Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-11-08

ever TO credit any accounts reipeets
ing him, bur thofe that repreient him
as fuccefsfull. Thus the Co.u ban
and Advocate, both of III m, contain
a letter from fomebody at Bolton,
Eating that Bopaparte had fought at
Dreiden the greateit battle e7et
heard of, and had conquered bis enc
my with the immenfe ilau htet OF
90 coo men. This is prsfented to
the readers of thoie papers as being
the late(t news For ii is artfully
faid to be contained in the Enellfi
news coming down to the laa Of
September. Whsreas the editors
could not but be aware that the bat-
tie of Drelden alluded TO was fought
the 27th and 2Sth ct uguf, nay,
this will appear from their own col.
INNS of foreign news. where it ia
repreienied as merely an uniuccefs.
full attack by the allies on Drelden,
in which affair they loft 6 or 1000
men and the French more The
New York Gazeite indeed contains
French bulletin, (which will be
fou d in our columns dated II. O.
the ID OF September, and publiihed
in Paris papers on the 7'h, in which
Bonapartc himlclf repreients that he
had obtained great victory with a
lois to the allies Of oo,ooo men, in
general terms. but Paris papers have
been received in London feveral lays
later, that not only give no detailed
accounts of this terrible victory, but
are wholly filent refpeeing the bat
tic. We have only 10 recolled
Bonapar,e's bulletins in Rniia, writ
ten in the moment of perifhing, and
and always claiming Victories the mott
momentuous, and exhibiting the mott
brilliant profpstts, and that his FLU.
pid partizans here. then as now re.
joice at his fucce1es and would liftcn
to nothing but his fuocrnes. until the
2oth bulletin fau,ed their care like a
clap of thunder Let them call thefe
things to memory and be humble.
AS to the affair Of Drefden on the
18th of augut, we presume the Al
lies met with check and loft proba-
bly, 7 or 5000 pen. bur OIL the other
hand, our London dates bring US
down nearly month later During
this period it is that The French ar
mics have met with defeat upon de-
feat until they have been nearly overl
thrown. Our accounts, aud they
are not reports, but official accounts
and supported by names of high re-
probability, inform Us that:
On the 18th Of Auguif in SileGa
the French Under M'Donsld, were
defeated, with the lofs of $1,000
men, an 80 pieces of artillery.
On the goth of Auguit victory
was obtained ever the French Gem
erals Vandamme and Bertrand with
the lois of oooo men
On the next day another victory
was obtained over Vandamme, in
which himfelf, five more French
Generals, and 5000 nsen were made
prifonsrs, with So pieces of Artillery.
On the 9th of September, great
and dcciiive victory was obtained by
Bernadottc over Ney, with the lofs
OF from fifteen to twenty thousand
men in killed, wounded and prifon-
ers, 5000 itands Of arms, 80 pieces
of cannon, and 400 ammunition
Wagons.
Thefe accounts conclude with rep
1efenlnng the. French as retreating
with precipitation, and the combined
armies in purfuit. All Bonaparte's
plans are faid TO have been fruitrated
BY the complete defeat of Ney by
Bernadotte in confequsnce of which
Bonaparte retreated back to Dreiden;
clofely purfued by General Butcher
with cavalry, and the Ru!iian Gen!
Bennington, is advancing from Pos
land, with an army Of $4,000 men.
Such are facts, ard iuch the pros
poets Herald.
Tie AuRridnP, oclamafion-This ex.