historical chronicle. 



sny : 500 men almost renew- 

 ed the spectacle of Thermop- 

 ylsB, and made the enemy pay 

 dearly for the advantage of oc- 

 cupying the ground which we 

 were obliged to abandon, but 

 not till we had bathed it with 

 their blood.— Of these 500 

 brave men, not one thought of 

 retreating after the army : but 

 each covered with his body 

 the spot on which he had 

 fought, 



June 23. The following 

 intelligence is just received 

 from the camp of prince Po- 

 niatowiky, near Zaclaw, dated 

 the 1 9th instant : — 



The two armies began the 

 cannonade on the 1 7th instant. 

 two miles from Zaclaw, which 

 lasted from seven in the mor- 

 ning till five in the after- 

 noon. At last our troops got 

 the better, broke into the right 

 wing of the enemy, and put 

 them entirely to tiight. Soon 

 after the left wing left the 

 field of battle, and our troops 

 being masters of the same, con- 

 tinued there for two hours, 

 ■and then withdrew to the 

 camp. We lost 800 men and 

 300 horses. The enemy's lofs 

 is said to be more consider- 

 able. 



This day V/arsaw gazette, 

 however, mentions, that 500 

 men, who were to protect 

 prince Poniatowfky's rear- 

 guard, were defeated by the 

 tnemy. 



We havw' accounts here, that 



prince Poniatowfliy attacked 

 general KutusafiF, chaced the 

 Rulsians twice from a vil- 

 lage near Daslaw, defeated a 

 great number, made some pri- 

 soners, and took a pair of co* 

 lours. Our lofs was not so 

 considerable", 150 infantry, 

 and 400 cavalry were killed. 

 M. Wielohorlky lost 700 in- 

 fantry, and three or four bun- 

 dled cavalry. We also lost 

 several guns. 



"jfuiie 2G. Some days ago, the 

 account of the Rufsians enter- 

 ing Wilna was made public here. 



Two battles have taken 

 place J the one on the icth of 

 fune, where we lost seventy 

 men j and the second on the 

 J ith, which did not last long. 

 We were obliged to retreat, 

 vvl:ich we efitcted in the best 

 order. iioth battles were 

 fought near Mire and Swir- 

 zen. 



7 he king will go this week 

 to Kozimice, and from thence 

 to the camp at Lubor, in order 

 to act in conjuction with gene- 

 ral Poniatowfky. 



Minsk is in pofsefsion of the 

 Rufsians. 



The following letter from 

 the camp of prince Poniatows- 

 ky, dated the 14th instant, has 

 just been received : 



" We have just received 

 accounts of a battle fought 

 near Sieniavvka, under roajorPe- 

 rakladowfky, who encountered 

 2CO Cofsacks and beat them ) 

 but purfuirg them too far, he 



