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SEVENTY-FIFTH BULLETIN.
Os the Grand Army.
Finckensteix, May 18, 1807
The following are new details of the events
of the lothinft. Marlhal Lefebvre makes parti
cular mention of Gen. Schramm, to whom he
attributes in a great mcafure the success of the
engagement at Weichsebnunde. On the loth,
Gen. Schramm was in battle from‘2 o’cloc kin
the morning, covered by two redouts, which
were couilruCted eppofite to the fort of Weich
selinuude. He had the Poles on his left, the
Saxons in the centre, the second regiment of
light infantry on his right, and the regiment of
Paris in reserve. The Ruffian lieutenant-gene
ral Kamcnffcy, cainc out of the fort at day
break, and after two hours fighting, the arrival
of the twelfth regiment of light infantry, which
Marihal Lefebvre dispatched from the left bank,
and of a Saxon battalion, decided the affair. Os
the brigade of Oudinot, a fu gle battalion could
be employed. Onr lols was very iiiconfidera
ble ; a Polish colonel, M. Paris, was killed.
The loss of the enemy was greater than it was
fir If conceived ; more than 900 dead Ruffians
have been interred, and tlie whole lols of the
enemy cannot be e-ltunated at leds than 2500
men.
At present he makes no movement, but ap
pears very cautious and fny behind the enclo
jure of Ins fort ifications ‘Pile iiiiinber of bat
teaux, laden with wounded, tfiat have been font
off, is forty.
Hus majetly lias decreed special rewards to
tliofe who have dillinguifhed themselves, and
v Dole lignal services Mai Inal Lefebvre pointed ‘
out.
On the 14-th a division of 5000 Prussians and I
Ruffians but chiefly Pruffi ms, left Kouigsberg, <
landed at Pillau, marched along the borders of
Nehrung, and arrived at Kalilberg, before our
advanced pods of the grand guard of light ca
valry, wdio reached Furflenwerder. The ene
my advanced as far as the extremity of Frifch
haff. It was expeded that they would be pro
ceeding from thence to Dantzick. A bridge,
thrown across the Villula at Furflenwerder, fa
cilitated the paffige of the infantry, that were
cantoned in tlie island of Nogaf, to defile upon Jj
the rear of the enemy. But the Prussians i
were aware of this, and would not ven- I
tore. The emperor gave orders to general !
Beaumont, aid-de-camp to the grand duke of i
Berg, to attack them. On the 16th at 2 I
o’clock in the morning, this general set out I
■with the brigadier general Albert, at the hea i |
of two battalions of grenadiers of the reserve 1
corps, the third and eleventh regiments of
Chaileurs, and a brigade of dragoons. He
met the enemy between Pnffenwerder and
Stege, a little before day-break, attacked and
defeated him, pursued him sword in hand for
eleven miles, took 1100 prisoners, killed a great
jn my, and carried off four pieces ot cannon.
General Albert has behaved with perfect gal
lantry ; the majors Clieiniuau and Salmon dis
tinguilhed themselves. Tile third and eleventh
regiments of Chaffeurs, have diiplayed the ut
mofl intrepidity. Two brigs of the enemy,
which navigated on the 1 InH, came to annoy us,
but a grape (hot which fell on one pt them
made them fliear off.
The enemy has also, since the 12th, experi
enced con fide rable losses on several other pi alls.
On the 17th, the emperor made the fulileers of
the guard maneouvre, who are encamped near
the CafUe of Fmkeullein, in barracks, equal in
beauty to those at Boulogne. On the 18th
and 19th, the whole guards likewise took up
their camps in the fame place.
In Silesia Prince Jerome is encamped with his
corps of observation, at Franckeiiilein, protedf
jng the siege of Neife. The Prince having
learned on the Hth, that a column of 8000 men
had Jest Glatz, to furprile Breflau, he made
General Lefebvre set off with the firtl regiment
ot the Bavarian line, (an excallenr regiment)
one hundred cavalry and a detachment ot 300
Saxons. General Lefebvre came up with the
rear of the enemy on the 1 4-th at t- o’clock in
the morning, near the village of Canth, he at
tacked inllantly, took the village by the bayo
net, and made 150 prisoners. One hundred of
the Bavarian light-horse cut to pieces the ene
jny’scavalry and dispersed them, being 500 men
strong. Tlie 800 Saxons difmouuted—an ex
traordinary conduct, which mutt have been the
relult of fome mifiinderitanding, for the Saxon
troops have always behaved bravely, since they
were united with the French troops.
