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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Elbe on March 1, 1807, describes the bloody Battle of Eylau near Konigsberg, where Russians cut through French lines to join their main body, averting loss of the city. Polish General Kosinski captured by Prussians harassing the region.
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ELBE, MARCH 1, 1807.
The battle of Eylau, fought within five [German] miles of Konigsberg, was one of the most bloody in the present war. The Russian column, which after the affair at Mohringen, was intercepted by the French main army, only effected a junction with its main body by cutting its way through the French, with great loss. Had not this junction been effected, Konigsberg, and all its rich magazines would have been theirs. But since the 18th that city has been free from apprehensions.
The Polish General Kosinski, who commanded Dombrowski's advanced guard, has been taken prisoner by a party of Prussians, which harasses the country from Golberg to Frankfort.
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Eylau, Near Konigsberg
Event Date
Prior To March 1, 1807
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bloody battle with great loss to russians; junction effected, konigsberg secured; kosinski taken prisoner
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The battle of Eylau was one of the bloodiest in the war. A Russian column, intercepted after Mohringen, joined its main body by fighting through French lines with heavy losses, preventing capture of Konigsberg and its magazines. Since the 18th, the city has been safe. Polish General Kosinski, commanding Dombrowski's advanced guard, was captured by Prussians harassing from Golberg to Frankfort.