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of tHa day two of tbs enemy’s columns |
that were cut off, prelented thcmfelves
to enter into rhe place. Six pieces;
of ran-nor., and frorti 3 to 400 men,-
which, computed this troop, were
taken. All the iuburbs of K.onigs
ber > Were can ied; we there made a
giVat number of prisoners. The re
fute of these affairs, are 5000 prifor.-j
ers and 15 pieces ol cannon. On]
the 15th and ICIII, the corps of the
army of Marshal Souk was detained
before Konii'sbcrrr, but the march of
the body of the.a: my on Wehlau oblig
ed the enemy to evacuate Konigsberg,
and this place fell into our power.
We have found at Konigsberg an
immente quantity of provtfions. Fwc
Imn-dred large veflels which had come
from Kuffia, are Util loaded in the
port. ‘l’here is a greater quantity of
wines and brandies than we hud a: - .\
reason to hope for.
j\ buigade of the divifiOn Saint
Hiliaire, is before Pillau, to form the
siege j and general Rapp has tent from
Datnzic a colu nn charged to go by
the Ncrur.g, and efhblifh before Fillau
a battery, which will fhui up the Haff
Thu veffds manned by the marines of
the guard, render us makers of thi.
little tea.
On the 17th, the Emperor moved
his head quarters to Diucken, nea-
Klein Schteau; on the iStli, to Sgau
girven, the 19th, at 2 o’clock, in the
afternoon, he entered Tilfitt.
The Grand Duke of Eerg at th’
head of the greater part of the light
cavalry, the dtvifions of dragoons and
cuiralFters, h ive gone on beating the
enemy for the lait three days and has
done him mnch injury. The fifth re
giment of halters has diPdnguifhad it
tels. The Cos flacks were many times
overthrown, ami have fuffered much
in the different charges. We have
bud but few kilted or wounded —in the
number of the latter is the chef-d’es
quadron Piet on, aid-de-camp of the
Grand Duke of Berg.
After the passage of the Pregel op
polite Wilhsu, adrummerwas charged
by a Cofteck ; he threw himfelf on
his belly ; the Cossack took his lance
to pierce the drummer, but the latter
preserved all his presence of mind,
andfeized the lance difanned the Cos
sack, and pursued him.
A particular faci, which excited the
finites of the soldiers, took place for
the firff time near Tidbit. We law a
cloud of Kalmoucks giving battle with
bow and arrows; we pity those who
prefer the arms of the ancients to thej
moderns—but nothing is more laugh-1
able than the flay of thole aims a-j
gain ft our muikeu.
Marshal Davouft, at the head of the j
third corps, at I.ibiau, fell pn the rear j
guaid of the enemy, and made 2,500
prisoners. On his fide Marlhal Ney
arrived on the 17th, at Infterborough,
he there took one thou fund wounded
from the enemy, and considerable ma ;
gazines. j
The woods and the villages are fill-;
ed v;uh infolaied Ruffians, either;
wounded or lick. The losses of the j
Ruffian army are enormous; it has!
not taken with it .more than 60 pieces!
of cannon. The rapidity cf the
marches hinder us from knowing yet
all the pieces which have been taken
at the battle of Friedland, we believe
the amount exceeds 120.
At the height of TilUitt, the billits
here joined, Nos. 1 and 2 were deli
vered to the Grand Duke of Berg,
and afterwards the Ruffian Prince.j
lieutenant-general Labanoff, passed the
Nteman, and conferred one hour with
the Pll nee of Neufchatel.
The enemy has humt'in great haste
the budge ot Till fit t on rhe Nieman,
and appears to cocuoue his retreat to
wards Raffia ; we are on the confines
of that empire. The-JN reman, oppo
hte Filbvt, is a little larger than the)
Seine; we ice on the !cit bank a 1 loud j
of Coffin, ks which form the rear guard
of the enemy*. No longer do they
commit rny hoftiiides.
What remained to the king of Prus
Ha h conquered; lids unfortunate
J prince has nothing in his power hut
The country situated between the Nie
| man and Memel. The greater part
lof his army, or rather the divibon of
[his troops, are defecting, not being wil
ling to go into Ruffin.
The emperor of Russia remained
three weeks at Tilfitt with the king of
j Pruffirt. On the news of the battle off
I Friedland, both of them left it in great
Mtc.
(No. I.)
The Genera! in Chief Bennmgsez, to
his excellency the Prince Begrution. j
My Prince —After the floods Q r
blood which have been shed during the
tail few days in battles as murderou
ns often repeated, I am defnous of so
lacing the evils cf this deftruclive wr.
by prop-ofing an armistice before en
tering into anew struggle, into anew
war, perhaps mare tcrriable, than tht
fir ft.