This unexpected defection placed the fir ft re
giment of the Bavarian line in a critical lituation,
and occaftoned their loss of I At) men, who were
made prisoners ; the roll retreated fighting, and
in good order ; and the enemy re-tookthe vil
lage of CHUth. At eleven in the forenoon ge
neral Dumuy, who had left Bieflau at the head
of 100 French dragoons, chaffeurs and foot-hu
ful's, who had been sent to Silesia to be mounted,
and a part of whom had already got their holi
es, attacked the rear of the enemy ; 150 ot the
foot-hnfars took the village of Couth with the
bayonet, made 100 prisoners, and re-took all tlie
Bavarians that had been made prisoners before.
The enemv, to return with greater ®lt* to Glatz,
went off in two feporate columns. Gen. Le
febvre, who had quitted Scheveidoritz on the
] .sth, fell upon one of their columns, killed 100
men, and took RX) prisoners, among whom are
SO officers. A regiment of Polifli Spearmen, of
whom Prince Jerome had sent a detachment to
general Lefebvre, having arrived it) the morning,
greatly dtilinguifficd themselves.
The second column of the enemy fought to
reach Ghtz, by the way of Silberberg.; but
lieut. col. iJuncoudiits, the Prince’s aivl-de-
f eamp, tret them, and put them to the rout.
Thtls this column, conlifling of 3 or 4000 men,
could not return to Glatz, from which it had ll
fued—the whole were . either killed, taken, or
dispersed.
SEVENTY-SIXTH BULLETIN
Os the Grand Almy.
FiNCKf.NiTiiN, May 20.
A fir e copper-bottomed corvette, mounting
24 guns and 120 Lnglilhmen, loaded with pow
der and ball, presented herfelf in the river, des
tined for Dantzic, coming ahreatt of our works.
She was assailed by a Hr:ik difchaige of mulkct
rv, from each Ihore, which obliged her to bring
too. A pivquet from the Parilian regiment, :
jumped on board, and made them prisoners
Amongfl many others, an Aid-de-Camp of Gen.
Kalkruth, who was on his return from the Rus
han Camp, several Englilh officers, &c. &c.—
This corvette proves to be the Le Sans Peur.
Betides the 120 K glilhinen, there were 60 Rus
sians on board of her.
The lots (jf the enemy at the battle of Weich
elmunde, on the 15th, was greater than at hi It
fnppofed. A column of Ruffians, marching a
loi.g Ihore, were bayoneted—l 800 Ruliian corps i
iiave been buried.
O.i the 6th, a division of Ruffians, command- .
ed by Gen. Turkow, o:i their route from Brock |
to the Bug on Pultnlk, in order to affilt the ‘
new works winch had been ordered for the pur- ,
pole of rendering more formidable the tete du
pout, and w hich were defended by lix battal
ions of Bavarians, commanded by the Prince
Royal of Bavaria, attacked at four different
times said corps, in all of which they have been
i overthrown by the Bavarians, and langraged
(mitraille) by the batteries *f the different
I works. Marlhal Malfena reports the lols of
the enemy to conliff of 800 killed, and double
that number wounded. What renders this af
fair more remarkable, is that the Bavarians had
lels than 4000 men.
The Prince Royal has bellowed much praise
j on the Baron of Wredeu, a Bavarian officer of
diltinguifhed merit. The loti of the Bavarians
I has bean 16 killed, and 150 wounded,
j There it as much want of [enfe in the attack
j on tlie works of Gen. Lemanois, on the 13th,
1 a.id ot those on Pultulk, the 16th, as existed in
the conllru&ion of a number of rafts in the bay,
I about lix weeks ago, and which cofl the enemy
j near that time to complete—they were burnt in
| two hours. The fncceffive attacks made on the
[ above mentioned works, u’ell entranched and
I supported by excellent batteries, have not only
[ proved abortive, but have cofl the enemy con
iiderable losses, without any piolpedt offuecefs.
