A regiment of French cuiraffiers had, during the storm, gained an interval in the Ruffian line between their center and left wing; but the Coffaques and fome huffars, immediately as they were perceived, bore down upon them. The cuiraffiers, apparently like men ftupified by the magnitude of their own enterprife, and unprepared for fuccefs, rushed with a confiderable detour, through the rear of the camp, and then turned towards the right of the Ruffian right wing, but their bodies fucceffively tracked the courfe, and only eighteen efcaped alive, "The Ruffian army, which had now advanced feveral hundeed paces, was, if poffible, more than ever exposed; but the columns remained as a rampart to be battered down, thus proving the fuperiority of their active and paffive courage over an enemy who only advanced with a faultering ftep to be deftroyed, or retired behind the cover that his position offered for shelter. "The enemy's attack having been thus completely baffled, measures were taking to fecure the victory on General Leftocq's arrival, who was momentarily expected to appear, as officers had come from him, and orders had been fent for him to expedite his march, when a French corps was observed advancing from a wood to turn the Ruffian left; and almoft immediately a very fevere fire was directed upon the Ruffians, who endeavoured to maintain Serpallen, but notwithstanding their gallantry and perfeverance, were obliged to abandon it. Two regiments were then fent to extend the Ruffian left to Saufgarten, but the French advanced with fuch impetuofity that they rapidly gained ground towards the rear of the Ruffian army, and as another body of the enemy was feen advancing upon the right of the corps which was hitherto turning their pofition, the left wing and the greater part of the center was thrown back almost at right angles with the right wing. In the circumstances under which this movement was executed, disorder could scarcely be avoided, and the enemy reached the farm-house behind the center of the position, which had been General Beningzen's head-quarters on the previous evening, whilft their artillery, pofted on favourable eminences, played with great execution throughout the field. "Never was a change more fudden. The victors were yielding the field to the vanquished, and furprize and alarm were ra pidly displacing confidence and paralizing exertion. But whilft anxiety was at its height, and a fupporting movement of the enemy from Preufs Eylau was apprehended, as one divifion alone remained in the Ruffian right wing,—at that critical moment, General Leftocq, (whofe approach had been so long announced, and whofe arrival had been fo long earnestly expected, but who had to perform his march preffed by Marshal Ney's corps) entered the field by the village of Althoff, where a batalion of grenadiers and fome Coffaques were left to check the pro grefs of Marshal Ney-proceeded uninterrupted by the left of the Bb 2 enemy's enemy's army, to which his right flank was expofed-paffed the Ruffian right-rapidly moved, in three columns, along the open tract in its rear, and advanced upon the village of Kutfchitten, already occupied by the enemy. "After an able difpofition for the attack of the village and the prevention of fuccour, the two columns destined for the affault, and fupported by a battalion of grenadiers, impetuously rushed forwards, and were met by the enemy at the extremity of the village, but the greater part of the French were inftantaneously put to death with the bayonet, and the fugitives in vain endeavoured to rally on referves in the treet-every impediment was forced, and, as a laft refource, they fired the village for the purpose of sheltering their flight. The precautions of General Leftocq had, however, environed them with destruction; the troops, directed to intercept their retreat on Lampafch, or the wood between that village and Anklappen, charged as they fallied out, and not one man of the whole 800, who had originally de fended Kutfchitten escaped: one eagle was taken; and the three Ruffian guns abandoned in the retreat of the Ruffian left wing, were recovered by the Ruffian regiment of Wyburg. This fervice being achieved, General Leftocq formed his corps in two lines, the cavalry forming the fecond line; and one regiment ex. tended the left of the infantry, to keep in check the enemy's right; he then advanced in the direction of the wood between Anklappen and Lampafch, with his rear towards the captured vil. lage of Kutfchitten, upon