Posen, Dec. 9.-Marshal Ney has passed the Vistula, and entered Thorn on the 6th. He bestows particular encomiums upon Colonel Savary, who, at the head of the 14th reg. of infantry, and the grenadiers and voltigeurs of the 96th, and the 6th light infantry, was the first to pass that river. At Thorn he came to action with the Prussians, whom, after a trifling affair, he compelled to évacuate the place. Some were killed, and twenty made prisoners.-This affair gave occasion to a very singular exploit. The river, 200 roods in breadth, was covered with ice; the vessel occupied by our advanced guard stuck fast and could not be moved, when a number of Polish seamen from the other side of the river evinced a disposition to venture through a shower of balls, in order to get the vessel afloat. In this intention they were opposed by some Prussian sailors, and a battle with fists ensued between them. The Poles succeeded in throwing the Prussians into the water, and brought the French vessel to the other side. The Emperor has inquired respecting the names of these brave fellows, to reward them -This day the Emperor received the deputation from Warsaw, consisting of M. Gutakouski, Grand Chamberlain of Lithuania, Kinight of a Polish Order; Gouzenski, Lieut. Gen., and Lubenski, Knights of the same Order; and Alexander Potocki, Knight of the Orders of St. Stanislaus and Lusweski.

Forty-first Bulletin of the Grand French Army.

Its efforts were useless, and it was repulsed with considerable loss. We had about 20 men killed or wounded.- -The bridge of Thorn, wbich is constructed upon wooden piles, is re-established. They are now busied in re-establishing the fortifications of that town. The bridge from Warsaw to the suburb of Praga is completed; it is a bridge of boats. They are forming an entrenched camp at the suburb of Praga. The General of Engineers Chasseloup, has the chief direc tion of those works-On the 10th, the Marshal Augereau passed the Vistula, between Zakroczym and Utrata, His detache ments are employed upon the right bank, in covering themselves by entrenchments. The Russians appear to have forces at Pultusk- -Marshal Bessieres advances from Thorn with the second corps of reserve of the cavalry, composed of General Tilly's division of light cavalry, of the dragoons of Generals Grouchy and Sanue, and of the cuirassiers of General Hautpoult. Messrs. Lucchessini and De Zastrow, Plenipotentia ries of the King of Prussia, passed through Thorn on the 10th, to join their Master at Koningsberg.-A Prussian battalion, of the regiment of De Klock, has deserted in a body from the village of Brok: it arrived at our posts by different roads. It is composed partly of Prussians and Poles. All are indignant at the treatment that they receive from the Russians. Our Prince,' they say,

has sold us to the Russians, we will not go with them.The enemy has burned the fine suburbs of Breslau: many women and children have perished in the flames. Prince Jerome has given succour to those unfortünate inhabitants. Humanity has triumphed over the laws of war, which prescribe, that one should drive back again into a besieged town those useless mouths that the enemy wish to send away. The bombardment has been commenced. General Gouvion is named Governor of Warsaw.

Ney praises highly the conduct of Captain Schoeni on this occasion.-On the 11th, at 6 in the morning, a cannonade was heard on the side of the river Bug. Marshal Davoust had ordered General Gauthier, to pass that river at the mouth of the Urka, opposite the village of Okunin. The 25th of the line and the 89th having passed, were already covered by a tête du pont, and had advanced balf a league farther, to the village of Pomikuwo, when a Russian division presented it