It would appear that these operations have in
view the drawing the attention of the Irench
army to its right fide ; but its polition is reafou
ed on all the grounds, in all the hypothelis, as
well defenfive as offenfive, that could offer.—
In the mean time the intereilmg liege ot Daut
z.ick advances—the enemy will experience a de
cided loss, in Idling this important place and tlie
20,000 men that are enclotcd in it. A mine
has played on the Blockhaufeu and has blown up
the lame, the covere., way has been opened by
four prime matches. The delcent ot the ditch
has been executed.
VI. NNA, May 13.
The Court Gazette contains the following ar
ticle concerning Turkey.
“ Admiral Smiavin continues to cruise in the
entrance of tlw ilrait. of the Dardennelles ; his
fleet coiditls * 8 llnpa of the line, 2 lift)-gun
Ihips and leveral brigs. It was on the 2lit
March that the Ruiiiaus took the catlie of Ic
nedos by assault. Tne i'urxilli priiouers were
lent into JNutolia.
“ Un the 3d April, the head of Seid-Feyd-
Zultah-Effeudi, trealurer of the navy, was ex
poled on the inward gate ot tne Seraglio ; fie
had been condemned to death tor having neglec i
ted to take mealures to defend the Dardanelles.
| On the lame day, was dtfiniffed Morally Olman- ;
Effendi, the Trealurer of the Grand Vizire’a ar
my’ ; lie is succeeded by Haifin-iichalinnin-Ef
feiuli.
“ On the 6th, the Captain Pacha entered the
sea of Manmora, with 1 three decker, 5 two
deckers, 9 trigates ami lloops, 26 gun-boats, 1
brig and 1 bomb ketch, probably in order to oi
fer battle to the Ruffians.
A Jay 16.
It is tlill rumoured tiut a Congress is going to
be opened at Prague. Tne Plenipotentiaries to
| it are even named ; the Prince ot Benevento and
; Mr. Laforet for Fiance ; Count Stakelberg tor
Russia , Count Rultrotf for Prussia >Count Sia
’*dion will reprefeut Aultna ; it is added that a
’ pal ice is titling up at Prague, in which this as
i feinbly will be” held. Gazette de France.
It is asserted that the Archduke Charles will
set off the day after to-morrow for Galheia, in
order to review the army assembled on that frou-
S tier. According to the molt probable calcula
! tions the armed neutrality of Auilria puts her to
j the expense of 60 millions independant of the
i peace cffablilhmeut of the army.
DRESDEN, May 13.
It is thought here, in the belt informed cir
cles, that the negotiations for peace, now on the
tapis, are not in such a Rate of forwardness as
iome persons arc inclined to believe. It is said
that his Majelly the Emperor Napoleon, at all
times ready to employ every means in his power
to flop the effufion of blood, was the firti to pro
pose peace to the Emperor ot Ruflia, and to the
King of Prulfia, on very moderate conditions ;
that the two sovereigns answered, that they were
ready to treat! but that their connections with
England and Sweden did not permit them to “act
without the participation of these two courts.—
It is added, that France has not opposed this
step, declaring that she also w ifhed for a general
peace ; in fliort it is asserted that the principle of
compensation has been proposed as the bails for
peace ; that certain gener 1 articles have even
been brought forward, and that all these propo
sitions have been communicated to the Cabinets
of London and Stockholm, from which aufwers
are expedit'd.
PARTS, May 21.
All Englilh goods having been prohibited
throughout the Ottoman Empire, the Grand
Seignior has caused to be exprefftd to his Ma-
S jelly the Emperor his desire of having French
cloths, and particularly that kind of woollen
fluff called Chalons. His Excellency the Min
iller of the Interior, has in consequence written
to the Prafedts of the Departments, in which
there are manufactories calculated for that par
ticular branch, in order to request them to make
known this ciurcumllance to the manufacture! s
whom it may concern.
May 23.
The Kceningfberg Gazette contains the fol-
I lowing details of the (lift interview which took
i place between the Emperor of Russia and the
i King of Prussia.
“ The Emperor of Russia had performed the
1 greater part of his journey in an open carriage.
