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<* fingU enemy on the face of our country. You have reached the 
borders of the empire over their dead bodies and bones. It 
ftill remains for you to go forward over the fame; not to make 
conquefts, or to carry the war into the countries of our 
neighbours, but to obtain a wifhed-for and folid peace. 
You go to procure re It for yourfelves, and freedom and 
independence for them. May they become our friends !” 
The occupation of Warfaw, Pillau, Thorn, Liebau, 
Pofen, Berlin, and Drefden, by the Ruffians, quickly fol¬ 
lowed ; and the evacuation of Hamburg and Bremen, by 
the French, was a confequence of the movements of the 
Ruffian army. The fpirit of patriotifm was not long in 
burfting out in the ftates of Baden, Wirtemberg, and Ba¬ 
varia; and the peafantry of Hanover took arms, and rofe 
en majf againft their opprefl'ors. A body of Cofacs had 
been pudied as far as Wittenberg on the Elbe, about half 
way between Magdeburg and Drefden, as early as the 25th 
of February ; in confequence the king of Saxony fled to 
Plauen, about 120 miles from his capital, having difpatched 
his family about feventy miles further, to Bayreuth. In 
a proclamation, dated Drefden, February 26, the king of 
Saxony Hates the neceffitv, under exifting circumftances, 
of his quitting his metropolis; relying on the affiffance of 
hi_s great ally, and the fidelity of his i'ubjefts, for foon re¬ 
turning again. 
At this time, Bonaparte in his expofe declares, that 
frefh troops were going to the Oder “ to fet bounds 
to the fyftem of Ruffian invafion.” It is to be obferved, 
that the Oder was now the acknowledged bound of the 
French hopes of defence; and the entrenched camp at 
Runerfdorf was declared to be the point of afiemblage for 
a new grand army. Meanwhile Dantzic, Wariaw, Thorn, 
and indeed all the fortreffes beyond the Oder, were left to 
their fate. The former was clofely inverted, and all com¬ 
munications cut off by the cordon which Platoff had 
drawn round it; and St. Cyr had in vain attempted to 
re-open the communication. 
From Ligne, where the head-quarters of the Ruffians 
■were on the 19th of January, they had been moved by 
the 26th nearly 120 miles to Wittenberg, by which means 
they had got into the rear of the Auftrian pofition at Pul- 
toufk. In the mean time the Auttrians were gradually 
retiring before general Miloradovitch ; Regnier retired to 
Pofen, to take the place of Davouff, who had marched to 
Stettin, on the fide of Dantzic. On the 7th of February, 
major-general count Woronzow continued his march to 
Pofen with his detachment ; whilft-adtniral Tchichagoff’s 
corps inverted the fortrefs of Thorn on all fides. Every¬ 
where the inhabitants of towns and villages were receiv¬ 
ing the viftorious Ruffian troops with joy, and as deli¬ 
verers. Prince Schwartzenberg’s corps was, by their 
motions, forced to retreat; and, on the 8th of February, 
general Miloradovitch entered the city of Warfaw. On 
the 6th of the fame month, general count von Sierres ar¬ 
rived, with about 6000 men, and a proportionable quan¬ 
tity of artillery, in the village of Old Pillau, within two 
thoufand paces of the fortrefs. The general foon fent a 
fummons for the furrender of the citadel, and the Nehrting 
fort, to the commandant of the French garrifon. A con¬ 
vention was the confequence, and the French troops 
quitted the town and fortrefs of Pillau on the 8th of Fe¬ 
bruary. The garrifon confifted of about 1200 men; and 
the number of their fick left behind amounted to 400. 
We muff remember that, at the latter end of January, 
the king of Pruffia had retired to Breflaw, and called 
■upon his fubjeCls to arm in fupport of their king and 
country. This patriotic call was heard through Pruffia, 
it refounded in all parts of the kingdom, it was echoed 
by every heart; men and women, young and old, mani- 
ferted the warmeft enthufiafm ; and all who were able to 
bear arms prelented themfelves for enrolment as volun¬ 
teers. Mortified and enraged at this, the commander of 
the French armies, Beauharnois, who had fought refuge 
in Berlin, forbade the recruiting enjoined by the royal 
Prufiian decree. 
