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and Peterswald, for the encourage. ment of the French no doubt, pirticularly the conscripts for the year, whose services were now to be called for, though six months before the time fixed by the constitution, a statement was published of all the pieces of cannon taken from the enemy, by the French, since their arrival on the Vistula. In the engagements of Pultusk and Golymin, they had taken 89 pieces of cannon; at the engagement of Bergfried, 4 pieces; in the retreat of Allenstein, 5 pieces; at the engagement of Deppen, 16 pieces; at the engagement of Hoff, 12 pieces; at the battle of Eylau, 24 pieces; at the engagement of Ostrolenka, 9 pieces; and at that of Braunsberg, 6 pieces: in all, 175 pieces of cannon. It must bo owned that an account of the cannon, taken from the enemy, is a more satisfactory proof of success, than of the numbers said to be killed and wounded: for the cannon may be produced, as vouchers of its accuracy. And accordingly we are generally informed by the French gazettes, how the cannon taken were disposed of.

The attempts of the Russians, on the Lower Vistula, being frustrated by the engagements of Bergfried, Deppen, and Hoff, and the great battle of Eylau; Buonaparte was at leisure to form the blockade, and to push the siege of Dantzig. The proper positions being taken, and works necessary for the complete investment of this place constructed, trenches were opened before it, on the night between the 2d and 3d of April. But it was necessary, for carrying on the siege, to bring battering cannon, from the fortres

ses of Silesia, upwards of one hundred leagues. Part of this artillery arrived on the 12th, and the rest on the 24th.

Buonaparte, that he might be nearer to Graudenz, and Dantzig, had by this time moved his head quarters, from Osterode, to the castle of Finkenstein. The grand French army formed a semicircle around the corps under Le Febvre, employed in besieg ng those two fortresses; which corps was composed chiefly of Polanders, Hessians, Badenese, and other troops of the confederation of the Rhine.* The left wing extended from Elbing to Braunsberg, along the course of the Passarge, on which were constructed têtes-du-pont, as far as Gutstadt. The centre retired a little behind this line to Prussian Holland, Liebstadt, and Mohringen. From Gutstadt, the army extended by a chain of posts, to Allenstein. And the left wing communicated through Ortelsburg, with the left of the corps of Massena, whose right was posted on the river Bug, and stretched from thence to the mouth of the Narew. The left wing of the French, for the whole extent of the line, along the Passarge, was covered with a great number of entrenchments and batteries. In front of the centre and the right wing, were vast forests, and morasses. For security against accidents in the rear, a post was occupied between the Passarge and the Vistula, and here were established some maga. sines.

The right wing of the allied army, composed of the wrecks of the Prussians, and who had not been engaged in the battle of Jena, ex

Thus these Poles and Germaans were themselves invested, and held to their work, by the exterior army.

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tended from the Frisch-haaf, along Hollanders and Spaniards. t The the right bank of the Passarge, as Germans that formed part of the far as Wormditt. At this place, the army of observation, were furnished channel of the river was both so chiefly by the king of Bavaria, tho shallow and so narrow, that deser. grand duke of Baden, and the grand ters were in the practice of fording duke of Wurtzburg. The king it. The Prussians were a fine body of Wirtemberg sent three new of men, loyal, brave, and well dis. giments to recruit the army, under ciplined. They were under the Jeronie in Silesia.

To the grand immediate command of general army was added a new levy of Blucher. The Russian army occu. 15,000 Poles, 3,000 of which were pied Wormditt, and stretched from cavalry. To the Saxon troops serthence over lleilsberg, Bartenstein, ving in the grand army, three new and Schippenbell. Before the cen. 'regiments were added, and 15 men to tre, and each of the wings of the each company of the old ones. Russian army, there was an advan. “In a word,” says a Leyden gazette ced guard. The left wing was com- of that day, wholly, like all other manded by Platow, hetman or chief gazettes on the Rhine, under the of the Cossacks, who pushed detach. direction of Buonaparte, “ all the ments as far as Ortelsburg, where states of Germany, in alliance with several actions took place; while France, second with vigour, the on every other part of the line, vast designs of their new emperor, there was a tacit armistice. A con. and spare no trouble or expence, siderable body of Russians, also a for furthering to that great monarch recent reinforcement, was stationed the means of supporting with honour near the Narew. Besides the grand the contest in which he is engaged, French army, opposed to the line and which has for its object, the of the Russo-Prussian, there was the restoration of peace to suffering hucorps of Le Febvre, before Dantzig manity. For this end all the mem. and Colberg, already mentioned. bers of the confederation have reThere was an army also noticed solved to double their contingents." above, of Bavarians and Wirtem.

