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enemy. Upon the 9Th, skrzyueeki
had reached the capital, aud fixed his |
head quarters fhere I; the bulk Of his
army was at Dlilosus, q dezen miles 4
distant. In their retreat they appear
TO have been greatly harrassed by the
Russians, aud ut Minsk an action Of
some consequence took place, in which
the Russians say the Poles Loaf con
siderable number Of men; but this is
denied by the accounts upon the other
side. Arrived at Dembe- Wielki, the
Russians found that they could not
procure "even little straw for their
horses," aud the Field Marshal had.
therefore, no alternative. but again 10
sound a retreat, in which he has beeu
pursued by the Poles and the last ac-
count If him is from Merjy, which 10
beyond Seidlec, the point from which
he set out. On the 29th April the
whole Polish army had again advanced.
and resumed its former positions at
Kostrayn, and beyond Siennics. On
the 30lh the Polish army advanced,
and the vanguard was in the morning
at Kaluszyn. The effect Of this re-
trograde movement must be highly fa-
vorable tn the patriot cause, for, be-
sides its influence upon the still wa
vering provinces Of Russian Poland, IL
proves that the subsistence of the Rus
sian army is entirely dependent upon
their supplies in the rear, and these
may be intercepted by the insurgents.
The only drawback TO this exhiler-
ating news is the statement (of which
the accuracy is no longer question able
of cholera morJtts prevailing amongst
the Polish troops. Ii is said, how
ever, 20 be abating Of its virulence and
mortality.
UNOFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.
The following articles Of intelligence
are FROM the government paper, pub
lished at Warsaw. The first purports
to be an abridgement Of long official
report from the GeneralissimO, whose
head quarters were again at Jendreze-
.jow, near kaluszyn -
WARSAW, MAYS.
The State Gazette gives long Off :
!. cial report Of the Generalissimo, dated
Jondrezejow, May 2, as a supple
to his report Of April %. He relates
the advance OF the Russians from Sled :.
lie, the action near Minsk, in which
Gen. Gielgud so greatly distinguished
himself, and did not retreat, according
to his instructions, till the enemy bro't
forward large masses Of fresh troops.
and then reiterated in good order, re.
pelling all the attacks made on him.
Our loss was three officers, IS subal-
terms and privates, killed; and eight
officers, and 1874 subolterns and pri
Yates, wounded. The enemy's loss,
the General says, was far greater, from
the well directed fire Of the Polish ar
ftillery; the General then mentions
that he intended TO have fought bat
tie at Denbe, il the enemy had offered
il, which seemed to be his intention.
as his movements were not to be &C.
counted for on any other superstition ;
yet, in the night Of the 29th, the enemy
began to retreat, followed by our van !.
guard, which took many prisoners.
In the night Of the SOth, Lieut.. Sic.
rawski, with 80 chasseurs, surprised
and attacked the camp Of q whole re :
} giment Of cossacks, some of whom
were killed, some made prisoners, and
the remainder dispersed in the forests.
The generai-in-c chief complains Of the
ravages committed in some places by
the Russians, and says that some ply
sicians sent TO the hospitals for the
cholera patients at Mienca, had been
taken away as prisoners Of war; he
adds, however, that he must do Justice
to the humanity Of several Of the Rus
sian generals; their field marshal Die
bitseh, Ending so wounded Poles al
Minsk, had given orders that the great
est care should be taken Of them; and
the behaviour Of General Kreutz to the
officers of Sierawski's corps. whom he
had taken prisoner, has been truly no.
BILE. The general then communicates
Gen. DwerDicki's report from his camp
near Kolokno, dated April "a.
The report relates to an action at
Boromel, on the 18th Of April, against
Gen. Rudiger's corps, which is here
stated to have consisted of $4,000 in
fantry and cavalry, with 90 pieces Of
cannon. Gen. Dwernieki saws the
enemy lost eight pieces Of cannon. ma.
ny killed, 800 wounded, and 100 pri.
soners. His own loss was two officers
severely wounded, and so men taken
prisoners or killed, and 8 officers and
90 men wounded. g There being now
nothing to hinder my advance $50 con.
cludes the report,) passed The nigh,
on the field, marched on the Goth. nj
day break, TO BresleiZko, where pass.
ed The Styr unopposed, and eneamped
at ChOlyn. On the 2ls,. in the morn.
ing, l arrived at Radzwillow, on the
22d at Taraz, and on the esd in Ko.
lodno."
The State Gazette also contains the
7 following :-"On the OIL the pol;sl,