I pray you, my Prince, to make
known to the Chiefs of the French ar
my, this intention nn my part, th\
cdnfequences of which may be J
much the more fathfattory, as there i
already a queffion of a general con
grefs, anrl may prevent a ufi less effu
(ion of hit man blood. Pleale to m ffit
kiio m to me the refute of your pro
ceeding, and believe me to be, with
the rooli diltuseuidied confederation.
o
my prince, of year excellency, the ve
ry humble and obedient servant.
T. BENNINCSEN.
(No. II.)
Mo NSI EU F, GENIER A I.— MonfiCU X
the General in Chief has addressed to
me a tetter relative to tht orders wh’cl
his excellency has received horn hr:
majdly the Emperor, a. id charging
me to make known to you its contents.
I do not believe that I can answer bet
ter his intention's then by fending you
the original, I pray you at the fame
time to feud me your answer, and to
accept the assurance of the diftingudb
cd confidcraticn with which I have the
honor to be, Monsieur General, vom
very humble and very obedient ter
vanr, BAGRATION.
• The 5 ! h and 8:hof June, old style,
PARIS, Jur.s ‘27.
People now aik with less uneasiness than eu- ’
riofitv, what will he the fate of the king of
Prussia, all whole states rnuft in a few days be in
the poffefibn cf the French. We Rail not
take upon ourselves to difeufs either the gener
ous proportions which may have been made to
him, or the imprudent tefufals which have fol.
lowed them : previous to the battle of Fried
j land, he might yet appear to have Something to
I put into the diplomatic (cades ; he was ftili king
of a few provinces and of the wreck of an army.
As long as Ruffin and England left him any
j hopes, there might have been feme merit in fa-
J crificing them to his fafety. But now that he
j would present himfelf bereft of all resource, all
■ that he would preserve can only be a gift of the
! magnanimity of the Empf.ro?. of the French.
June 28.
The a&ivity of the operations has retarded,
’ from appearance, the arrival of the bulletins;
in the mean time an authentic letter, arrived this
! morning, gives the following details :
j “ Eofel has capitulated. The troops cf the
; grand army have entered into Neifs, on the 16th
j June, conformably to the capitulation. The
| i-mc day marshal Soult entered Ivcjiigsberg ;
;he found in this city great magazines and
‘160,000 mulkeis, feat by the Engiifh. On
I the 16th the emperor passed the Pregel while
the enemy evacuated Vilnau. Not a mu fleet
was fired—the enemy apnenrs to retire on to
Tilfet. We rave received from the grand army
the following : that on the 11 tiff. Tar (ha! Mat
fen a was attacked at the Point of Pransnitz by
a superior number of troops; on t’*e 12th, in
turn, he attacked the Ruffians with ih: corps
of the army ;he rep,died them with the bay
onet, and forced them out of their entrench
ments at C’ftroleiika, and made 5000 prisoners.
WEHLAU, June 16.
Marshal Soult entered this morning into Ko
nigsberg. He found large maga/.ines, many
wounded, and 160,000 Engllfli fuiils, lately ar
rived for the use of the Ruffians.
The army has passed Pregel, without mect
; in.g with any reliltancc.— ■Moiiiteur.
WARSAW, Jupc 11,
It ;s said that the inhabitants of Dautzic,
i have had a contribution laid on them of fever ai
j millions of francs, and have been holdcn to
j maintain the garriion during a ctrtam time, :f
----ter which it .s to live on its pay, according to
them.
SEMLIN, May 31. *
On the 2-d, there %vas a.i engagement be
tr-eea the corps of Stai.oje the Turks;
; Mutich-Aga attacked with a finall corps of
troops the Servian battery thrown up near
Gi'ufclielve ; but was repuifed with fome lo s.
On the 2ad, every movement of the r urks
ware room for believing that they proposed to
make a frefh attack agamft the ol.tion of the
Servians. On the following nignt, the com
mandant Stanoje detached the civet Obrad
with four battalions and four companies to
wards Kumitza, in order to obfer/e the move- ■
nents of the Turks ami drive away the corps
which they had near Sitnitza. On the
at day.break, he advanced himfelf with all his
forces, divided into five colums. to at.acic die
enemy’s camp, about fix hundred fio,n
Litnitza. He had already approached within
a (hort diffance of it, when a . ui x-lh corps of
about 2030 men came out of Sitmtza, and fell (
upon him, seemingly with intent to cut off the
fifth column. The commandant Seanjoe then
altered his plan, and formed his corps in four
columns ; the firft rapidly attacked
of the Turks, availing it with a very brill: fire
of artillery and mulketry. The i'urks fjp
p'orted this attack with intrepidity, and kept
up on cheir fide a very {mart fire ; however, two
divilions of ri -rvian cavalry having fallen upon
rhe camp, tney were obliged to retreat within
their own entrenchments, behind bitnitza. —•
The Rond cajuavi cf insurgents attac|ed the
f batteries placed before -Siiniia, and endeavored
to drive the Turks from them. The third arid
fourth columns fecouded this enterprize, but
were repuifed with loss by the murderous fire o.
