Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-07

The following correspondence of the London
Times gives the latest accounts received Of the
military operations in Poland:


military operations in Poland
PosKx, March -
The first reunion Of the detached bands in the /
south WIS brought about at WOnchOck. little /
town Is miles - the south Of Radon, situate in 1
the MIDST OF wooded hills, aud possessed OF mines
and ironworks The place afforded favorable I
opportunity for the organization of the corps, /
both ia point Of equipment and drill. The Gen /
eral At that time could hardly muster 900 mus
kets ia his camp. As for the rest Of bis force, 1
consisting Of about 1000 men they bad 20 be I
armed with schythes and swords the greater part +
the production Of their own hands in the furnaces
OF Nonch0ck But there Is an end even 10 Rus !
sian sluggishness
On the lst OF February the General found him I
self attacked by a column, which had been al
vanced from Kelce, about - miles 10 the south
west of Wonchock. and, although he bad the
best OF the fight, the attack Of another column
on the DAY after caused him TO remove his quar-
ters TO a safer and less accessibl locality The
second Russian force had been dispatched from
Radon, and the two columns were intended %
charge the General simultaneously; but, a we
shall have occasion 10 notice in the progress OF
events the Russian commanders find IL inpossi
BILE as a rule. 10 keep their appointments and
effect their moves with the promp,ness which
forms the indispensable requisite of guerrilla
war Slow marching j. not peculiar 10 Russian
troops but hampered by the bad roads of a Pol
ish spring. the timid neutrality or the violent
hatred of the inhabitants, they never reach their
destination in time to catch the bird before 1t has
flown The battle Of Wonchock was announced
in the official paper as the first destruction OF
General Langiewicz
Leaving his old haunt on the 81 of February.
the General moved on the lions very den In a
days march, he reached the Lvsa Goras hills
pitched tents at S.uDia and Syent krZyZ, took up
a favorable position twenty-five mleS south OF
Wonchock and a little less to the east of kielce
He was now protected by the cliffs and precipices
of a lime stone ridge. but finding himself IN the
immediate vicinity of kiece. a centre of Russian
operations his quarters exposed him To the iii
convenience Of constant sOrtes and sklrmiShes
with the enemy Again, however. he was allow
ed nine days respite before the Muscovites could
be brought up 10 the charge. 1t only on the
| lth that the Russians approaching in two col
umns from Kiece aud RtiOm. first assaulted the
Monastery of Sventi ktzyz Holy Cross and
few hours later. the Camp Of Supia. Langie
wcz now in possession of eight guns and 900
rifles more. all Ct which had been forwarded to
him, in the Interval, from Austria repused with
considerable success the attack, and TRUSTING the
enemy out of his way. hastenei in day and
night To StaszOw, about forty miles TO the south
of Slupia and twelve miles distant from the Aus
trian frontier
His obiec, in this precipiate march was to keep
his communications open with Austria-the store
house and great arsenal of insure etion ia the
earlier stages Of the movement. Hitherto. the
Galican frontier between Cracow and the Nistua
had been entirely evacuated By the Russian
troops; bu' IS the columns which charged him ut
Slupa retired towards the South. the probability
of being shut off from Austria became as immi
nent a. it would have been perilous He had
not been mistaken in his guess Hardly had he
arrived At Stt>zow, when the enemy advancing
his columns on the east and west Of his position
/ endea vored To occupy the Nistut line. surround
/ ug the gallant General ut the same time with a
| whole Gordon of detachmen;s. His friends were
| getting anxious for his safety. and the CracOw
| papers calculated the consequences of defeat
Whatever his talents. Russian Incidence. how
/ ever. contributed materially to his escape Ar
irving at StaszOw on the 18th. the Russian Gen
erals did not grudge him "a leisuse of several days
before returning to the charge
Again the interval was turned to account by
the General for procuring arms and shoes, and
increasing his cavalry to a fine force of thou
sand and more | have also my reasons for he
leving his infantry To have ched the respecta-
BILE figure of 10000 or so while at Staszow. but
the fact battles investig the force. it il
ever existed whole, has been Immediately
broken up into a number of separate corps. On
/ the night of the 18th Russian preparations were
so far advanced as TO allow of the dispatch of a
accommodating party to Staszow. OF 5000 men
who entered this place. 80 were left upon the
spot Unless protected by their artillery, the re
treat must have degenerated into "A flight and the
loss of the corps. But, with more scythes than
rifles aud IN many cases more rifles than cart
ridges the Poles find 1t hard work to kill the en-
emy after beating him.
On the following dav the Polish camp was
again broken up. Finding the Russians gather
ing around him. the General retraced his steps
toward the north. and, suddenly turning to the
west, approached Kiece at distance of seven
miles there,bouts he tactics Of the Gener-
al, the reader will have perceived by this time,
may be reduced to simple formula. In "A sc
cure position he calmly awaits the arrival of
Russian troops advancing from all points of the
compass. The inert masses being ut length
brought up in sufficient numbers to venture an
attack. the Poles. after an indec>ive conflict of
m hour two, march off in perfect order, and
Fastening over 40 miles with the utmost rapidity,
take up another position. where the old game be
gins afreSh. I'm this wise week or half week :
/ rest il always gained for the prey. the hunter
dragging slowly along his varied limbs aud
spending all his time in marching after the game
he cannot overtake. The Poles, the other
| hand, persist IN avoiding pitched battles Not
only would the danger of defeat be immense. but
their victories must be always complete and re
suit in the death or capture of Il number Of ere
mies How else would it be possible to procure
arms with equal convenience and economy?
Passing by kiece. at u distance of few miles.
the General on the 18th intercepted party of
I Russians returning from Me.how With 1870 pris
oners. the proceeds OF a raid among the notables
of the district The surprise took place ut
Xionz. about 10 miles to the west OF Staszow,
and twenty four hours after the fight of the pre-
ceiing morning. For the next six days the
nimhle guerrilla disappears from the scene Di
viding hi> force into half dozen corps his M
neuver> must have infested the entire distance sc
tween kIelce and Crlcow on the one and kjece
and Czeustcchow on the other side la the mean
time the Russitns. who had vainlv sought him at
+ CZeuStochOw the most westerly stronghold OF
the Cur. ppurei forth lis thouS ud> u Oikusz.
on the Galician frontier. and Wobrom Pilica and
! Zarnowice. in the region between Cracow and
the southern highway Once more the net was
being closed in upon Gen Lansiewicz.
From the south the four towns above named
had been occupied by the Russ,ns: from the
east his StaSzow friends were approaching Us fast
n nature permitted: in the west frowned the
Russian frontier: the north being blocked up by
the garrisons OF CzenstochoW and kelce, which.
il was to be feared. might succeed in restoring
communication between each other. To prevent
this disaster lezi0ranSki one of his Captains had
been stationed 1T Wioszcowa. midway between
the two points dappHi OF the Russian force: and.
before he could he overpOwered by tie enemy,
who now forcing his way 10 the north.