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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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After a battle, General Fermor requested from Count Dohna a list of missing Russian general officers. Private letters from Sept. 9 report Prussians pursued Russians for three days, inflicting at least 25,000 casualties, cutting off 400 provision wagons, capturing Russian princes, and dispersing their army during retreat toward Poland.
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Sept. 9. Some private letters advise that the Prussians pursued the Russians three days after the battle, and that the latter had not lost less than twenty five thousand men. That on their retreat towards Poland, they found their bridges broken down; and that 400 Waggons, going with provisions to their camp, were cut off: So that their situation was most deplorable. These letters add that the princes of Russia are taken prisoners; and the whole Russian army was so effectually dispersed, that not a single company was to be found together.
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Poland
Event Date
29th Of August To Sept. 9
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russians lost at least 25,000 men; 400 wagons cut off; princes taken prisoners; army dispersed.
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General Fermor sent a trumpet to Count Dohna's army with a list of 16 missing Russian general officers, requesting an account of prisoners. Private letters from Sept. 9 report Prussians pursued Russians for three days post-battle; Russians retreated toward Poland with broken bridges, lost 25,000 men, had 400 provision wagons intercepted, princes captured, and army fully dispersed.