es of Demmen and Anclam at the same
time; and the garrisons of both surrendered themselves prisoners of war,
to the number of two thousand seven hundred men, including officers.
In Demmen they found four-and-twenty pieces of cannon, with a large
quantity of ammunition. In Anclam there was a considerable magazine,
with six-and-thirty cannon, mortars, and howitzers. A large detachment
under general Knobloch surprised Erfurth, and raised considerable
contributions at Gotha, Isenach, and Fulda; from whence also they
conveyed all the forage and provisions to Saxe-Naumberg. In the latter
end of February, the Prussian major-general Wobersnow marched with a
strong body of troops from Glogau in Silesia, to Poland; and, advancing
by way of Lissa, attacked the castle of the prince Sulkowski, a Polish
grandee, who had been very active against the interest of the
Prussian monarch. After some resistance he was obliged to surrender at
discretion, and was sent prisoner with his whole garrison to Silesia.
From hence Wobersnow proceeded to Posna, where he made himself master of
a considerable magazine, guarded by two thousand cossacks, who retired
at his approach; and having destroyed several others, returned to
Silesia. In April, the fort of Penamunde, in Pomerania, was surrendered
to Manteuffel; and about the same time a detachment of Prussian
troops bombarded Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburgh. Meanwhile
reinforcements were sent to the Russian army in Poland, which in
April began to assemble upon the Vistula. The court of Petersburgh had
likewise begun to equip a large fleet, by means of which the army might
be supplied with military stores and provisions; but this armament
was retarded by an accidental fire at Revel, which destroyed all the
magazines and materials for ship-building to an immense value.

PRINCE HENRY PENETRATES into BOHEMIA.

About the latter end of March, the king of Prussia assembled his army at
Rhonstock, near Strigau; and advancing to the neighbourhood of Landshut,
encamped at Bolchenhayne. On the other hand, the Austrian army, under
the command of mareschal Daun, was assembled at Munchengratz, in
Bohemia; and the campaign was opened by an exploit of general Beck, who
surprised and made prisoners a battalion of Prussian grenadiers,
posted under colonel Duringsheven, at Griefenberg, on the frontiers of
Silesia. This advantage, however, was more than counterbalanced by the
activity and success of prince He