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Savannah, May 15.
[Translated for the Museum.]
Sixty Third Bulletin of the Grand
Army.
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Os ter ode y 24th Feb. 1807.
Captain Auznis of the imperial horse
guards, mortally wounded in the battle
©f Eylau, was laying on the field of bat
tle. His comrades came to take him
up and carry him to the hospital. He
recovered his senses only to say to them':
Let me alone my friends ; I die con
tented, since we have gained the day,
and that I can die upon the bed of ho
nor, surrounded by cannon taken from
the enemy and the wrecks of their de
feat. Tell the emperor that I have but
one regret; which is that in a few mo
ments I shall be no longer able to do
any thing for his service, and the glory
of our fine France. To her my last
breath.”—The effort he made to ut
ter these words, exhausted the little
breath he had remaining.
All the reports we receive, agree in
stating that the ei.'.ny lost at the battle
Eylau, 20 generals and 9000 men kill
ed and wounded, and upwards of 8000
men disabled.
At the engagement of Ostrolenka,
of the 16th, two Russian generals were
killed and three wounded.
His majesty has sent to Paris the six
teen stands of colors taken at the battle
Eylau.—All the rannnn nre already
sent off to Thorn. His majesty has or- 4
dered that these cannon shall be melted
down and made into a brazen statue of
general Ilautpoul, commander of the
second division of cuirassiers, in his
uniform of cuirassier.
The army is concentrated in its can
tonments behind the Passarga, which is
left supported by Marienwerder the
island of Nogat and Elbing, countries
which afford resources.
Being informed that a Russian divi
sion had marched towards Brunsberg at
the head of our cantonments, the em
peror ordered it to be attacked. The
prince of Ponte Carvo assigned the ex
pedition to general Dupont, an officer
of great merit. On the 28th at 2 o’clock
i i the afternoon, gtneral Dupont pre
sented himself before Braunsberg, at
lifitag, bayo
nets, drove it from the town, and made
it recross the passage, took from it 1 S
pieces of cannon, two stands of colors,
and made 2000 prisoners. We had
very few men killed.
On the side of Gustadt, gen. Leger
Belair repaired to the village of Peters
wade, at day break on the 25th upon
receiving advice that a Russian column
had arrived during the night at that vil
lage, overthrew it, took the general
Baron de Korff, who commanded it, his
staff, several lieutenant colonels and of
ficers, and 400 men. This brigade was
composed of 10 battalions, which had
suffered so much, that they formed on
ly 1700 men underarms.
The emperor, in testimony of his sa
tisfaction to general Savary for the en
gagement of Ostrolenka, has granted
him the grand insignia of the legionof
honor, and called him about his person.
His majesty has given the command of
the sth corps to Marshal Massena,
Marshal Lannes continues to be sick.
At the battle of Eylau, Marshal An
gereau overrun with rheumatic pains,
was sick and hardly in his senses ; but
the cannon awakes the brave; he flew
in full gallow to the head of his corps,
after getting himself tied upon his
horse. He was constantly exposed to
the. greatest fire, and was even slightly
wounded. Ihe emperor had just au
thorized him to return to France for the
purpose of taking care of his health.
The garrison of Zilberg and Dant
zick, availing themselves of the little
attention paid to them, had encourag
ed themselves by different exertions.
An advanced post of the Italian division
was attacked on the 16th at Stargard, by
a party of 800 men of the garrison of
Colberg. General Bohsati had with
him only a few companies of the first
Italian regiment of the line, which took
to their arms in time, marched with re
solution against the enemy, and rout
ed him.