I He arrived, on tlie Ift of April, at Polangen,
where he was joined by the King of Pruflia, a
few hours afterwards. Ihe Emperor advanced
four hundred paces, with his hat off, to meet the
King, who sprung from his carriage, and threw
himlelf into the Emperor’s arms. They re
mained embracing each other for tome time,
without ipeaking a w ord, and with tears Hand
ing in their eyes. After they had walked a few
flips together, holding each other by the hand,
the Emperor clasped the King once more round
his neck. The latter returned to Memel the
, fame evening, to which town he wished to take
the Emperor, who excused himfelf from going
• thither, on account of his being in a travelling
dress.
| “ This monarch made bis iolemn entry into
! Memel, on the following morning, at eleven
o clock. The King went out to meet him as
far as his carriage ; they embraced each other
! and went up the fleps of the cable together
i hand in hand. All the Generals, Ministers and
Lords of the Court, were assembled in the great
hall ; but onlv the Minilter Baron Von Haiden
berg, and Prince Radavil, followed the two So
| vereigns to the top of the flair case.
“ There was the Queen : the Emperor went
; to meet her and kissed her hand ; ttic Queen im
mediately embraced him. My dear Cousin, (in
French) were the only words which tins Prin
cess at tirfl addressed to him, with great emotion.
The Emperor give for watch-wonl to his guards,
! Memel and Frederick.
May 28.
The preparatory operations of the levy of
1808 have been every where performed with a
: dispatch with a regularity which promile the
; happiest retults. The young men nave tellified
i an unbounded devotedneis and confidence : in a
1 great many cantons the drawing was followed by
banquets, in which tile gaiety of the confciipts
was particularly remarked. The number of
tlie ablcnt, no way coniiderable in the former
I .years, is Uus year Hill lels.
FRANKFORT, May 9.
Letters from Triefl, of the 25th April, men
tion that a few days before, a Ruliian frigate
foundered off Ragufa. The crew were drown
ed, it not having been poihble to lave a iingle
i man.
May 13.
The town of Neiis is reduced to a heap of
ashes. The governor has, it is laid, declared
that he would rather bury Mrnfeii under the ruin,
than iurrender.
MADRID, April 22.
It is announced that the Prince of Peace has
delegated his powers of Admiral General to 8
Officers of the Navy, of whom he has formed a
iupreme Council of Admiralty. It is added
that they have been convoked at the Palace of
the Prince, who upon this occalion ltrongly en
forced to them the necelflty of uling all their es
, forts to augment the maritime ilrength of the
Empire.
May 4.
The capture of Monteviedo has not made any
great sensation here, from the hope generally
entertained that this important plate will be re
taken, as Buenos \yres was. It is difficult for
tiie Englilh to form any establishment which
may excite apprehensions of the loss of our set
! dements in South America : they would have
to contend with the Indians joined with Span
iards ; and, in less than two months, the con
quering army would be opposed by forces far
superior to all the reinforcements it could possi
bly receive ; accordingly the public funds have
not fallen in price on account of this news.
It appears that our government is difTatisfied
with the conduct of Portugal, who has afforded
the Englilh too much afiiitance : the Madrid Ga
zette complains of the condudt of the governor
of the Brazils. However, it is thougnt that a
; marriage is dow on the tapis between the Prince
: of Alturias and an infanta of Portugal.
HAMBURGH, May 2.
A Swedilh frigate which had been cruizing
off the mouth of the Swinne, was shipwrecked
’ during the late terrible storm, which laffed for
i several days. She had 200 men on board, part
! of whom were 1011, and the reil saved with great
! difficulty. |
NORFOLK, July 13.
Official notification of the President's procla
mation, was yesterday sent down to commo
dore Douglas, by lieutenant Ham. in the Re
venue-Cutter ; and this morning the Beitoi a
and Leopard, the two ships that weie in lire
roads, got under weigh.
On Friday last, brigade orders were issued
for calling into actual service rhe following
force, vis;. From the 54:h regiment. 1 lieute
nant-colonel, 2 majors, 8 captains 8 lieute
nants, 8 ensigns, sod non-commissioned offi
cers and soldiers, together with the cavalry',
artillery, and volunteer companies attached to
that regiment. From the 7th regiii ert, 1 ma
jor, 4 captains, 4 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, ajid
200 non-commissioned officers and soldiers,
with the cavab y and volunteer corps attachr and
to that regiment, the whole making about
1,200 men. 9 her.e, and the troops from
Richmond and Petersburg, make a force of
about 1-600 men, the whole under the com
mand of brigadier-general Mathews. It lias
not been judged expedient to order more men
into actual service at present. The remainder
ot the 7th regiment, with the legiments of
Piincess Anne and Nansemond, are held to
maivh at a moment’s warning.
