Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-21

ccsanoa precautions {, "a.
attack would have BEE ]. I ~. h Ts.
T. tns 5000 men, desaehA Il Il. sa 9
b p present, q spisaid 81, ~ .aallyipiias
acquired BY The courage { would 'ee asssJt,'
not 'he @erN ofthe gsnels 5 - - s0'a'stsssd
y cannot escape your obsrs...
n , bennigsen suffered tlAprsuaS, that &C.
Ds reinforced BY the besiegie i ss1eh ARM
zle' before ne made his mdemea s q Dam
m e that he retired, w,en s,',' 50 pas
offered q. INN battle, between,thI v ereny
the ALE that after his succasss, ss T, a
ne again refused battle, sufer;ns ( !. saabsrsc
tosdefie before him on his right NM ms sTsay
ms position, when, with very suSs H. 'slsla
he might have thrown himself 5,Sn s'. a5Fai0G
Davoust's corps, who remained vL NeI ssl
non shot ofahis batteries OF, yerv t \. ccaa
Z tageous ground; that by forced -. s sS'2
reached F'icdlaad,l but suffered limssSs ic
diverted troni his plan, to engage :, t ~
sunmilitary position, where he exass 1sss
army entrusted 10 him to annib;lp, ssss tie
When bis force, was weakened by, t6s Nh ~ ID
ment OF above $4,000 men, and man.. y, asacN'
ders, as IS slways the CAGE Of r,-r,a. m .%
Russian armies; that he fled to r;,s;' ~ nc
the greatest precipitation, and witbnu ,' =
Ing eg common arra. gements for. the N.Y., q @''as
ton OF ths remains Of his army, and a..
'-ty OIL Estocq's corps. These are f' ,.sssf:
which part Ct those who were present - ia =
quainted. That Bonaparte should llag. - =, e.
ed L'Estoce and Kaminsky to unite, si,a a'':.
honingsberg, was a military fault .l,it $1a
he should have suffered the quiet re,rss, ,''s, =
the Russians over5thc Meme!. Is ys,v -. =
,crious circumstance, if his losses wcss IN =
very great, for he must we'll knew .Ee dill, ~
der Of Russian retreat, so muck c,c,,n,, =:
ed by artillery and baggage; and he is ~,
acquainted, that to defiie such a. column oF' WV
single bridges, is ali impraetieable n'e e, n.y..
without heavy loss, where there was po e,sa
a tete du1 lons. !"
6 General Benningssn has greatly e ,:o. =.
rated his own losses, for reasons siF;ci. 2S
evident, as he was Of that party Who wisbe} IS +
force the Emperor to make pc.ce kdt f 4
not believe that IN the battle Of Friedl15j Il
had more than 5000 men killed and ; wo,t5a,
ed. At Heilsburg, he might have 'saao agl
5000 at the passage Of the Ale. Thefe ws,a
certainly many abSentees, as must hanse
when az army is SO ill provided fer as theRcs
sian army has been, with food, and on retro.
grade movements, SO hostile to the priaci5ls
of the Russian soldiers, but the greatest Dart
of these will reach h'Estocq's corps.
" II is impossible to know ssae ~ the Dre.
sent state of the Russian force, but 5siieg,
it may be estimated at 10000 effective nlc9,
exclusive of the two new divisions, EuEstSsFs
corps the Cossacks, Bash KRIS, Sc, The
french opened the campaign wi,hl6oo0Om men
including every description of force, between
the Oder and The Ale. Their loss has been
considerable on various points, particularly d!
Heilsberg, where the French officers admit
$4,000 of their best troops we're killed aa4
wounded and calculate that since the 4thst
June $4,000 men are deficient in the army.
do net presume to offer ny opinlQ1al
the political discussion now Pendingj batf
this am certain, that if the Emperor can
have fortitudc enough 10 resist the pacitlt t&,,
ton which assaiIs him, he has Sense enough
to know what conduct he ought 10 adopt tt0ff.
the maintenance of his honor, and thc dls.aF5
of his Empire, SO essential for itsi.saleW, and
he would willingly snbmitto whatever pf,sra'
ton such system efaction might dsr@psa ! !;
nor is he'ignorant Of the state oil the'eaemy'
who regard with horror a winter campaign
IN inhospitable regions, .defeaaed BY nl'n g.
,ver'whom they can achieve no bloodless n0'
tories ;but .ifgen. Benningsen should 'Ssan
the command thenno hopes remain :ios' w
restoration Of the affairs ofthe allies.
!" remain, &c .,y
q P. S. Lord HUTCHINSON brought as s nv
after the passage Of the .slelncl AM we a7.s
await .cVents.'