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Posen, Dec. 15 -The bridge over the Narew, at its confluence with the Bug, is now finished the tete-du-pont is finished, and protected with cannon. The bridge over the Vistula, between Zacroczym and Utrata is also finished: the -tete-du-pont, protected by batteries, is a formidable work. The Russian armies come in the direction of Grodno and Bielock, along the Narew and the Bug. The head quarters of their

in Gallicia, or to compel the inhabitants to give them brandy, which they drink with great avidity. But since the late campaign, our cavalry is accustomed to the mode of attack made use of by these wretches, and notwithstanding their numbers, and their hideous cry on these occasions, they await them without alarm, and it is well known that 2000 of these wretches are not equal to the attack of a squadron of our cavalry.Marshal Augereau passed the Vistula at Utratta. General Laivesse entered Plonsk, after drawing out the enemy.--Marshal Soullt passed the same river at Vizogrod.Marshal Bessieres was at Kikol on the 18th, with the second corps of the cavalry of reserve. His advanced guard is at Serpez. There have been several affairs between our cavalry and the Prussian hussars, of whom a great number have been made prisoners. The right bank of the Vistula is quite cleared.- -Marshal Ney, with his light corps, supports Marshal Bessieres and his right, at the same time, extends to that under the command of Marshal the Prince of Ponte Corvo. Thus every corps is in motion, and if the enemy remains in his position, a battle will take place in a few days. With God's help, the issue cannot be uncertain. The Russian army is commanded by Gen. Kamenskoy, an old man about 75 years of age. The Generals Buxhowden and Benningsen command under him.-General Michelson has, beyond a doubt, penetrated into Meldavia, and there are accounts that he arrived at Jassy on the 29th of Nov. We are assured that his generals took Bender by storm, and put every one to the sword. Here behold war declared against the Porte without reason or pretext! But at St. Petersburgh it was thought that the moment had arrived when France and Prussia, the two powers who had the greatest interest in preserving the independence of the Porte, being at war, was the most favourable period for subjugating the Turkish empire. Still the events of one month have defeated that project, and to these events the Porte shall be indebted for its preservation.-The Grand Duke of Berg has a fever, but he is better. The weather is as mild as at Paris in the month of October, but rainy, which makes it inconvenient. We have taken measures for the delivery of a sufficient quantity of wine, in order to support the vigour of the troops.-The palace of the King of Poland, at Warsaw, is a fine edifice, and well furnished. There are several noble palaces and private houses in this city. Our hospitals are well established, which is no small advantage in this country.

The enemy seems to have a number of sick; they also lose greatly by deserters; and of the Prussians we hear nothing, for even whole corps of them have deserted, to avoid that continual contempt which they might expect among the Russians.

Forty fifth Bulletin of the Grand French Army.

Paluky, Dec. 27.-The Russian General Benningsen had the command of an army which was estimated at 60,000 men. At first he intended to cover Warsaw; but he took a lesson from the intelligence of the occurrences which had taken place in Prussia, and determined to retreat towards the Russian frontiers. Without having been compelled almost to fight a single battle, the French entered Warsaw, passed the Vistula, and occupied Praga. In the mean time Field Marshal Kamenskoy joined the Russian army, just at the moment when General Benningsen's corps formed a junction with that under Buxhovden. He was indignant at the retreat of the Russians, conceiving that it tended to sully the honour of his country's arms, and he accordingly made a movement in advance-Prussia remonstrated with the most earnest importunity; and complained, thaf after all the promises of support made to her, she was abandoned; representing, that the way to Berlin was not by Grodno, Olita, or Brezse; that her subjects had began to abate in their zeal for their sovereign; and that the habit of beholding the throne of Berlin in the possession of the French was dangerous to him and favourable to the enemy. The Russians not only ceased their retrograde movement, but they again began to advance. On the 5th of December General Benningsen moved forward his head-quarters to Pultusk. The orders issued were to prevent the French from passing the Narew, to retake Praga, and to occupy the banks of the Vistula, until the moment when more important offensive operations could be adopted.The junction of Generals Kamenskoy, Buxhovden, and Benningsen, was celebrated at the Palace of Sierock with rejoicings and illuminations, which were descried from the steeples of Warsaw. Nevertheless at the moment when the enemy were cheering themselves with festivals, the Narew was passed. 800 Frenchmen having suddenly. crossed that river at its junction with the Ukra, entrenched themselves the same night; and when the enemy appeared next morning, with the intention of forcing them back into the river, they found themselves

