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non. Upon the borders Of the rreat
forest opposite lhc Forest of l,ldofs
conspicuous from whore stood. was
placed the reserve, commanded by
The Grond Duke Constantine. A.
.galnst thls immense army the Poles
opposed less ihan fifty thousand men
.and a hundred pieces Of cannon
under the command of Ceneral.
Skrlynecki.
Az break Of day tho whole force
.ot the R0ssian right winr with n
terrible fire Of City pieces Of artlle.
'ry and columns o. infantry, CHARGED
The Polish left, with the determine.
ton Of carrying it by d single aud
Ioverpowermg effort. The Poles
with six thousand five hundred men.
Iand twelve pieces of artillery, not
Welding foot of ground, and snow
|mg they couli Hope for no succor.
resisted this attack for several hours.
until the Russians slackened their
IRE. About ten o'clock the plaip
was suddenly covered with the Rus
snn forces issuing from the cover oil
INC forest seeming one undivided
mass of troops. Two hundred pieces
OF cannon, posted on single line.
commenced fire which mad he
e eyHf]ihm lad fought at Marengo and
Ansterlitl, had ever beheld. The |
Russians now made an attack upon
the right wing, but ioiled in this as \
upon the left, llicbitsch directed the
strength Of his army against the ior-l
est OF Elders, hoping to divide the
Poles into two parts. One hundred
and twenty pieces Of cannon were
brought to bear on this one point, and
I6tty battulions necessarily pushed to
THE attack, kept up scene OF mas.
y9crc Unheard o. in the annals of
WAR. A Polish officer who was in
1.-The battle, told me that the small
slrqaus which inlerSected the forest
were 50 choked with dead THAI the
Infantry marched directly over their
bodies. The heroic Poles, with twelve
.battalions, for four hours defended
) 1.-The Forest against the tremendous
attack. Nine times were they drlv
en- Out, and nine times hy series .
S Ialmirahly executed manouvres; they
+ rcpulscd the Russians, with immens'
loss. Batteries, now concentrate
! in ono pointwere in q moment hurri
led TO another, and the artillery I'D
eev anced to the charge like cavalry
sometimes within hundred feet {
Is de enemy's columns, and there oper
> ed murderous fire Of grape.
o At three o'clock the Generals, man
1t of whom were wounded, and most
k whom had their horses sho, under iher
r, and fought on foot az the head Of the
Ii divisions, resolved on re,rogade NOV
of nent. so as TO draw the Russians on 4
Iopen plain. Diebiisch, supposing i
n he fight looked over the city and 9
:. ella med, "Well, then j, appears that aii
- this bloody day.I shallia tea IN Bel
~ oere palace The Russian troops I
4 bouched from the forest A cloud
!" Russian cavalry, with several regime
~ OF heavy curiassiers at their head,
'n' sanccd to the attack. Colonel Pieni
ie who had kept up an unremung
u from his battery for five ho1rs, sea
-oh with perfect sang froid upon disah
piece of cannon, remained 10 give 9
ha- iher effective FIRE, then LEFT at full gal
us- a post which he hal so long occunied
.ar. der the terrible fire Of The cncmy's
'hle ltllery. This rapid movement of
"a battery, animated the Russian forces
80 The cavalry advanced on trot upon
!. . line Of the battery of rockets. A e
III bic discharge was poured into Y
o'u ranks. and the horses, CALLED TO madI
ose By the flakes Of Gre. became VIII
the angovernable, and broke away. spn
less ing disorder in every direction;
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