It is not easy to say whether this bergers, under Jerome, aliàs prince spectacle of Germans, destroying Jerome, in Silesia, occupied in com. Germans, as well as Russians, and pleting the reduction of the for- others at the nod of a foreign usur. tresses. And in addition to the per, of a foreign throne, is most whole, a grand army of observation calculated to excite indignation, had begun to assemble from differ. commiseration, or contempt. No. ent, and some of those very remote thing could possibly have been more countries under the orders of mar- humiliating to the Germans, except shal Brune, in Pomerania,* whose perhaps the idea entertained by head quarters were established pro- their oppressor, that their miservisionally at Stettin. This army, able vanity might be gratified by when completed, was to be 80,000 his praises of their zeal and vigour, strong, half French troops, tre in such a cause, nay, and by the other half confederates of the Rhine, smiles of his youngest brother,

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† 73d Bulletin of the grand French army,

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"The corps of prince Jerome (says the 47th Bulletin of the grand French army) continues to besiege Breslaw. That beautiful city is in ashes. The siege makes a progress. The Bavarian and Wirtemberg troops have merited the praise of prince Jerome."

Marshal Le Brune, by an order, May 21st, called the troops that were dispersed in the Hanse towns, Hanover, and the duchies of Magdeburg, and Mecklenburg, to Pomerania; they were replaced by 31,000 Spaniards, the flower of the Spanish army of these 26,CCO, in. cluding 6,000 cavalry, came direct ly from Spain, under the command of the marquis of Romana; the other 5,000 from Etruria. These last arrived in different columns, du the Oder, between which river and the Elbe, the grand army of observation was stationed, at the end of May, and in the beginning of June. But the whole, or part of this division, of the Spaniards, appear to have joined the grand French army. The former were distributed in the Hanse towns, Hanover, and MeckJenburg, in the end of June, and beginning of July. The queen of Etruria too, made an extraordinary lery of 20,000 men, "for promo. ting the general end of the war, as well as for the defence of her own coasts." The Swiss, who had shewn themselves very backward to raise the 16,000 men, to be furnished according to treaty, to the armies of France when demanded, were called on by a letter from Buonaparte, to the Landamman, to furnish the troops without delay, under the pain of forfeiting the French alliance.

Not satisfied with all this host of auxiliaries, Buonaparte invited his people to send twelve regiments of

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the conscripts of 1807, to the thentre of war, six months before the time fixed by the constitution; and ordered the 80,000 conscripts for 1808, to be prepared and hold themselves in readiness, to march when called on.

While the commander of the French armies, and of France, was thus employed in repairing his loss by disease and by a series of hardfought battles, particularly that of Eylau, the allies on their part laboured, though unfortunately with less success, to repair their loss, to increase their force, and, oppose numbers to numbers. The court of St. Petersburgh, which had been loudly importuned to take up arms in defence of Prussia, reckoned with confidence on the co-operation of Great Britain, not only in the way of a subsidy, but of an army, that should form a junction with the Swedes, and Prussian insurgents, and occupy a portion of French force, by a diversion on their rear. It was hoped that a combined army of Swedes and English, would oblige the French to raise the siege of Stralsund, and moving up along the left bank of the Oder, menace the rear of the French army, and lay siege to Stettin, which was but weakly garrisoned, and in a bad state of defence; the possession of which would open a

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communication with Berlin, the Elbe, and the rest of Germany. If the French should remain in Poland, so considerable a force acting in their rear, might oblige them to evacuate that country, or at least to detach such a considerable por. tion of their force, as might render them, in point of numbers, inferior" to the allies. Even if the French should maintain themselves on the line of the Oder, this diversion would

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garrison hension of such an auxiliary force, consisting of 12,000 Prussians and that determined Buonaparte to as. 6,000 Russians : the whole under semble so large an army of obser- the command of the Prussian gene valion in Pomerania. Repeated and ral Kalkreuth. earnest applications for an English ar- The siege of Dantzig was pushed my, infantry, and cavalry, were made on with great vigour und courage in vaia. A subsidy was granted of by the besiegers, and the defence of £500,000—but 10 troops were the place maintaine:1 with equal cous sent from Britain until it was too rage by the besieged. All the artil. late. And the force then sent to lery required having arrived, tho the Island of Rugen, in July, consist. whole of the batteries were mounted, ed only of the German legion, about and the bombardment commenced 8,000 strong. But the king of Prus. on the 24th of April. The garri.on sia made some, though small atone. not only returned the enemics' fire ment, for the selfish, blind, and infa. with skill and persevering resolli. tuated policy that had disgraced his tion, but made frequent sorties, in reign, by the resignation, pa. which they both suffered very con. tience, and firmness of his conduct siderably. Among the most in, after the disastrous day of Jena; portant of these, was one which took ' and the heroic, though romantic placé at 10 hours afternoon of the bravery of the king of Sweden, and 29th. Some battalions issuing from his gallant little army, served, no their fortifications, rushed upon the doubt, both to enliven the hopes of French of the 3d parallel. They the emperor Alexander, and to ex. were twice repulsed, and returned a cite his emulation.