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too late. The French were secure against every event. Being informed of this change in the enemy's operations, the Emperor left Posen on the 10th; at the same moment he put his Army in motion. Every report which had been received of the movements of the Russians gave him to understand that they designed to resume offensive operations. Marshall Ney had been for several days master of Thorn: he united the different corps of his army at Gallup. Marshall Bessieres, with the second corps of the cacalry of reserve, consisting of the divisions. of dragoons of Sahuc and Grouchy, and the division of Hautpoult's cuirassiers, marched from Thorn to proceed to Blezun. The Marshal Prince of Ponle Corvo marched with his corps to support them. Marshal Soult passed the Vistula opposite Plock; and Marshal Augereau passed at Znckrocyn, where the utmost exertson was made to establish a bridge. The same activity was exerted in constructing that on the Narew. On the 22d the bridge on the Narew was completed. All the reserve of cavalry instantly passed the Vistula at Prega, on their march to the Narew, where Marshal Davoust had col ected the whole of his corps. At one o'clock in the morning of the 23d the Emperor set out from Warsaw, and passed the Narew at nine. On reconnoitring the Ukra, and the considerable entrenchments thrown up by the enemy, he * ordered a bridge to be thrown across at the confluence of the Narew aed UkraBy the zeal of the General of Artillery, the bridge was completed in two hours.

Forty-sixth Bulletin of the Grand French Army.

Golymin, Dec. 23.- -Marshal Ney, charged with executing the manœuvres by which he was to drive the Prussian Lieut, Gen. Lestocq from Wrka, to outflank him, and by these means to cut off his communications with the Russians, has executed these movements with his accustomed ability and intrepidity. On the 23d, Gen. Marchand's division moved to Gurrzno. On the 24th, the enemy was pursued to Kunzbrock. On the 25th the division came to an action, by which the enemy's rear suffered some loss. On the 26th, the enemy having collected at Soldau and Miawa, Marshal Ney was determined to advance and attack him. The

Prussians were in possession of Soldau, with 6000 infantry, and about 1000 cavalry, and, being defended by morasses and other obstacles about the place, they thought themselves secure against any attack. All these difficulties, however, were surmounted by the 69th and 76th regiments. The enemy defended themselves in all the streets of the place, and where every where driven with fixed bayonets. Gen. Letoscq, observing the small number of the troops that had attacked him, wished to retake the place. In the course of the night he made four succes sive attacks, without effect. He afterwards retired to Neidenburg. Six pieces of cannon, some colours, and a great number of prisoners are the effects of this affair at Soldau. Marshal Ney praises Gen. Vonderweldt, who was wounded. He also makes particular mention of Col. Brunn, of the 69th, whose behaviour was highly encou raging. On the same day the 59th marched to Lauterburg. During the action at Soldau, Gen. Marchand's division drove the enemy from Miawa, where also a great ac tion took place. Marshal Bessieres had already taken possession of Biezun, with the second corps of cavalry, on the 19th. The enemy feeling the importance of this post, and observing that the left wing of the French army wished to cut the Prussians off from the Russians, made an attempt to retake the place; this gave rise to the engagement at Biezun. On the 23d, at o'clock, the enemy approached by various ways, Marshal Bessieres had placed the only two companies of infantry he had upon the bridge; when seeing the enemy approach in great numbers, he ordered Ge neral Grouchy to advance with his division to meet them. The enemy had already made himself master of the village of Carmeden, into which he had already thrown a battalion of infantry. Being attacked by General Grouchy's division, the enemy's line was soon broke; the Prussian infantry and cavalry, 9000 strong, were thrown into confusion, and driven into the morasses. Five hundred prisoners, five pieces of cannon, and two standards, are the fruits of this attcak. Marchal Bessieres bestows the highest encomiums upon General Grouchy, General Rouget, and his Chief of the Staff General Roussel; Renie, the Chef d'Escadron of the 6th dragoons, distinguished himself. M. Launay, Captain of the select company of that regiment, is killed.