the batteries Then the commandant Stanoje,
placing himfelf at the head of the fourth co
lumn, made a frefh attack with Rich impetuofi
iv, that the Turks were at length obliged to
abandon the batteries and ret;eat. The Ser
vians alter having foaled the entrenchment, en
. tered Sitnitza, and cut to pieces all who made
any resistance. I’he Turks took refuge in the
fortrefs of Ufchitza; they were followed by
the Seiveaus, who, after forming a icachon
with the two iivifions who hadalreajy taken post
upon the left of that town, were in veil eel on all
(ides. Mutich-Aga found hinrish* thus (hut up
with his corps, leduced from i j ,000 to 8030,
in a town totally unable to support a feige, and
which hard I'/ 1 '/ contained provisions enough to I
hold out iwo days. In this critical pofiticn,!
asid notwithlbmding the superiority of the ene-;
my, he resolved to force his way out in order to |
go and fetch frefh. troops for the pnrpeft cf de
-1!v ring Ufchitza. In c.—fcqaence, he deliver-’
ed tu and ioir.es and Pacha the command cf the
town, in which he left a garrifen of-2000 men ;
a id at four o’clock in the afternoon, he made a
filly with 6300 men he had remaining, and
who were divided into two columns. The Ser
vians advanced on all iides ag&iall him, and fur-1
rounded him.
The Turks then formed a square, and de
fended themfelv -s with a rare intrepidity ; at
length they contrived to force a Servian column
and open to themtelvcs a passage. Four Ser-i
vian columns pursued them ; the others nuifeh-j
ed again ft the fortrefs. One of the Turkik j
columns marched towards Skivtza, and left’
600 men in tile csftle of Socci, which was not J
occupied ; the other column retreated through j
Kumitza, and was reinforced by feyera! final!
detachments, which were disunited. At a
small diirance from Kumitza, it fell in with the
Servian corps, commanded by the chief Obrad*.
bat in spite cf the efforts cf the latter, it again
fucceedeo in forcing a passage, for itfelf, after
having sustained feme luis. The Servian troops
who had marched again it pfehitza, directly at- j
tacked that town, and made their way into it, j
after having icaied the batteries. Part of the
ga; rifon were killed, r.nd the rest made prison
ers. The insurgents estimate the;r loss, in the
several engagements, at 2000 men. The Ser
vian commander, Bulla Illitz, was dangerously
j wounded before Ufchitza, and conveyed to Bd
: o-v-H
----NAPLES, June S.
Six thoufaud Neapolitans, commanded by
iCen. Philipftadt, lauded at Reggio, giving
! thenffelvea out to be liie restorers and conquer- !
j ors of the kingdom of Naples. His Majesty i
I ordered General Reignier to lay r.o obstacles in ;
: their way, and to withdraw at their approach,
jin order to inspire them with more confidence,
j'Conformably to these orders, our van guard
• evacuated Seminara, Roffauo, a:;_ M;kt_. ce
acral IT.illipftgdt, er.teitaiifing r.w fuipiffeu ol
the snare laid for him, advanced with his army,
and threatened Monte-Leore, ; but his Majeily
tH wiflMßg t® abandon |i loyal a tv*, a to ti e
fury and vengeance of these new conquerors,
gave directions to general Keghicr, who bad
been reinforced by a body of troops from Cala
bria, to attack and difeomfit the cneniv. The
engagement took place on the 2Sth May, near
Mile to, when the whole corps commanded by
general Philipftadt were either killed or taken
prisoners ; scarcely were a few cavalry enabled
to regain Reggio. The commander in chief of
this expedition, is thought to be atnengil the
number of the prisoners. All the inhabitants of
Calabria concluded themtelvcs i.i such a manner
as to deserve the higaeft commendation. The
citizens of every class hastened to come to close
quarters with the common enemy, who had just
proclaimed Irtgandage , and the rr.affacre of the
laud-holders.
June 9.
