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that the British Cabinet had under consideration q
yroposd made BY him for striking great blow In
tbe BaItlo-at Helsingfors. perhaps.
RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE BALTIC.

RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE BALTIC.
4 ON the Supplement- Extraordinary Of the Inyalids
Rufse
Major General dc Werdt, chief of the detachment
cautioned NJ Wasa, has given an account, dated the
9Th OF May, of fresh attack OF the enemy against
che coast Of Finland.
On the 26th of May, at o'clock in the afternoon,
two Engiish steamers were signalled as being In
sight of the town of Gama. Karleby. few gun
boats approached the shore TO sound the channel,
and at in the evening niue sl,ops Of sixteen oars,
and sixteen OF twenty oars, each armed with gun,
were put to sea. One OF them, under flag OF
who received the English officer who WAS on board
this boat. replied to all his questions and sum
snonses that he could not allow him to come any
nearer to the town. or to destroy tue vessels, or
what he called the contraband of war The Eng
Ash officer then withdrew, threatening to enter the
town by force.
boats advanced TOWARDS the shore. Two pieces
companies Of the line No. IL, and 100 armed
inhabitants of the town. favored by the localities
and the country buildings, received the enemy
with cannonade and fire, to which the artillery
and musketIy of the boats replied. The combat
lasted till nearly midnight. In the end the enemy
was forced to retire, towing two boats which had
Deen damaged, with great number Of killed and
WOUNDED, aid with very few of the rowers left.
One Of the boats remained In the possession OF the
conquerors with twenty two seamen, who were
made prisoners. Among the latter there were four
wounded men. The dead body of the officer and the
bodies Of five sailors were in the boat, and during
the fight several other BODIES had been thrown into
tae sea. With this boat we captured Its flag,
bronze cannon OF large cabre munitions guns
pistols. and the whole Of its armament. According
10 the statements of the prisoners the other boats
30 received severe injuries, and one Of them was
sunk Thanks to God, the loss on our side was
quite insignificant. -Four men only were slightly
Vot nded.
Thus the town Of Gam,a- Karlcby, threatened with
the came fate Brahestadt and Uleab0rg was saved
bs handful OF troops, assisted by the brave nhab-
itants. II is to be remarked that these troops
rushed from very distant points with unheard of
rapidly. The companies of the Finland battalion
ofthe line No. IL, who had arrived from Wasa in
two days. had traversed LAG wersts, 96 on foot and
50 in carts. The platoon Of artillery Of the garrs IN
bad traversed in three days and half distance
OF $50 wersts from the parish Of Nergis.
MAJOR General de Werdt, rendering homage to the
tnhabitAnts were animated during this affair, cites
hxving more particularly distinguished themselves
Capt. Yerkouschenko, commander of the movable
battery of artillery of the garrison Of the arondsse
ent Of Finland; Major Simonoff, 8, Of the Finland
battaion of the line No. s, detached from the batta
hon No. IL; Capt. Lsg0utine and Ensign klevtsof
OF the regiment of Cossacks of the Don No. 20; Sc
cond Capt. Yak, adutant Of the second brigade Of
the ed division Of infantry; and Lieus Gistrin and
I4won of the Finland battalion Of the line No. L.
or the inhabitants of the town, the persons who
took the most active part in the combat are the
Councillor Of Commerce, Donner the Burgomaster,
Ross; tho Officer Of the Crown, Holm; the mer
chant, Tschinzel, and the retired captain, Artemie
who placed themselves at the head Of the armed
young men Of the town.