. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . islandof Holm in the Vistula rendered the beleaguering force masters of bothsides of the river and threatened the connection of the place with thesea; and when an attempt to repossess it, undertaken by Bennigsen fromPillau, aft«r much jiersuasion, had been repulsed, the exhausted garrisonwere obliged to capitulate on May 25, free egress being granted thcni. The fall of Dantzic restored to Napoleon the full use of his militaryforce. He had employed the period of winter rest with all his energyin order to
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . islandof Holm in the Vistula rendered the beleaguering force masters of bothsides of the river and threatened the connection of the place with thesea; and when an attempt to repossess it, undertaken by Bennigsen fromPillau, aft«r much jiersuasion, had been repulsed, the exhausted garrisonwere obliged to capitulate on May 25, free egress being granted thcni. The fall of Dantzic restored to Napoleon the full use of his militaryforce. He had employed the period of winter rest with all his energyin order to secure the position of his army, and to be able to enter upona new campaign under more favorable conditions ; the commissariat wasadmirably arranged; a levy of 80,000 men in anticipation of the year1808 filled the frightful chasms made by the last battles. To this rest-less activity it was owing that at the reopening of the campaign heopposed the 120,000 men of the allies with 200,000. For a vigorousoffensive warfare the former were by far too weak ; an isolated attempt GNEISENA U. 41. Via. 4. — Pironzc statue of (.iiiuiscuau, at Lcrliii. l>y 1 hn^tiau Katifh. 42 THE WORLD EMPIRE. against Neys exposed situation at Gutstadt, on June 5 and 6, exjxctations were clicrislicd on tlie side of tlie Prussians of an expe-dition wiiich Jiiiioher, in conjunction witli Swedes and I^^nj^lisli, was to haveundertaken from Rügen against tlie rear of the enemys left wing; butunfortunately the precious time was lost through the delay of these opened the campaign by crossing the Passarge; the French onJune 10 attacked Bennigsen in his strong position at Heilsberg, and metwith a bloody repulse. After this, deceived by a diversion t)f the enemytoward Königsberg, b(^hiud whose walls Lestocq was obliged to seek pro-tection against his pursuers, Bennigsen in the night withdrew across theAlle to Bartenstein. He expected to give his thoroughly exhausted mena days
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