The last news from Calabria is altogether fa
tirfadory ; all is cairn and fubmiifive. General
Abbe has entered nggia ten minutes after the
Prince Philipftadt had embarked ; all thole who
have not been killed in three battles which took
place, remain prisoners to the i.tur.% rof 2000,
officers and feldiers ; the prisoners are on th.e
road hither,
FRANKFORT, Jan? 22.
Letters from Vienna, at length confirm tht
intelligence of the evacuation of Walachia, byf
the army of Gen. Mieheltcn. i bis retreat ha?
been made under pretext of covering the (Tege
of Ifmail ; but it is evidently grounded on the
impossibility of the Ruffian general being able
to maintain poffelfion of this province, or to de
fend it agiinll the Turkilh armies now advan
ring, and whole van-guard is already arrived at
Wtddin. When Micheifon invaded Moldavia
and Walachia, he relied on reinforce
ments from the different Ruffian provinces, and
more especially from those bordering on W?
Black Sea. Instead of this, he b.is been under
neccffity of fending one of Ins divisions ic -r.e
assistance of the Ruffian army in Poland ; and
the troops he expefted to receive from Tanride
‘and Ukraine, not only have not joined him, but
will probably find themfei.es inefficient to pro
ferve the provinces invaded by the Turks and
Persians.
LISBON, Jane 16.
An earthquake i *k place here cn the 6th of
this month, at four o’clock in the auernoon.—;
There was not a (ingle budding :mown down,
although a great number of r.oufes fuffered more
cr less , but there is not one,, as is asserted, the.
ceiling c>i which docs not e :..m.t dome traces oi
the (buck.
It wovfo fnurt, so rapid, and so nnexpeß-d,
that hitherto it has not been poffib'-e to make ar.y
meteorological cbfervaticm open ;t j rt-trall no
mention is made of any, The only thing vvhjc.i
people in general are ag r e?J upon, is, vhat the
hock was as hard as in ! ~05, anrt . ant it would
infaj ibly have produced the (au.e cileit had it
a'led so long.
Although no houses were threw a down by the
earthquake of theGrh, many persons were wound
ed by the fall of ftooes from fome v.- . ls, and tiles
falling from the roofs. No person would ham
loft their life, if the fright cccafioned by the fir ft
thock, had not induced four or five individuals to
leap cut of their windows into the ft reel. Two
or three Were lulled in this manner, and others
wounded.
Mod of the inhabitants passed the night in the
j open air, either in the fields, or ia the fquarcr,
’ and on the keys. One cheering cir-umitance,
! was, that the Tagus was very Trune-nil; where*
i as in the earthquake of 1755, that river, previous
to the firft (Itockj was inwardly ag‘.-.ated, and
’ covered with bituminous matter.
Grand Lodye of GeorJa.
CJ i.J
Savannah, Aug-fi 20, I 607.
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jI.OQQH, w>!’ he i.eM at ti o I'ii.A't U••<.£,’ n “he
’ FIRST SVI URDAY in September next, at > o’cfecit
A. M. At which time ;n.‘ ph.ee tin. Cflbcj ard Re■
prefer,tatives of the different Uuher its jar.s*
, diclien will ztttnd.
By order of the R. V/, Grand MftUr,
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To those who have
kn-vy < c and g o oi b ua, th e
following defcripttoi of h". perf-vn and ap
pearance may lie nereffary : h- ;s a6
years -j( ge aH<-u - feet 6 cr 7 inches (a
height, wear* his hair very rVceiy •pjaU'Ca-,
;s a great bc-n in his c adi elist.a r> Softy
- intage end ffrtis* It. .hs bad U ft and
iiavinp bevr owned t-y 2 ? ;yfic;a talks
much ul iris knowletec 0 n-eftictoe and
j surgery ; he is a very keiy jt-iiow, tfcb*
ian zv fat rp.-’ f! <ufth''. cy, rd has a
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nc is .11: exceUer.! i; t-w ‘.-.war--, sr.ri pre
ends to know a little os cvuj cicchafli*
: cai proN .woo.
A V : ff ;e tht Iff. -vs _ rvfa v 'fi ti a
I peUhn a-ppreher..ftifiq l.im in this City of
Coanty, Fifty Dollzis trpon pr o’ o{ b’s
b.L*ii g c , •;H away in >n\’ ! ■•■ -i or veflel
.j ; u: ihs ft."’ - 17. JLhrt, n-.c.n
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ff ;n *r.y pf'fon, ff ;>n<i tbc iumts of thin
■; lisle, Issac loss riun.t-rous coanctHcns iff
q Bout I)- C tu!ii a, and his t 5 ns will be
■ I u!ed 10 L’et ih re in a ‘■•c>r .
‘THOs : U. P. CHARLTON.
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OF THE CITV OF PH 1L ADE L? ti IA,
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