General Teuli, on his side, with the
main body of the Italian division, the
regiment of musketeers of the guards
and first company of gendarmes on du
ty, repaired to invest Colberg, on arriv
ing at Nangarten, he found the enemy
intrenched, occupying a fort beset with
pieces of'cannon. Col. Boyer of the
musketeers bf the guards, gave an as
sault. Capt. Montmorency of the com
pany of gendarmes, made a successful
charge. The fort was taken, 300 men
made prisoners, and six pieces of can-
non carritd off. The enemy left t hun- I
tired men oh the field of battle. <
General Dombrowski marched a
gainst the garrison of Dantzick ; he fell ;
in with it at Ditsham, overthrew it,
made 600 prisoners, took seven pieces
of cannon, and pursued it for several
leagues at its heels. He was wounded
With a musket ball. Marshal Lefebyre
arrived in the mean time at the com
mand of the 16th corps; he had been
joined by the Saxons, and marched t»
invest Dantzick.
The weather is still changeable. It
froze yesterday— to-day. The
whole winter has parsed over in this
manner. The thermometer has never
been lower than five degrees.
FRANKFORT, March 2.
Letters from Berlin assures that
there are new negotiations of peace go
ing on, and that it is very probable we
may learn in a short time the conclu
sion of the preliminaries.
PARIS, March 8.
It is said that Marshal Angereau is
getting better of his wound, and it is
hoped that in a short time hi will be
able to resume the command of his
brave corps.
GERMAN?.
Borders of the Danube , 2&th February,
Letters from Triest, of the 16th Fe
bruary state, that the Russian Fleet, in
the Adriatic, had assembled since the
beginning of Pulifnjfv, before the Port
of Triest ; after 9ome fruitless attempts
to sail into that port, the Russian com
' mandant summoned the Austrian com
mandant to let him enter it immediate
ly, with his squadron, in order to take
in a supply ol provisions, declaring at
the same time that he would commit no
kind of hostilities against neutral or
even enemies’ ships ; but that if con
trary to his expectation, the entrance
of the port should be refused him, he
. would declare it in a state of blockade.
; It was supposed for an instant that the
. Russian Admiral intended to land a
: party of troops, and take possession of
. Triest, in which there was only a see
r ble Austrian Garrison. But the Gov
t ernor of this place displayed more firm
„ ness than did the Marquis Ghisilieri
. last year in Albania. He answered the
v Anti Lw
. ceived categorical instructions not to
i suffer any English or Russian ship of
i war to enter Triest, as long as Catta
i ro » which the Russians took possession
[ of against the rights of persons and the
tenor of treaties, should not be deliver-*
■ ed up to the French troops. This an
. swer was far from proving satisfactory
i to the Russian Admiral, who did not,
i however, think proper on that account
. to put his menaces into execution. His
[ squadron, which was placed in a very
[ threatening posture, suddenly bore off,
. early on the 14tl» inst. and left only a
5 Irigate and some cutters cruizing be
| fore the harbor.
Address to the fieo/ile of Germany , by the
Commander in Chief of the Imperial
Russian Army .
1 By a long series of the most unfortu
f nate events, your country has become
■ a prey to the most cruel and insolent of
foes. The manifold sufferings te which
you have been subjected are known to
the Emperor my most gracious Sove
reign : and his Majesty is so much the
more disposed to take the warmest in
terest therein, as he himself has sprung
from German blood ; and mindful of
the intimate ties which exist between
his Imj erial House and many of the
German Princes, he has never ceased
to entertain with regard to the German
nation, all that esteem to which a peo
ple, so numerous, enlightened and vir
tuous, are justly entitled. With this
sentiment ot the warmest interest in the
fate of Germany, are naturally and inse
parably conjoined his Majesty’s wishes
to deliver this empire from its oppres
sors,. and restore it to its just freedom
and independence. His Majesty will
think no exertion too laborious to attain
this great object.
Inhabitants of Germany! the whole
Russian army fights for your interest!
Under these circumstances so favorable,
shall you alone remain inactive ? Shall
you be so blinded, as in the present
state of things to do nothing for your
selves ?
The enemy is at a great distance
from his frontiers, in territories, and at
a season of the year, which not only do
not afford him sufficient means of sup
ply, but also impede all his operations.
