Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-18
POLAND.

I'd m "oiicia accounts" received by our gov rnment
Il would appear that the Russians have been COM
pletsly foiled IN their design of ovcrpowcring the
Polish army covering the capital, and. unable to car
~ the suburb Of Praga the works of which defended
the bridge leading to the city. field maIshai ID ebch
has been driven to the necessity Of manDuvrng upon
two distant points on the right and left Of the Polish
position. IN order to enesvor effect the passage of
the river, either above or below Warsaw, which he
would probably afterwards find not much difficulty i'm
entering. THIS. however, he had not been able to
accomplish up to the 4th inst the date Of the latest
public which have cached us from that city
nor even to the Tih, rs we understand is collected
from private correspondence.-Iiv erpool Chron.
The French papers of Friday week, contain private
letters from Warsaw to the Is, instant, which give
connected view OF the sanguinary engagements OF
The 2fh uitimo, and preceding days. uud render
ineligible the confused detached notices derived
from the German paprrs, on the state OF tho Poll
capital, aud the position ofthc Polish army. From
tins source we learn, that the Polish troops at err
susan,ug the shock of 100000 Russians on 24th OF
Feb rr,rcated under the for,Ifcatous OF Pra~a and
that on the night of the 18th, the Commander I'M
chief. Prince Rud,zivl led the whole OF them 10
the left bank Warsaw side Of the river leaving in
praSa the artillery and infantry necessary to defend
the works of the tcte de pont. Ii was this dctach
mSnt which set FIRE to the houses of PraAa because
they embarrassed the defence ofthe bridge. The
army which thus bravery wrths,ood superior mum.
bcrs from the 10Th TO the Goth, Is still I'm ted and
efficient, though has sus aimed great loss in killed
and wounded. Ths cavalry have taken up a position
ID ~
Warsaw. and the infantry is stationed IN the barracks
OF tho city, or in camp little beyond the barriers
where they passed last summer. Tho sra,est actiy
ny is shown in repairing the losses which the army
has sustained, and reorganizng the corps which
have suff, red most. The resignation of Prince
Rndzivi, after the retreat which, when unex planned
was considered the result of despair on his pa RI ar ot
dIssensIon between him and his brother officers now
turns out 10 be display of patriotism aud self denial
winch affords the best omen of the success of the
Pal D..
not inspire the confidence necessary in his ex.
ated position, and discovering in a Younger General
ohc"r tran>cendant military capacity, gave I'D The
command IN favor of his junior, General Skzvnerki
and Is now serving under hun This distinguished
officer, 10 whom the fortunes of Poland are now on
t'u,t"d-a second koscusko,-was only Colop.l of n
regiment OF the line at the breaking out of the nsur
rccton in November last The Russians. !, ia
supposed. will Immediately commence their attack
on Praga, and the forres which protects the bridge
over the Vistuls.
This tete du pont cannot hold out long blu, the
Poles before they surrender it, will naturally burr
down the wooden bridge which connects Praga with
warsaw. The Russians will then, it is thought,
leave corps Of observation at the former place
and proceed to cross the Vlstulu ut some other pont
These operations must necessarily occasion a rre,,
Ioss OF time as the Russians have no pontoons and
must cross the Vs,ula by boats or raf made in the
woods in which they tncamped. If it is neces
sary for The Government TO eyacunte W,rs,w. :,
Will retire TO distant fortress, along with the Die,
and the public treasures. The Emperor NIchol,.
has, according 10 the report at Warsaw. arrived a,
the head quarters Of the Russian army. He will
there be delighted spectator OF the glorious fuI,.
Of his patcrna sway.
The Times Of 18th March rntaIns a letter from
their Correspondent at Paris, received by express
and dated the evening of The 18th, which contain,
the followinp:-
The Berlin papers of the OH inst. have reached
Paris tins day The State Gazette contains no,binr
additional respecting the f,,e Of Warsaw. Privote
letters from Warsaw, which arrived throupb Rcrlin
by the same estafette, describe the Russian army
still manouvrng at the two distant points alluded To
IN a former letter, with the apparent in,ert,on or
attempting to cross the Vistula. The CORDS of oh
scrvation was still before Prara but without renav
ing their attacks The Polish rmy was divided on
eHch side of the ViStula, and moving ma c;,cun
stances dictated The entire Polish loss in killed
and wounded IN the late severe battles il estimated
at between six and seven thousand men, tina, of tho
Russians at ten thousand. The otficinl account.
from st. Petersburg, well as privats letters re
celved this morning through Frankfort dated in no
Russian camp before Prago, on the 25th ult con
hrm the previous accounts OF the desperate resi.,
ance which the Poles have made bu, az nav ho -.
pected claim the victory
Dn'ch and Hamburg papers received in Ioodon
gu the 18th alt, the former OF which are So late
date the 18th inst. contain in,sIli,onco 60.
Warsaw 10 the 4h.-The Russian army. contrary
TO the report circulated of the surrender Of tina, c
had not been able to make any attempt upon !, mr.
undertake sny operation on q large scale sine.
t"o 18th Of last month. The action on tbnt d.v
was most sanguinory, and appears to have prea,y
r'sken"d The forces on both sides The loss Of The
Poles ID stated at between 600 and 600 L,IlJ 49,
wounded, and that of the Russians at treble ,bo,
amount. '
WARSAW, Feb. 2I.-Since the 18Th Of Febru,,,
the whole attention of the Poles has been tuned
to bayond Praga, suburb of Warsaw. n fac,
on the 10Th. the whole Russian army formed nea,
Grschow. The Polish army extended in A lon,
me, and had but 10000 men TO oppose 10 600
Muscovites The battle began n, 10 oolock in tho
morning, and lasted to O'clock in the avn ;n',
Thick clonds Of smoke arose along the hor;zn66
Nearly 300 guns Garfield death and terror on both Lido,
All The elevated houses Of Warsaw and tho e,r-
pies OF Churches were covered with spect,,o,s ;rn
patient FOR the succcfs Of The brave. Th. hcavi
est cannon.de was between and o'clock The
hcId Of battle was covered with bodies Tho pr.
sian dead are estimated at more than 1000. and
those OF the Poles at 1000. Towards evening neay~
~ 1000 wounded were transported 10 the bosn,,.Is
OF Warsaw One OF the standards taken from tho
RnS'Inns was Immediately put in the beaL of the
great Eagle Of Poland, which s in .hc from, NJ
the Hotel de Vile. ~