Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-04-27


under Il shower of bulle,-, and, after
sangulnary contest, which was several
times renewed, he regained possession
Of the left part of the wood. In order to
sustain this contest, General Chlopicki,
who was always to be found where there
was the greatest danger, formed columns
! of attack with the grcnadicr regiments of
/ General Milberg, and leading them him
self by beat Of drum, against the enemy,
he obtained possession OF the wood, and
/ extended his infantry on the right.
/ ''Ihe contest was now converted into
n massacre; our troops scizing the cnc-
/ my's cannon, enclosed them and return
ed to the charge. The action lasted till
two. General Chlopicki had two horses
killed under him by grcnadeS, and him
self was wounded i'll the leg By ball
from carbine Fate at length, desir-
Gus to deprive us Of the unity OF com
mand, directed another grenade under
his horse, which killed the animal, and
wounded Chlopicki in both legs, who was
thrown to the ground by the falling ofhis
horse
"The enemy had now moved up his
corps de reserve, and the fire Of his in
numerable artillery was continued along
his whole line. New batteries, sustain
ed by new corps, which had arrived from
kawgeZy, renewed the attack in the rear
of the wood, and penetrated it a second
time; the consequence was, that the wood
could be no longer maintained, and 1t
was abandoned. General Cminski, in
spite of all his efforts, had not sufficient
troops to occupy the space between our
right wing and our left wing, cohrnan
ded by Gen. krukowicki, and he order
ed up new corps from kawgezyn and
Y abke; our army, III consequence, was
obliged to content it itself with taking up
position at Praga, The divisions of
Generals SZcmbck and Shrzyneck ac
complishcd this movement i'll an orderly
manner, and without ceasing to keep up
contest The enemy, deceived by this
movement, thought the victory would be
accelerated by causing to dchlc from
both sides of the wood his last reserves,
consisting ofthc corps of cavalry OF Wit,
and Il numerous horse artillery. On the
left, our artillery alone rcpulscd this at
tack. To the rIgl,i, on the iOad of Mi
torno, a column, composed of CulraSscrs
and llulans, III spite of the fire Of our ar
tillery, which played on their large mas
scs and caused them great loss, still adj
vancCd and threatened To break our
ranks. Already the head of this column
had begun to pass our lines, whcn the
company of Obussiers of Captain Skal-
ski fell on its flank, and by its lire check
ed for il moment It's advance. The IN
iantry of Generals Szcmbck and Skrzy-
nccki, and the cavalry Of Co!oncls kicki
and Skarzyueki Casimcr, who, in this de-
cisive movement, distinguished himself
by his coolness and his courage, lost not
SO favorable an opportunity. The whole
fell together upon the flank and front of
the encmy's cavalry, which sustained IA
very considerable loss and rctreated in
! the greatest disorder The whole rcgi-
mcnt of Curassiers of Prince Albert,
which formed the head Of this column,
was annihiatcd--a part of it remained
on the field Of battle, and another por-
ton of it fell into our hand, with two pie
! ces of cannon.
! "On the left wing, General kruckow
! ickl, aft or most obstinate combat, drove
/ the corps OF Prince SZachowiki, from all
these points, causing considerable loss,
and taking two pieces of cannon; three
| other pieces of cannon, which could not
be removed for want of horses, were spik
cd, and thrown into n ditch.
| "Ihc state of things on the right wing,
who're the enemy had displayed very
! powerful force, did not permit General
kruko"icki to pursue the corps Of the
Prince, and by this means alone it was
! preserved from uilCr destruction.
/ "Ihc enemy, weakened by so many
iruiless, calamitous attacks, slackcncd
towards evening, and finished the day
by continued discharges of artillery IL
long the whole line, Which were answer
ed by our artillery, which had been SO
much distinguished during the battle Tor
It's courage and GOODNESS.
II "hitcr all was quiet, our army began
to retire To It's cntrcnchmcnt undor Praga
IN order To pass the night, when the
Commander IN Chief, observing a con
siderable opening IN the lea, which was
breaking up III the river, and consider
ing It requisite to take advantage of the
bridge, which was already rather inSe
cure, IN order to prevent the army from
being separated from the \istula and
from ITS magazines, he issued orders To
pass the bridge and enter Warsaw, which
were carried INTO execution during the
remainder of the night with the greatest
order, and without any loss, and without
the lrast movement nn ibp nalt ni tlp on