The address of the committee to their <jfdlow-riti
zens of the towns of Norfolk, Portsmou h. a:.d
their vicinities , on the cessation of their June•
lions.
I ellow Citizens,
The select committee, previous to their dis
solution, beg leave to recur to the cau es,
which gave existence to your resolutions ; aid
to attract your notice to the primmies, which
presided over thcii conduct, in the execution
of them ‘1 he late outrage, committed in sight
of your shores, on the National Hag, by a Bii
ttsli ship of war, which was previously prepa
red for that act of atrocity, by instructions and
signals given by order of the commandant of
the squadron, at that time anchored within the
C„pes of Virginia ; and the deliberate slaugh
ter of your countrymen, who tell unsuspect
ing victims, at the very moment, the human
voice was piostituted and prophuned, in articu
lating professions of peace and amity—roused
and excited your indignation and resentment
to a degree never before felt.
This last deed of savage ferocity, unparallel
ed even in the naval annals of Biitain, awaken
ed the sentiment of abhorrence in every breast
Evcrv voice was loud in its call for reparations
commensurate to the insult: British insolence
and barbarity had reached the ne /ilus ulti a.
They had the unblushing effrontery to claim
the rights of hospitality, while their hands
were crimsoned and smoakiug with the blood
of yogr countrymen. Even at the instant,
they had declared war, in sight of those shores
from which not many years past, their discom
fited and recreant myrmidons were driven with
disgrace—in sight of those monuments—which
fill your breast with a holy and inspiring admi
ration for the valor and triumphs of your fore
fathers. The nation was unexpectedly plung
ed into war, and yourselves the first exposed
to its ruthless blast. The choice of tame sub
mission or resistance was forced on your con
sideration ; with one voice you declared th t
your ancestors had wrested their rights, their
libeiticsaiid independence from the suffocat
ing grasp ot British tyranny, by the sword ;
and that you, their posterity, had resolved with
it to defend and to perpetuate the hallowed pat
rimony.
Remote, in this crisis of imminent danger
and alarm, from the government of the United
States, whose decision could not be immediate
ly hud, and knowing this portion of the union
to be within striking distance of a savage and
insidious enemy, the deliberate violators of all
those just principles and usages which religion,
law and time, have sanctified ; you assembled
for the purpose of concerting the best possible
means for the immediate protection of all that
was dear to you—your wives, your children,
and the sacred honor of your country. The
resolutions unaniu ottsly adopted by ti is august
assembly, in which the sublime majesty ol the
people presided, are spread before the world ;
in all places, they receive the pure and sincere
homage of elevated patrio'ism. To enforce
obedience to your resolutions, you appointee
a committee of citizens from yottr body, whoir.
you made depositaries of your power ; but
whose existence, as your organ, should cease
and determine the instant the voice of govern
ment pronounced its decision. This, feilow-ci
tizens. is a concise history of the outrage, anc
of your proceedings.
Your committee, though deriving no powen
from the constitutions and laws of the land, ye
feel an honorable and just pride in the recol
lection, that the appointment conferred ot
them, flowed from the only pure and legiti
mate sou-ce of all jower—the people —tin
fountain from which branches, as so many
streams, the constitutions and the laws.
They were deeply impressed with a sens*
of the delicate situation in w hich they wen
placed, and tilled with anxious solicitude tor th<
right performance of the solemn duties confi
ded to them. All eyes were directed to therr
—they were regarded as the rallying point
The public sentiment placed in their bands
the lever which was to raise—to poise—and tc
communicate momentum to the public force.
1 he course the committee was to hold, could
not be accurately delineated ; the eve had in
prospect, wherever it directed its vision, dangers
threatening and awful. They were imperious
ly called on to take no step without delibera
tion ; to sanction no measure that might com
promit the honor and reputation of their coun
trymen. They endeavoured, in all their pro
cee dings, to respect the demarcations of civil
[ and political* powers; and by their aa, so 10