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STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JANUARY. 
Containing official Papers and Authentic Documents. 
— TET 
POLAND, 
fNTELLIGENCE has beén received 
by Government, and the following note 
has been fent from the Foreign Office to 
various perfons of diltinétion:— 
‘© Intelligence, of the truth of which there 
is not the leaf doubt, has been received, that 
an aétion was fought between the Ruflians 
and French, on the 27th of December lait, 
which continued three fucceffive days, and on 
the laft of which the French retreated, with 
the lofs of 40,000 flain, and 80 pieces of 
cannon. The fcene of action was at Oftra- 
lenka, 60 or 70 miles from Warlaw. The 
enemy made their retreat to within eight 
miles of that place, and were alfo entrenching 
themfelves at Marienburgh.” 
We hope to be able to confirm this 
important event in our next. i 
Forty-feventh Bulletin of the French Army. 
Pultufk, Dec. 26. 
The affair of Czarnowo, that of Nafielfx 
and Kurfomb, that of the cavalry and, Lapoc- 
zyn, have been followed by that of Pultutk, 
and by the complete and precipitate retreat of 
the Raffian army, which has finifhed the pre- 
fent year’s campaign. 
Marfhall Lafnes firft arrived on the morn- 
ing of the 26th, directly oppofite to Pultufk, 
where, during the night, the whole of gene- 
ral Benningien’s corps had aflembled. The 
Roffian divifion,. which had been defeated ‘at 
Nafielfk, had arrived about two in tlre morn- 
ing at the camp at Paltyfk, with the third 
divifion of Marihal Davouft’s corps in clofe 
purfuit of them. At ten o’Cluck, Marfhal 
Lafnes began the attack, having his firft line 
compofed of the divifion of Suchet, the fecond 
of Gazan’s, and that of Ocdin, of the third 
light corps under the command of General 
Dauttane, on his left wing. The engage- 
ment’ was obitinate; after various occurrences. 
the enemy was completely routed, The 17th 
regiment of light infantry, and the 54th, co- 
vered themfelves with glory. Generals Ve- 
del and Claperede were wounded. General 
Treilhard, commandant of the light cavalry ; 
General Bouflard, commandant ot a brigade of 
of dragoons under General Becker, and alfo 
Colonel Barthelemy, of the 15th dragoons, | 
were wounded with grape-fhot. Voifin, aid- 
de-camp to Marfhal La{nes; and M. Curial, 
aid-de-camp to General Suchet, were killed, 
and both have fallen with glory. Méarthal 
Lafnes was likewife grazed by a ball ‘The 
fiith corps of the army gave a proof of every 
thing that could be expected from the fupe- 
riority of the. French infantry over that of 
@ther nations, Marihal Lafnes, though he 
Montury Mac., No, 153, 
had been for fix days indifpofed, perfifted in 
following his corps. The 35th regiment fuf- 
tained feveral charges of the enemy’s cavalry | 
with great coolneis and fuccefs, During the 
night the enemy beat a retreat, and reached 
Oftrolenka. 
While General Benningfen’s corps. wag 
beaten at Pultufi, that of General Baxhow- 
den afiembied at Golymin about noon. The 
divifion of Panin, belonging to this corps, 
which had been attacked the evenine before 
by the Grand Duke of Berg, and another di- 
vifion already beaten at Nafielfk, arrived by 
different routes at the camp of Golymin. 
Marfhal Davouft, who purfued the enemy 
from Nafielfk, came up with them, charved 
them, and took poffeifian of a wood near the 
camp of Golymin. At the fame time, Gene- 
ral Augeréau arriving from Gulazyma, took 
the enemy in flank. The general of brigade 
Lapiffe, with the 16th light infantry, carried 
with the bayonet a vil.iage which ferved for a 
point of fupport tothe enemy. ‘The divifion 
of Hendelet formed in line, and advanced 
again{t the enemy, at three 9’clock im the af- 
ternoon: the fire was extremely hot. The 
Grand Duke of Berg made feveral fuccefsful 
charges, in which Klein’s divifion o! dragoons 
diftinguifhed themfelves. Night coming on 
too foon, the battle continued till eleven 
o’cluck, when tie enemy retreated in diforder, 
leaving behind his artillery, his baggage, al. 
mott all his knapfacks, and a number or dead. 
All the enemy’s columns retreated towards 
Oftrolenica. General Feneroilles, commandant 
of a brigade of dragoons, was killed by a muf- 
ket fhot. ‘he intrepid General Rapp, the 
emperor’s aide-de-camp, was wounded by a 
mufket fhot at the head of his divifion of dra- 
goons. Colonel Semele, of the brave 24th 
regiment of the line, was wounded. “iarfhal 
Augereau had a horfe thot under him. 
In the mean time, Marthal Soult with his 
coros had arrived at Mafati. two mites trom 
Matzon: but the horrible floughs, the confe- 
quences of rain and thaw, arre-ted his march, 
and faved the Ruffian army, of which not a 
man woul! have otherwife efcaped. The def- 
tinies of the army of Gen. Senningfen and that 
of Buxhowden, fecmed as if they, would have 
been cornpleted on this fide the little river 
d@’Oreze; but every plan was thwarted by the 
effect of the thaw, and that to fuch a degree, 
that the artillery could not move more than 
three leagues in two days, The Rufiian ar- 
my lo 80 pieces of cannon, all ita ammuni- 
tion waggons, more than 1200 baggage-carts, 
and 12,000 men in killed, wounded, and 
prifoners. The movements of the French and 
Ruffian columns will furnith a fubject of real 
curiofty for military men, when traced upon 
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