the enemy, whofe advanced line had been cannonaded during the ftorm of Kutfchitten, and driven back to the entrance of the foreft. The corps of General Leftocq never fired a shot until within a few paces of the enemy, when a furious action with artillery and mufquetry commenced. The Pruffian guns, having an advantageous pofition, overwhelmed the fire of the French cannon, and, at the fame time, occafioned their troops an unremitting heavy lofs; and the Pruffian infantry being at length lefs expofed than the enemy, in confequence of fome broken ground, their fire occafioned fuch a carnage, that, notwithstanding the treble fuperiority, at leaft, of the French, the enemy were compelled, after half an hour's combat, to yield the ground, and abandon between 3000 and 4000 killed or wounded. The Pruffians, who had, till that moment, remained in the most regular alignment, now advanced forwards to close upon the enemy, and chafed them through the foreft towards Saufgarten, until night arrested their victorious career. "The Ruffian left had also rallied, under the protection of the flying artillery judicioufly pofted, and the columns being formed, ́readvanced, drove the enemy back as rapidly as he had proceeded, recovered the farm houfe, expelled him from the wood, and by a bold attack of cavalry, which destroyed an entire column, difperfed them in the greateft diforder, "Night had now clofed in darkly, and only an occafional fhot or fhell was fired from the heights above Eylau; but as Marshal Ney had driven the Pruffian battalion and the Coffaques from Althoff, (from whence they had retired with the most gallant and fkilful conduct, fo as to unite with the Ruffian right) and had occupied Schloditten, which poft menaced the communication with Koenigsberg, General Beningzen ordered a divifion under General Kaminikoy to form it, which order was executed about ten at night, with irrefiftible ardour, and the huzzas of the charging troops being heard at Preufs Eylau, the enemy fuppofed that a general attack would be renewed, for which Buonaparte found his army fo little prepared, that he fent off his heavy artillery, baggage, &c. to Landfberg, ordered Davouft to join him, and withdrew his troops back upon the heights immediately in front of the woods, where he with difficulty reaffembled the wreck of his fhattered and difpirited army, and awaited information of the Ruffian movements. "About eleven o'clock, the Ruffian generals affembled (still on horfeback) when General Beningzen informed the circle that he had determined, notwithstanding his fuccefs, to fall back upon Konigsberg, for he had no bread to give the troops, and their ammunition was expended; but by a pofition in the neighbour. hood of fuch a city his army would be certain of every neceffary fupply and be affured the means of re-equipping itself fo as to appear again in the field before the enemy could repair his loffes. All the Ruffian generals entreated General Beningzen to keep the field, and not render nugatory a victory fo dearly bought. They affured him that the enemy was in retreat; that his own army was ready to advance at the moment; and General Knoring and General Tolstoy (the quarter mafter general, and fecond in command) offered to move forward and attack whatever troops Buonaparte might have rallied, and thus complete the victory; and at all events they pledged their lives that if he but remained on his ground, the enemy would retire altogether. General Leftocq alfo urged the fame arguments; but General Beningzen thought it his duty not to incur the hazard of a reinforcement of fresh troops enabling the enemy to cut off his communications with Koenigsberg. He found the privations of his army now preffing heavy on their phyfical powers. He knew his own lofs was not lefs than 20,000 men, and he was not then aware of the full extent of the enemy's diforganization and lofs, which was afterwards proved to exceed 40,000 men, including 10,000 who had quitted their colours under the pretence of efcorting wounded, &c. and who did not return for many days; he there. fore perfevered in his original determination, directed the order of march, and after thirty-fix hours paffed on horseback, without any food, and being almoft exhaufted, placed himself in a house filled with feveral hundreds of dead and dying, to obtain an hour's repofe amidst the groans and fhrieks of the wretched fufferers. "During Bb 3 During the fufpenfion of movements, a few moments were afforded to contemplate the field of battle, and