Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-29

!, s,slapperi, which they had occupied, in great
ssste' and fed in the utmost confusion. AT
~ rs. same time, general Tachaphtz, who COM
landed a detachment of horse, attacked the
s in the village of Kutschilten, drove
.hem Out of it, and almost entirely destroyed
he eaemys cavalry; during these transactions
Ee,,tenant general u Estory arrived in the field
e hattie with the Russian corps under his
command, and two Russian regiments foot,
and fastened to reinforce our wing. As soon
q he had formed a junction with the division
ofveneral Techaplitz, he marched towards
!. sls enemy, whom ne canonaded with a we'll
directed fire from his battery. He then made
! rapid movement against the left wing of the
enemy, with view. oftarning it, and pursued
them until the fall of night, which forced him
n relinquish futher pursuit. The arrival
of lieutenant general 4 'Estocq and the aeti--
yiity with which he performed his movements,
contributed much to secure to us the fortune.
of the day. While the batteries Of our left
wing were then keeping up brisk canonade
against the enemy, and lieutenant general L.,
Estocq pursued them; the enemy, although
taey we're in possession of the village Of Schw--
dittea, did not dare to attack our right wing,
merely composed of the division of general
Toutschkoff, on account OF It's being covered
blythe FIRE of a strong Prussian battery, which
general Eock had established on a height
Attbe fall of hghtI ordered the enemy to be
dgiyensfronn the village of Scheditten, where
they sustained a considerable loss. The Cos
sacks behaved with distinguished gallantry,
during the action and took 40 prisoners.
& This destructive battle commenced on the
7lh, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and end
1 ed the following day at midnight. The loss
ofthe enemy consists, by their own onfession,
in $4,000 killed and IL 900 wounded; 1900
French,ner have been made prisoners ofwar,
s1d IL eagles taken. Our less amounts to
$4,000 killed, and Z 900 wounded: fourteen
French generals were Killed OF wounded; 9
0ieur generals are wounded, but most Of them
, 50 slightly that they have already Joined the
ar,ny, 10 bear testimony to the signal and per-
sevefing yalor displayed by your majesty's
troops, and 10 assure yea that your army,wllile
ithas thus acquired Immortal glory, has given
another memsrable proof of what a nation
may achieve, which fights in defence of It's,
native eouhtry, and is ready to sacrifice its
blood and life for the attainment of the noble
purpose Of an adored monarch. In vain did
Bonaparte lavish with the utmost 1profusencss
al his vast resources. in vain did he incite the
courage Of. his; soldiers, and in vain did he sa-
criSce SO great. a partsof his army The gal
lansry AUD persevering yaiorof the Russians
wthstood all his efforts, and wrssted FROM him
FlcterY long and severely contss1ed.
having rrnssaaed master of the Held OF
battle, continued there hat night, and weigh
satle measure whichI sneuld further have to
pursue; and have reason to congratulate my
self on the determination took to march to
keainssherg, was there able to supply, my
army with every thing it stood in need of; at
leriopg and glorious exersions it found there
'sHet and rePose, while The French army,
weakened and dispirised, remained uRder
arms. ! hoped by this retrcgrade movement
% induce the French army to follow me, but
'seiYs regiments OF horse only made this at
'snpt, under the command of marshal Mu- i
:, SAY and We're almost entirely destroyed near
As@hssheid AiSer this fresh loss the enemy be-
ssnio retreat.
h BARON BENNIGsEN."
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