Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-02-26
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tAt st itttS noQl III tue FORENOON some
reinforcements arrived on this fde of the
l-immat, but the enemy we're already
masters OF some of the principal heights
which command the town; and notwith-
standing the bravery displayed by the
llulilans in their repeated attacks the SUI
periority in point of force and petition on
the side of the French rendered il impof-
| hble for them to regain that which had
been loft. At sunset the French had
made themselves masters of part of Zu-
rich Berg and nearly surrounded the town.
The attack on the petition of General
Horze had terminated rather in favor
OF the Austrians; but gen. Horzc was
unfortunately killed at the commencement
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
tltuatlon OF the Rulllan army was tins
rendered IT'LL more critical, and it became
absolutely necessary to abandon Zurich,
and the position in that neighborhood,
without delay On the 10th in the morn
ing the retreat took place, and the whole
arrived in the course of that night in the
neighborhood of Eglsan and Schauffhausen
without experiencing any loss of conse-
quence during their march, We have to
regret the loss of between two and three
thousand killed, wounded and mifling
and ten pieces of cannon have, with part
of the baggage, fallen into the hands of
the enemy. nearly equal number OF
French cannon were taken by the Ruff
fans, but the want of horses, which pre-
vented them from taking away their own,
was the cause OF their being also obliged
to leave these. The army under the
command OF General Korsakof is at pre-
sent posted with its right to Elgifan, and
its left to the lake Of Constance.-By a
letter just arrived from Field Martial
Suwarrow, it appears that he has taken
the Mount Saint Gothard, and is at pres
ent advancing towards Ailttlorf and
Schweitz.
have the honor to be, &c
(SignedD JOHN RAMSAY.
Extract OF Dispatch from Lieutenant
Colonel Ramsay to Lord Greenville.
dated Head Quarters, Schaffhausen
September 80.
Your Lordship has already, no doubt,
received accounts, through France OF the
calamities which have befallcn us in this
probably been exaggerated to a great de-
gree. Aware of this | would if possible
have sent your Lordship an earlier &C
count; but it was mpoltiblc for me to
give a correct statement of the real ftate
of things, which was much worse to APP
pearance when the army first arrived here
than at present
Gen. pctrasch has rereated from the
different position between Usnach and
Ithenech, where it is supposed he has al
ready passed the Rhine, and this part OF
! ON!lZtIldlll may DC COlllIlGIGQ DIS CNdCu-
ated for the present; it is the more unfor-
tunate as the successes of Field Marshal
Suwarrow would have rendered the sue
cess OF the projected operation, if we had
fortunately been able to retain our position.
At present the Field Marshal S iituation will
be rendered very critical, if timely notice
has not been received by him of the re-
treatof the armies. / am sorry to inform
your Lordship, that from the reports !
have received, there is reason to appre-
bend tina. the Swiss regiments Of l5achman
and Revere have suffered considerably
have as yet had no exact accounts, and |
will defer therefore making any report
to your Lordship till another opportunity
occurs as am in hopes their loss has been
occasioned by dispersion, in which case
it will probably every diminish.
Extract of letter from Lieutenant Colo
mel Henry Clinton, to Lord Greeville,
dated Bellinzona, Sept. 70, 1899
Having been directed by lord Mugrave