Of 81 men. On heiru in
formed OF these movements Marshal Nor.
'er' on The l3 h proceeded to Siet.in,
and having collected hrs forces, he ma
noive'ed to mice the Swedes, whose
force did not amount 10 $4,000 men. To
advance
For hese two months pas the grand
army has been quiet in II, can,onmeuts.
This time has been employee IN recruit.
ing the cavalry, and providing Them with
horses, repairing the arms, Is ab.lshIrr
large magazines of biscuit aud brandy,
and furni>hing The soldiers with shoes.
independent of one par 10 wear each
man has two more par in his KNAPP ack.
sIa and the island of Nogat have fur
nished number of good horses To the
cu'rassiers, 10 the Dragons, and TO the
right cavalry.
In the beginning Of May ain army
OF observation, consisting of $4,000
French and Spanish troops, will be as.
sembled on the Elbe. Whilst Russia
has assembled in Poland nearly the
whole OF her troops. there is Only part
OF the F'ench military force in that
country. This how.v yer, is a conse4
q1ence of the great difference which ex-
Is between the essential strength of the
! countries.
The 100000 Russians, which the wri-
! ters of newspapers made 70 march 70 the
right and again to the left, only exist in
J their papers and in the imagination of some
| readers, who are the easier misled, by be-
| ing shewn the Immense extent of the RUS
sian territory, without the least mention of
/ its extensive deserts and uncultivated dis
tricts.
| 1t is said, that the guards of the empcA
ror OF Russia have reachedtHe army They
will see on the first meeting, whether the
| imperial gnard is annihilated, as the ene-
| my's generals have asserted. That guards
now more numerous than ever, and almost
double the number it was at Aus erltz.
Exclusive of the bridges thrown across the
Narew, another IS forming on piles between
Warsaw and Praga the work i'm 81 very
forward state. The bridges on piles are
stronger and more serviceable than those
of boats. Although it is very lsborious to-
construct such bridges acros n river of 400
rods in breadth, it is rendered easy through
the skill and activity of the officers, under
whose direction it is performed, and from
the abundance of timber.
Finkenstcin, where the enemy has fixed
his residence, in order to have his head
quarters nearer 10 the station of the army.
is very fine castle built by NJ. De Fin
kenstein, governor to Frederic II. and at
! present belongs to NJ Won Donna, great
marshal of the court of Prussia.
! The prince of Beneventois still at Ware
saw, negotiating with the ambassadors Of
the Porte and of the emperor of Persia In
dependent Of the services which he renders
to the emperor as a minister, some i'm
portant operations are frequently entrusted
to INN relative TO the wants of the army.
The cold weather has again set in for these
two DAYS; the thaw is the only symptom
we have Of the spring; the earliest shrubs
Go not present the least sign of yerdure.
/ sE7EETY-sEcoND BULLETIN DE- rue FRENCH
GRAND ARMY.
! FiEeicEsfeiH IbrR IS.
] The operations Or marshal morticr have had
\ the desired effec: TIE Swedas were 50 ncon.
I siderate as 70 cross the river Peene 20 advance
upon Anclam and Denmin and 10 move towards
I Passewak On the 10th before break of dav,
marshal Moftier assembled his troops advanced
from Passewa!k on the road u Anclam, over
| 'h'ew the posts At Be ling and FcrdnandshuG,
took 100 prisoners and pieces of cannon. enc
tered Anclam al the same time with The enemy,
and made himself master Of the bridge on the
Peene
The column Of the Swedish ceneral EArdeII
was cut OF II remained a. Uckcnmunde when
we were already a. Auclam TIE Swedish ZEE
neral IN chief Armfedt has been wounded BY
grape shot. All the ensmy's magasin are tao
ken
The eolUmn of general CarGeIl, v hich had
been cut of was atiackod on he t7th by the &C.
neral Of brigade Vcau, near Ue.;amunde, when
the enemy lose pieces Of cannon and 500 men
which were taken. The rest ercsped by getting
on board the gun boats IN the Half. Two mcro
pieces OF cannon, and 100 men taken near DEM
min.
Baron Won Essen. who commands tie Swe-
fish army duTi6r the absence Of general Arm
'edt, pSopos'd an armistiee % general mcrtier.
Informing him HAT the king had granted him
ispecia, power 10 conclude he same. a peace
1r even an armistice r,auted To Sweden ~ ,tTd