Will you voluntarily contribute to his
relief? YVill you act against your own
interest ? Forget not that you have all
possible aid to expect from the brave
army entrusted to my command. I
trust that I shall victoriously drive back
the common enemy of Europe, and
convince him that there still remains a
people, who, faithful to their country
and their monarch, have both the incli
nation and the power to resist the im
position bf his iron yoke. But howev
er probable this success may be, his
Majesty will still regard it as incom
plete, so long as the foe shall not be
driven back beyond his natural bounda
ries ; and as this is the only means of
restoring the independence of your
country and obtaining a general peace
upon secure foundations, his Imperial
Majesty relies with the fullest confi
dence, that at this finally decisive cri
sis, the inhabitants of Germany, will
not only lend no kind of support to the
common foe, but, on the contrary, that
they will, "by a general resistance, ren
der his further stay in Germany im
practicable, and throw every possible
difficulty in the way of his retreat to
wards his own frontiers. By this inti
mate union of the whole Russian force
with all the means of the German em
pire, the common object may be at
tained, and peace, so anxiously desired,
be once more restored to suffering Eu
rope.
Take courage then, brave and virtu
ous Germans. Reflect on the immor
tal renpwn of your ancestors, who in
former ages, maintained their indepen
dence with the most signal bravery.
Unite yourselves under the colours of
such of your princes, in whom the un
fortunate events of our times have not
extinguished a sense of honor, and their
own dignity. To this grand and noble
purpose of delivering your country from
a foreign yoke, sacrifice every private
quarrel, every consideration of internal
discord, and then shall you compose a
formidable whole, capable not only of
disputing every inch of ground with the
common enemy, but also of ultimately
vanquishing and repelling him for ever
within his natural frontier.
“ In your efforts to attain so gorious
an object, you may rely with the fullest
confidence on the powerful and contin
ued assistance of the emperor, my most
: gracious sovereign. The universally
acknowledged principles of his imperial
. majesty afforded you a guarantee, that
. not only will his majesty not abandon
t you in the present struggle, but that on
: the happy termination thereof, he will
. Particularly direct h» 3 attention to the
' restoration of your country, which for
r succession of centuries rendered your
• forefathers the happiest people on the
face of the earth, and which can only be
destroyed by the domineering ambition
of an enemy, who makes no scruple of
treading under foot the most sacred
treaties.
i “ Given at the Imperial Russian
; head-quarters.
; (Signed)
“ VON BENNINGSEN,
, General <f cavalry , military governor of
\ Lithuania , l&c. &c.”
TRAJVSLA7 F.D for me CHARLES
TON TIMES.
? From Amsterdam fa/iers, of March 24 th.
Berlin, March 12.
Letters received ftum Osturodc, un
: der date of the 6th of March, and pub-
F lished in this day’s Telegraph mention
I —that in consequence of the Russians
' having advanced to the Passarge, his
Majesty the Emperor and King, had
1 ordered some troops to crose that river
in order to drive the enemy back—they
: have in consequence withdrawn with
great precipitation, apprehensive that
the French would reach Koningsberg
before them. Want of provisions, and
bad roads, are circumstances unfavora
ble to the French army.
The operation of his Majesty’s arms,
being at a great distance from Warsaw,
it has been ordered, that the diplomatic
body should be removed from thence to
Berlin. It is even supposed, that his
Imperial Majesty will go thither, as
soon as the army shall have reinstated
themselves in their winter quarters.
From Grau, near Pest, it is mention
ed, that a Russian squadron having en
deavoured to cross the Danau, they
were thwarted in the attempt and beat
en by the Turks. The unanimity and
energy which these latter display, seem
to have surprised the Russian Cabinet,
and would lead to think they have chos
en an unfavorable moment for the ex
tension of their rapacious views!
March 14.
Independently of the engagements
which have taken place between the res
pective grand armies, from the 13th to
the 23d February,someothersbave been
tought by the Polish and Baden troops
in which they have gained much glory.
