Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-28
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
EITROpE

The packet ship Sylvanus Jenkins. CAPTAIN
Allen, arrived last evening from Liverpool
BY this conveyance the editors of the Com
mercial Advertiser have received their usual
supply of foreign papers, including London
Of the Slh, and Liverpool of the 9th ult.
Such Of the contents of these paners as re
late to the progress Of the Polish Revolution.
are full OF interest A bloody engagement
has taken place between the main armie, of
the Russians and Poles, led respectively by
Dlebitseh and Skrizynecki in person, which
resulted disasierously for the latter Their
brilliant successes, recently reported, have
suddenly given place to alarming reverses
The Warsaw papers of May Goth, contain
General Skrzyneck's detailed report Of his
operations from the l2lh TO the 25d Nav, de
scnbing more circumstantiay all the trans.
actions, the chiefparticulars of which have al
ready been published
1t would seem that on the 23d of Nav. ac
cording TO the official report of the P.6sh
COMMANDMENT Chief, they had cleared their
country Of the Russians, and were tripm.
phantly pursuing their flying battalions into
Litbuania. But we are now 10 lear. the me
lancholy fact Of their being driven back in
turn; some Of the important fruits of their
late victories wrested from them. and their
main army, instead Of being intrenched, as
assaiianis, before Biall stock, resting under
the guns of Praga for protection. aud It's chief
head quarters once more at Warsaw. We
subJoin variety OF accounts Of this sad re-
verse, convinced that the reader will be
much more gratified by ample information,
than by even the best infringement we could
make.
The following is an extract from a private
letter received IN London, dated
BERLIN, june lit was lately my pleasing
task TO give you slight sketch oil the rand
and glorious trIumphs Of the Polish troops;
but, alas! the Inconsistency of fortune Is pro
verbal; and even The siupendous efforts of
this army Of heroes proved insufficient to
win her exclusive favor The last accounts
from Poland are Of the most distressing ma
ture Gen. Deibitsch having effected his u
Mon with the Guards, crossed The Narew on
the Goth of May, and fell with the whole OF
his forces on the Polish army, under Skrzy-
necki, ia the neighborbood Of Ostrolenka. =
The Poles, although attacked by an enemy
so lar superior Ia number, were true 10 their
ancient renown, and performed prodigics of
vaiar The oldest generals on both sides
were 1t rs said, actually astounded at the an
:mosity, almost bordering on frenzy, which
prevailed IN both armies, and many have de
clared thai IN the whole course of their mill
tary career they never witnessed such fu
rious engagement. From the imperfect in
formation we have received, it would appear
that 10 consequence of tue great multitude of
the enemy, winch continued like an oyerbear
ing torrent to pour down on the devoted
Poles, the Generalissimo gave the signal for
retreaiing not without having made the Rus
SLAMS pay dear for the ADVANTAGE they had
obtained. Indeed, it has been reported. bot
know not with how much truth, that tho
number Of killed on the side OF the Russians
was greater than Oh the side of the Poles.
NO prisoners were taken during the Battle,
and the number of the dead on both sides a.
mounted to 10000. Ii is stated in some ac-
counts that the Poles had only 4,000 men
Killed, among whomwere Generals X ick and
hamlnskI, Col Goyenski, ana several other
0fhceFs. Among the wounded were Generals
Bozusiowsks, Pac, Skrzynski, hlalachowslli,
and great many other staff officers Ii Is
no doubt difficult, until the arriva! of ample
information, to form confident opinion on
this subject; but the sudden retreat of the
Generallsslmo. who on the 27th had trans
ferred his head quarters 10 Pultuski. and on
the following day to Praga, does not augur
well for the POLISH cause. The Russian troops
have re entered Ostrolenka, and the Polish
General Gielgud is, in consequence of these
movements. cut off from the main army
Thus, by one oil those great vicissitudes SO
common IN human affairs. are the Poles who
only few days ago were driving before them
the troops OF the Autocrat, and had forced
them to abandon their frontiers, preparing a.
gain to defend the walls of their capital. Il
Is subject of regret 10 many that Skrzy-
neckl should have accepted battle against the
whole forces Of Diebtsch, when he might
have inflicted great injury on the enemy, well
aware of his perilous position, without the
risk Of a general engagement But in the
absence OF more accurate information, this
opinion must be relied upon, and NAV, per-
haps be the offspring of disappointment.
We now come te the official despatch from
Skrzynecki himself, which is here inserted
Report Of The COmn,af,des-ia Chief.
The encounter Of Lubeinski, on the osd
inst. with the mass Of the enemy, apprised
me that Field Marshal Diekitsch was. with
his principal force, on the right bank Of the
Bug, and that at any momint he could re-
join the guards. On the other hand, Gen
eral Chalapowski. intrusted with conveying
support TO. our Lithuanian brethren, having
joined them, had secured the object of our
expedition. then gave an orde. to com
mence our retrogade movement before forces