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I made part of this corps, and during опт епсатр-

ment in that place I was dangerously ill of а nervous

fever; for З от 4 (lays, ту life was despaired 0f, but

I recovered, received the command of а. brigade, and

marched in the beginning 0f August to rejoin the main

army near Rustchouk.

0ur commander-in-chief had failed in ап assault

оп that fortress, and the Turkish force newly assem-

bled under the command 0f the seraskier konchanz-

Ali, was marching to its relief; about опе half of our

army, under the command of с. Serge kamensky, was

sent to meet this advancing force. We found the Turks

encamped and entrenched оп the river Yantra near

the small village of Batine. Оп the 16-th of August

we made а strong reconnaissance; but the position

was judged too strong to be attacked by so inferior

а force,

and accordingly the general-in-chief himself

сате ир, leaving only а small portion of his troops

blockading Roustchouk. Оп the 26-th of the same

month of August we had а decisive general епдаде-

ment. The Turkish сатр was stormed after а very

brave resistance, the seraskier himself killed with а

great number of his теп, about 7.0 prisoners; 4

pashas, the whole of artillery and near Т) colours

were the trophies of this battle, which took place

precisely two years, day after day, before the terrible

battle of Borodino.

The surrender of Roustchouk was опе of its conse-

quences. Two days after the battle I made part of

а small expedition under count St. Priest towards the

Turkish fortress of Sistova. where we сате ир with а

force of more than 15W теп and 4 pieces of light

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