third time to the charge. They were This young monarch, having set driven back at last by the French opt from St. Petersburgh on the 28th body of reserve, who came up to the of March to join his army, accom.

aid of the troops defending the pa. panied only by count 'Tolstoy, rallel. The French found it peces. was met at Polanden on the sary to defend this trench against Prussian frontiers, by the king of similar sorties, by the erection, on Prussia, who conducied him to Me- both flanks, of new batteries. A mel, and accompanied him in his pro. grand council of war was held at gress from thence to Konigsberg. Bartenstein, a town on the Alla;

The archduke Corstautine, with á at which the king of Prussia and re-inforcement of 30,000 men, con. the grand duke Constantine at. sisting principally of the Imperial tended. The subject of their de. guard, arrived at that place about liberations was the dangerous situa. eight days thereafter, when the tion of the city of Dantzig. It trenches were opened before Dantzig. was agreed that Dantzig could be

The force that lay before Dant. relieved only in two ways. The first zig was between 30 and 40,000 was to force a passage across the men: that before Graudenz 3,000. Passarge, attack the French line at Dantzig was defended by dou. different points, and hazarıl a gene

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ral engagement, the result of which, the fort of Weischelmunde. The if successful, would be to compel Russian general Kamenskoy, in the French army to raise the siege the morning of the same day, of Dantzig; the second to throw and a little after the same hour, succours into Dantzig by sea. advanced at the head of his troops The first plan ras deemed too dan. disposed in three columns from the gerous, as it might expose the Rus- fort, with an intention to penetrate sian army to complete defeat and to the town along the right banks dispersion. It was therefore resol- of the Vistula. An action took ved to confine themselves to the plan place, in which the Russians, who of relieving Dantzig by water. were superior in numbers to the

In pursuance of this plan, lieu. French, and not inferior in bravery, tenant-general Kamenskoy, son of would have overpowered general the field-marshal, embarked at Pillaw, Schramm, if he had not received opwith two Russian divisions, formed of portune assistance. 1 ? regiments, and several Prussian Marshal Le Febvre repaired to the regiments. On the 10th of May, bridge, which is situated below the tho troops were landed from 66 fort on the Vistula, and ordered the transports, under the convoy of 12th regiment of light infantry, three frigates, in the port of Dant- together with a battalion of Saxons, zig, under the

protection of the to cross over that way, to support fort of Weischelmunde.

general Schramm. General Gar. Buonaparte on this immediately danne, who was charged with the deordered marshal Lasnes who com- fence of the right bank of the Vis. manded the reserve of the grand tula, also pressed that way

with the army, to advance from Marien- rest of his troops. Marshal Lasnes burg, where he had his head quar. with the reserve of Oudinot, was - ters, with the division of Oudinot, placed on the left bank of the Vistula, to reinforce the army of marshal where it was expected, the day beLe Febyre. The general arrived fore, that the enemy too would after an uninterrupted march, at make his appearance.

But when the very moment when the Russi. marshal Lasnes saw the movements ans were landing. On the 13th and of the Russian general disclosed, he 14th, the Russians made prepara- crossed the Vistula, with 4 battations for attacking the french. The lions of General Oudinot's reserve. opposite port of Weischelmunde was After two hours hard fighting, the separated from the town of Dantzig, whole of the line, and reserve of by a space from two to three miles the Russians, were thrown into con., in extent: this space was occupied fusion, and pursued to the palisa. by French troops.

docs. A Russian column, which held The general of brigade, Schramm, out to the last, was put to the bayonet who was at the advanced posts of the to a man. At nine in the morning, French by two o'clock in the morn, they were all shut up in the fort of ing of the 15th, had formed the Weischelmunde. The field of battle troops under his command, consist- was strewed with dead bodies. The ing of the second regiment of light loss of the French, according to their infantry, a battalion of Saxons, and accounts, was not more than 25 another of Poles, in order of battie, killed and 200 wounded; that of covered by the redoubts opposite the Russians 1,300 killed, 1,500

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