Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-20

,be direct road to Cracow, ten miles from
hence.
AMSTERDAM, Nays.
Bv letters from Poland we have received
olv;res OF a sangainary battle fought on the
10Th nit. between the brave Poles, and the
Austrian army which WIS three times as
Strong as theirs, bat thesissues as yet is not
known. We only know that the 1900 Sax
or. who had Joined the army Of Poniatows-
XIV fought bravely, and did great injury to
the enemy by their artillery.
[Royai Gouraat.
The f5lorping additional articles Of Fo-
reign Neuos, are fron, London paper q
Agy IS, receivra at Boston 2ia HoiJfan.
LoSDoS, Aay ls.
The following were the positions OF the
French and Austrian armies at the date OF
the last accounts:
Position ofthe French Armies.
Bonapartr on the Salza at Burghausen !;
the duke OF Dantzic's ,Montebello's, Rivoli's
andIstria's divisions on the right bank OF
the Inn the Bavarians under gen. Wrede
form the advanced guard and are at Lauften
and Salzbure, French division is march
ing 10 the Tyrol; the duke or Auerstadt
AND Massena are on the north bank OF the
Danube proceeding TO the Palitinate Ber-
nadoue, with the Saxons, is marching to the
frontiers Of Bohemia. In Italy the French
occupy the right bank OF the Piaya. A d.
vision under general ST. Hilaire is marching
to the Italian post OF the 1vrol.
Position Of the austrian armies.
Gen. Hiller's army lines the left bank Of
the Tram, and the emperor OF Austria is
at Lintz. The marquis de CASTELAR,, is in
the Tyrol with hit division, and general Jel-
sacch IS in the southern part of the bishop
Tic Of Salzburg. The archduke Charles is
on the Regcn, at Cham. The archduke
FerdmandMa at Warsaw. The archduke
John occupies the left bank of the Piava.
Another expedition.
Orders from the admiralty were receiv-
ed at Plymouth on Saturday, to fit out all
the small vessels OF war in that port which
were deemed capable Of being rendered fit
for service, and to afford every facility and
encouragement to the fitting out of priva-
'eers. SO urgent was this order that
numbers of ship,wrights were ordered to
work on Sunday.
The captain Of a vessel who left Oporto
on the 10th ult. gives recital affecting to
humanity AT the time of the advance of
marshal Sout to that unfortunate City, a.
bout forty French prisoners fell into the
hands OF the populace, who barbarously put
them to death. As soon as the marshal was
informed of this, be ordered bloody ven
seauce to De taken. In consequence some
thousands OF the wretched inhabitants were
oayonettd without distinction Of age or sex.
alter the rage of the French was in some
measure satlated, aud the bodies of the
slaughtered had been exposed three whole
Ways IN TIE streets, the bodies of some were
PERMITTED to be inferred in the churches and
vuf'ai grounds, but the greater number OF
VIC DEAD bodies were cast into the river
marshal Soult, it is said, gave strict orders
"sae soldiers not to hurt any of the British,
: Msy, he was pleased to declare, gene
'ay respected the laws of war.
on Saturday an Austrian messenger ar
rived. charged with dispatches from Stu.
a'1 the British envoy at that court the ac-.
'Sua's ne brings are favorable the arch.
x Charles has been reinforced by the
Ups OF generals Bellgarde and Klenau, SIS
Was by several others, which has aug
ssAtsd his army TO 100000 men. Wertz-
* and Dresden are also said to be occu-
I~ by the Austrians. The capture of
1Haw is confirmed and the accounts from
a.; S are not less gratifying. The spirit of
~assnt bsglusko manifest itself through