The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-05-14
An Old Newspaper.

An Old Newspaper.
A friend has sent us number of the
/ Ulster County N. y Gazette, published at
Kingston, by Samuel Freer & Son, dated
/ Saturday, January 4, 1900. The size of
| the sheet is Is by "a inches. what is termed
medium size among paper men, and ap-
pears to be kind of Manila, very tough
and durable, but as brown as if it had been
hung in one of the chimneys of its time and
| smoked week. Its latest foreign news,
! received by the British Packet, Princess
! Charlotte, from Falmouth, dates from Lon
den, October 90, 1899. The Gazette con-
tains the English account of the battle of
Zurich, fought OH the 25th of September
! The account goes on to state that the COM
bined operations of the allied armies were
to have taken place on the Goth and 27th,
but Bonaparte, as was his custom, had
spoiled this arrangement by attacking on
the 25th, beating the Russians and taking
Zurich. The following is the British ac-
count of the battle, given in the old paper:
| Extract of a dispatch from Lieutenant
Colonel Ramsay to Lord Greenvlle, dated
Head Quarters Shaffhausen, Septem-
Der 80.
My Lord,
1t is with extreme concern inform your
Lortlship, that an attack has been made on
the allied army, the result of which has
been favorable to the enemy. The COM
bined operations of the Allies, of which
your Lordship is already informed, were in
tended to have taken place on the Goth and
9th: and six battalions of the army COM
manded by General Korzakoff, were
detached to tznach ON the 9th, for the
purpose of increasing the force destined to
act on that quarter. The enemy, who was
no doubt, apprised to this circumstance,
attacked the Russian army on the 25th, at
very early hour in the morning, a brisk
attack of muskctry was heard on our left
in the neighborbood Of Wallishosen, &C
companied by cannonade on our right,
which appeared to proceed from the neigh
borhood of Baden. The attack on our left
was merely intended for the purpose of
drawing the attention from the true point:
and the enemy passed the Limmar in great
force in the ncighborhood of Weinangen,
between Zurich and Baden. By this ma
nnuvre they broke the line in that quarter
cut off from the army the eight battalions
of Gems. Markof and Durasof, who were
posted between Weinangen and the Rhine:
and after leaving a corps for the purpose
of observing and attacking them they
assembled the Limmar towards Zurich. A
regiment of dragons, being in conse-
quence of the detachments that had been
drawn to the left, the only force remaining
in that part where the passage was effected,
Al.
neighborhood of Zurich before they exper-
fenced any resistance of consequence; the
plain in front of Zurich between the Lin
mar and the heights, which running parallel
to the Limmar form continuation of the
Aldra to the n. West, being occupied at
the same time by a line of their infantry
and cavalry, who with very numerous
train of artillery attacked with great vigor
the troops in front of Zurich, and prevent
ed their detaching to the right the point on
which the great efforts of the enemy were
directed.
At a late hour in the forenoon some rein
infsrcements arrived on this side Of the
Limmar, but the enemy were already mas
tiers of some of the principal heights which
command the town; and notwithstanding
the bravery displayed by the Russians in
their repeated attacks, the superiority in
point of force and position on the side of
the French rendered it impossible for them
to regain that which had been lost. At
sunset the French had made themselves
masters OF part Of Zurich Berg and nearly
surrounded the town. The attack on the
position of General Here had terminated
rather ia favor of the Austrians; but Gen.
lIorze was unfortunately killed at the com
mencement of the action and Gen. Petrasch
who succeeded to the command of the
army having resolved in consequence of the
loss he had sustained to avoid the attack
which he expected the next morning, re-
treated in the night from Uznach. The
situation of the Russian army was thus
rendered still more critical and it became
absolutely necessary to abandon Zurich,
and the position i'll that neighborhood with
out delay. On the Goth in the morning the
retreat took place. and the whole arrived
in the course of that night in the neigh
borhood of Eglisan and Schaffhausen with
out experiencing any loss of consequence
during their march. We have to regret the
loss of between two and three Thousand
killed, wounded and missing; and ten
pieces Of cannon have, with part of the
baggage, fallen into the hands of the
enemy. a nearly equal number of French
cannon were taken by the Russians but
want of horses, which prevented them
from taking away their own, was the cause
of their being also obliged to leave these
The army under the command Of General
kessakof, at present posted with its right
to Egisan, and its left to the Lake of Con-
stance-By letter just arrived from Field
Marshal Suwarrow, it appears that he has
taken the Mount Saint Gothard, and is at
present advancing towards Alltdorf. and
Schweitz.
have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN RAMSAY.
Extracts from other official letters from
the seat of war, detail the important con-
sequences to the French resulting from
the victory.
The following is one of Bonapartes
famous short, sharp, bayonet-like bull
letins:
STRASBURGH, Oct O.
Official Bulletin of the Gen. Staff of the
Army.
The army of the Rhine has retaken
Mannheim and Frankfort The enemy
have lost 800 men. Ten thousand peas
ants who rose in mass have thrown down
their arms. Among the prisoners is