The first of these took place on the 18 th
at Stargardt. A body of poles and Bad 5
ens being on their march to Dantzig,
were surprised during the night, by the
enemy—their number unknown. A
severe conflict ensued, which lasted two
hours—at last they were forced to give
way and betook themselves to a wood,
where they could not be pursued. Their
loss consisted of about 100 prisoners,
besides, several slain. It is supposed
their force was about 800 infantry and
600 cavalry.
On the 21st, a battalion of Badens,
posted near Stargardt, whose picket
guards extended to a bridge on the road
to Derchau, were assailed by a corps of
Prussians. They were however soon
made to repent their enterprise ; a few
were slain, but the remainder got off un
der the protection of their cavalry ; re
tiring, as they had approached, in sledg
es.
On the 23d, a severe engagement
took place at Derchau, which town was
attacked by the united force of the pol
ish and Baden troops —the conflict was
bloody; yet, notwithstanding the gallant
defence of the enemy, the
taken possession of. The Prussian com
mander, whose force consisted of 1500
men, and 4 pieces of cannon, had col
lected all his advanced posts in the town,
a g reat proportion of whom were en
trenche ;1 in the church &: burial ground
—he defended himself most courage
ously, in hopes of receiving some assis
tance ; in this he was not mistaken—the
brisk and well directed fire of the artil
lery, Was answered by him with equal
firmness—at last, the burning of the
suburbs, occasioned by the howitzers,
&c. opened a chance to the Polish and
Baden troops, to rush into the town,
when they surrounded tl«c Prussians,
and made 300 of them prisoners, among
whom were 11 officers; the remainder
escaped, having, betaken themselves to
flight. The Baden troops signalized
themselves in this affair.
Whilst this event took place, anoth
er body of Baden and Polish troops, had
a rencounter with a corps of Prussians,
on their march to the relief of the town ;
its force consisted .of 2000 infantry and
two squadrons of cavalry ; their defence
was obstinate, as long the town held
out; but no sooner was it taken, than
disorder and confusion seized them ;
more than B©o was either taken, wound
ed, or killed—the remainder took the
road to Dantzig.
These various engagements were
conducted by Generals Menard and
Dombroswky; the Polish and Baden
troops which they command, have ac
quired great glory; particularly so,
when it is considered they are nearly all
new levies, and had to fight the best
Prussian troops, which were encamped
near and at Dantzig, for its defence.
Frotn Ostcrode they write, under
date of the 7th of March, that nothing
material had taken place between the
respective grand armies.
The Sublime Porte has declared war
against the king of England.
Amsterdam, March 23.
Paris newspapers of the 19th instant,
say nothing—s per Cent. Consols, 73
1-3 per ct.—-Bank Shares, 1217 1-2 per
1000 francs.
MADE her escape from the
subscriber, on Saturday night the 25th
ult. while at the house of Mr. Tindall’s,
about seven miles from Augusta, a
likely looking negro wench, by the
name of SALLY, about 25 years of
age, of a dark complexion, well known
in and about Augusta, dresses remark
ably gay, and when questioned will an
swer with quickness, and appear to
| be embarrassed—All persons are here
by forwarned employing or harboring
her ; owners or patroons of boats, are
particularly notified against taking her
away, under the severest penalty*, of
the law. Any person apprhending
said wench and lodging her in any jail
within this state, and giving informa
tion to the Printers this paper, shall
be handsomely rewarded, and all rea
onable expences paid.
James Lansrley.
May 2. 41
NOTICE.
NINE months after date, I shall
make application to the honora
ble the inferior court of Columbia coun
ty, for leave to sell part of the real es
tate of William Miles, late of said
county dec. consisting of one Tract of
Land in said county, containing two
hundred and forty acres, on Uptona
creek, adjoining William Miles, and
Mauldon’s land—Also, one acre lot in
the town of Wrightsborough, known
in the plan by the Number 47 ; for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors ol
the said dec.
TIIOS. WHITE, Ex'r.
May 16, 1807. 43