Voj.. XIII. No. 910. 
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The Ruffians meanwhile were advancing viftorioufly 
through Poland. The Auftrians concluded an unlimited 
truce, in virtue of which they withdrew into Galicia ; 
and the Saxons under Regnier profited by this circum- 
ftance to retire behind the Auftrians towards their own 
country.—On the evening of the 13th of February, ge¬ 
neral Winzingerode came up with and engaged general 
Regnier at Kabitf’ch. In this affair, two Saxon ftandards, 
leven pieces of cannon, the Saxon general Noftitz, three 
colonels, thirty-fix officers, and 2000 privates, were the 
trophies of the day. 
In this ftate of things, the king of Pruffia offered him- 
felf as a mediator between the chief belligerents. Oa the 
15th of February, he propofed a truce, on condition that 
the Ruffian troops lhould retire behind the Viftula, and 
the French troops behind the Elbe, leaving Pruffia and 
all its fortreffes free from foreign occupation. Though 
exceedingly favourable to the beaten army, they were ful- 
lenly rejected by Bonaparte ; whilft, on the other fide, the 
emperor Alexander tefiified fentiments of fuch liberality 
towards the Prufiian monarchy and nation, as laid the 
bafis of the union which has fince produced fuch happy 
confequences. On the 22d of the fame month, the 
emperor of Ruffia and the king of Pruffia confented mu¬ 
tually to a treaty of peace and alliance, oftenfive and de- 
fenfive ; and an active combined fyftem of military opera¬ 
tions was arranged. 
On the night of the 3d of March, the French quitted 
Berlin ; Tchernicheff, the Rullian general, arrived in that 
city at five o’clock in the morning, and on the nth, 
count Witgenftein made his public entry into the fame 
capital. On the 18th following, baron Tettenborn en¬ 
tered Hamburg amidft the acclamations of the citizens 
In confequence of this happy event, the ancient govern¬ 
ment was reffored. The king of Pruffia now placed 
Lieut.-gen. d’York and his corps d’armee under the di¬ 
rection of count Witgenftein. The latter immediately if- 
fued the order of the day to the royal Prufiian corps un¬ 
der the command of Gen. d’York. 
The 5th of March witnefled the folemn entry of the 
emperor Alexander into Breflaw, having been met, at fix 
miles diftance, by the king and royal family of Pruffia, 
and the nobles from every part in the country. A word 
has fometimes proved of greater effect than fpeeches, pro¬ 
clamations, and even force of arms. When it is faid 
a propos, and when it is likely to be fully underftood and 
deeply felt—a word will operate a revolution. “Ye were 
Germans,” faid count Witgenfiein, in one of his addrefles 
to the Pruffians ; “ but you have been forced to become 
Frenchmen.”—This reproach flafhed like lightning into 
the mind and heart of every one. Throughout Germany 
the cutting farcafm produced itseffeft; patriotifm and re¬ 
venge fuperfeded all other confiderations, and the greateft 
faci-ifices were made fuddenly and cheerfully on the altar 
of the country. 
General Witgenftein having made his difpofitions on 
the left bank of the Elbe, the three flying corps, the firft 
under the command of general Dornberg, the fecond un¬ 
der Tchernicheff, and the third under Tettenborn, were 
to pafs the Elbe between Hamburg and Magdeburg. 
This being effefted, the generals were informed that 
Morand, with a corps of upwards of 3000 infantry, jj 
cannon, and 300 cavalry, was preffing forward to Lune- 
berg, to punifh the inhabitants who had darad to take up 
arms. But the arrival of the generals defeated the inten¬ 
tion of the French; and they entered the town twelve 
hours after the enemy had occupied it. After a brave 
and obftinate refiftance, the French, feeing no potfibility 
of efcape, laid down their arms at all points. Morand a 
commander of the corps and general of divifion, was fe- 
verely wounded and taken prifoner. In the whole, the 
Ruffians took 100 officers, and 2200 privates. 
The garrifon of Thorn furrendered to the Ruffians on 
the 16th of April. It confifted of 400 Poles, 3500 Ba¬ 
varians and 9.0 Frenchmen, befides aoo pieces of cannon. 
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