Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-01
FOREMAN
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
BLOODY CONFLICT IN POLAND-AD.
VANCE OF THE RGSSlANS-RE.
TREAT OF THE POLES UPON WAR

VANCE OF THE RGSSlANS-RE.
TREAT OF THE POLES UPON WAR
| SAW.
The packet ship Sylvanuq Jenkins, Captain
| Allen. arrived al New York on Ftiday from
Liverpool By this convey ance the editors OF
the Commercial Adptrtiser have received their
usual supply OF foreign papers, including
! London OF the 9th, and Liverpool OF the 9Th
ultimO.
Such Of the contents Of these paper "a relate
| to the progress oil the Polish Revolution, are
full OF interest bloott engagement has
taken place between the main armies Of the
Russians and Poles, led respectively by Die.
bnsch aud Skizynick, in person, which result
| ed dl3astrously for the latter Their brilliant
successes, 50 Gently reported, have suddenly
| given place to alarming reverses. But not TO
anticipate the regular succession of events, we
will take up the accounts, official OF unofficial,
and arrange them IN chronological arder. The
Warsaw papers of May % b, contan General
| Skfzyneckis d~raiiei report of his opeI aiions
| from 10Th to Odd May, describing more cir
substantially all the uansac tons the chief par
ticulars OF which have already been publish
! ed.
It would seem that on the 2}i of May nc
cording 10 the official report of the Polish
| Command Tin Chief. they had cleared their
| country OF the Russians AID we've TRIUMPHANT
! " pnrsning their flying satialions into l. thua-
| nis. Bat we are nov " to learn the mpian-
cholg fact Of their being driven back in their
turn some ri the important fruits OF their late
victories wrested from th'm 81 their main army
nstpsi o. being intrri Oh q, IS ASSISTANTS, before
lBalystnCk. resting under ,hP guns Of Praga for
protection, and its Chiefs head-quart r. once
more al Warsaw" We snhjoin variety of
accounts of this sad reverse, convinced that
| the reader will be mach mere gratihed by
ample intcinStIon, than by even he best a
brdgenent We could make. The following
articles were received in London on the mar
ning OF the In June, from Hamburg, June
3 -
From The Polish Frontiers, May 29.-Ac.
counts from III theatre OF war state that the
Polish Commander in-Chief was attcked by
| Marshal Diebtsch ON the Goth int. AT Ostrolin-
ska, when a sangginary battle ensued, in which
the Ra,slln army was Observation-Disclosures
was taken by storm by III Russians with aston
! i,hing bravery. The division otthe Polish Gene
raj Gid gud, which stood ri Llm2a has been cut
off by the movements red successes of the Rus
sian army. The Poles acknowledged their
own lo,s in killed anh wounded TO amount to
four thousand men. among the killed ara
GtaeIals Kichi anI hainlnski, and a num-
her of Staff OH Gers. The he al quarters Of the
Polish CommaudeT-n-Caiefw were on tue 9Th
again at Pulgu,k.
" Hasa,o, Nay %, IA. he ereaing).-ln the
! battle OF Osiralinski, on the Do h. both armies
fought vita an inyeieracy unesampled. The
! Oldest Generals hive recoilscu OF so
Culinary a combat T!e result Is, that Gcneia al
Skr2yneCki has to-day again fixed his head
| quarters in Prhgt Among the killed on the
side nf the Poles are Generals KICK md ka-
minski, and Lieutenant Colonel Gazeusk.
! twenty thousand men on one side or tn Other,
are RAID TO have remained on the field Of battle.
Quarter was OUT OF the question, the chief
work vas perfrmed with the bayonei. The
Russian Guards we're in action, aud displayed
| great bravery
We now come 10 the f'icial despatch from
Skzynecki hlmSelf winch is here insert
ed.
REFoRT OF THE COMMANDER .IE-cHIEF.
! The encounter of General Lubeinski, on the
23d instant, with the mass of the eneny, ap-
prised me that Field Marshal Debisch was,
with his principal force, un The right bank OF
the Bug, aud that At any monent ne could re-
| join he guards. On The other hand, General
CIapoWdski, intrusted with conveying support
to our Lithuanian brethren, having Joined
! them, had secured the OBJECT of our expedition.
| chen gave an order 10 commence our retro
garoe movement before forces 80 superior 10
our owr. Ga the 9Th, the reserve, under Gem
erai Pac WIS at StoCryn; General Rubinski
occupied the position OF Crerwln !; General
! L"hlensk', with the second corps OF Cavalry
and he DIVISION OF General Henry Kamienslli
was posted near The NadbuTg.; aud General
Gielgud marched npon Lomza to occupy H.
! On the % Gen. LubieBskI was attacked Ly
the Gpsrds from Iykocn, and from Chetr re;
al the same time tie army OF the Field Marshal
arrived from the Nnr.
gave order for our troops 10 pass 10 the
! night bank of the NareWi which WAS effected on
the evening Of the p h, oyer 9th bridges. Il,
The most perfect otder. Geu Llbienski COM
manded the tear guard, and 10 cover the ma
sage oil fhe army, he occupied the heights Of
4 Kun ana oil Lawy. In the morning of tue
10th, the positions OF Gen. Lubienski we're at
tackled with great impetuoshy by the Field
Marshal IN person. -GeD. Lubienski reiterated
upon Ostrolenka making most yieorous
resistance. his march was stopped by the ci-
| ~ Hseit, which had been set on Ere by the
mortars OF the eneniyi but, after having mass
ed TO the right bank Of the Narew, our a,mv
attempted to destroy the bridge. Placed how
ever, "h"er me IRE OF the enemy, their success
was i'nperf c. aud they could not prevent the
nussians iron repairing it. THIS circumstance
enabled the division Of grenadiers under Prince
| rIaSowSkoi 10 pass over The right bank of The
! Nafe". The enemy's division, protected NV
d numerous arlil cry, placed on position an
he opposite oank, commenced yporous FIRE
ANS protected the division, and prespnied n
serious obstacle to our attack Nevertheless
several OF our regiments oil infantry and other
divisions charged the enemy with inlrepiJity.
lhe combat was long time one of real slaugb.
TER. we were unable to drive the enemy ARCS
ne nc '"ef' and on his side, with the greatest
.n'I'', he Could nut reach ITS rig bank, IL the
enemy, who had advanced IN numerous columns
was oo'i8ed TO retreat. Finally, tue Russian.
eA"aus'edI tawards mig ht retired from the 9TH
er siue oil the river, leaving onl, some shsro.
snoo'ers on me right bank, who ais, retrograd-
eu as lar as the bridge. Thus we remained
masler oi tina field of la til