never did a more terrible fpectacle prefent itself. Fifty thoufand brave men fince fun-rife killed and wounded, and a great part, being ftruck by cannon fhot, expofed ftill on the ground without the means, without the hopes of fuccour. Near fifty thousand heroes, ftill gallant in fpirit, but worn out by fatigue and exhausted by hunger, unable to keep the field which their valour had won, and about to abandon their mangled comrades who were imploring their af fiftance and protection." P. 100. That Bonaparte fhould be cautious of infulting fuch an adversary cannot, after the perufal of the above, appear at all furpriting; that he really was thus wanting, is fufficiently apparent from the remainder of the narrative. It is evident, that after lofing above 100,000 men, this mighty warrior, who had boafted that he would plant his eagles on the towers of St. Petersburg was, after a bloody campaign of fix months, hardly able to reach the frontier of Ruffia; nor fhould it be forgotten, that Ruffia had only the feeble aid of Pruffia and Sweden, whilft her adverfary was fupported by Switzerland, Italy, Saxony, the Confederation of the Rhine, Holland, part of Poland, and even of Spain. Sir Robert Wilfon, with the candour of an Englishman and the gallantry of a soldier, renders proper honour to the exertions and talents of Bonaparte, and particularly for the fkill and expedition with which he recovered from the perplexity with which he was precipitated by the battle of Eylau above defcribed. Nevertheless, the Ruffians have here their due rank affigned them; and no one, after perusing this most interefting and entertaining volume, will prefume to affert, that the ruler of the French nation did not in these campaigns meet with antagonists worthy of him, with all his reputation, Some excellent plans are fubjoined of the battles of Pultufk and Eylau, the pofitions of the armies at Heilsberg and Friedland, and a very valuable map of the whole theatre of the war. . ART. XI. An Account of the remarkable Effects of the Eau Medicinale D'Huffon in the Gout. By Edwin Godden Jones, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Phyficians of London, and Phyfician extraordinary to his Royal Highnes the Duke of York. Crown 8vo. pp. 101. 4s. 6d. White and Cochrane *. 1810. * A fecond edition of this work has made its appearance, we do not perceive that it contains any additional matter. but ART. ART. XII. A Treatife on the Caufes, Prevention, and Cure of Gout; with Remarks on the Eau Medicinale, and a comparative View of the State of Medicine in Great Britain, France, and Germany. By J. Defgenette, C. M. 8vo. ftitched. pp. 34. 2s. 6d. Fofter and Co. 1810. THESE publications, though small, are very extraor dinary; they differ in ftyle and in quality, but they have both the fame object in view; the effrontery of one of them indeed is fhameless, and the defign unequivocal, but the other is more dangerous, because it appears with greater authority. The college walls continually reverberate with the cry of no quackery; the interefts of fociety demand its fuppreffion; yet we have the mortification to find an extraordinary Phyfician to a Royal Duke, and a member of the Royal College, volunteering his fervices to revive a defunct noftrum! for fuch in truth was the Eau Medicinale in France, before it was introduced here. Dr. Jones, it is true, has felected one disease in particular, on which this admirable remedy is fuppofed to exert its miraculous powers; but we fhall fhow in the fequel, that the proprietors recommend the noflrum in a variety of complaints; in fome of which we do not hesitate to affert our conviction, that a full dose of it would prove fatal. Dr. Jones commences his pleasant story with an attempt to excite the curiofity, and intereft the feelings of gouty fub. jects, by folemnly informing them, that, though the gout has in all ages engaged the attention and researches of phyficians, in a greater degree than almost any other disease, yet the afflicted have ever had to lament, that medical science had contributed no effectual means to alleviate their fufferings.' In corroboration of these remarks, he might have aptly quoted the words of the unhappy Podagricus in Lucian's Tragopodagra. Οι μοι, παπαί γε τείρομαι, διόλλυμαι, Having reminded his readers of the painful and incurable nature of gout, Dr. Jones flatters himself, that he shall perform an acceptable fervice in announcing the discovery of a remedy, which has feldom failed to relieve the pain of Bb4 the |