I have not heard that he has since been able to throw any succours into Oczakow; but the garrison, which is numerous and well supplied, defend themselves with great resolution; and, in a grand attack which Prince Potemkin made on the out-works, he was repulsed with very considerable loss. The Russian fleet, though it co-operates with the army, may be said to be itself blocked up by the Captain Bashaw; and, as there is every reason to suppose that the garrison of Oczakow will be able to sustain itself till the severe weather sets in (which, in that climate, surpasses what people in England can conceive), Prince Potemkin will be obliged either to keep the field during the whole winter, to the extreme distress, and probable mortality of his army, or to risk the destruction of his fleet, which will be frozen up, and exposed to the attacks of the Oczakowians. The following is the Imperial account of the _coup de main_ attempted by the Captain Bashaw: "Vienna, July 9th. "The Captain Bashaw, being at anchor with his fleet near Oczakow, sent all his light vessels, gun-boats, and small craft, to the number of fifty-seven sail, to attack the Russian vessels, consisting of twenty-seven sail of the same sort and size. The Prince of Nassau placed his force in a position that prevented an attack in line, and exerted himself in such a manner, as not only to repulse the Turks, but to gain a victory over them. Two of their vessels were blown up, one sunk, and the rest were thrown into confusion, and driven back, with great loss, _till they got under the protection of the Turkish ships of the line_[5]." Footnote 5: This sentence is printed in _Italics_, to mark, that, though published by the Confederate and Ally of the Empress of Russia, it contradicts the account given in the Petersburgh Gazette, in which the small craft were magnified into ships of the line. --- The accounts from the east of the Crimea are, that the Tartars and Russians have had frequent actions, but with no very decisive success on either side. Let us now leave the Moscovites, and turn to the Imperialists on the western side of the theatre of war. Soon after the defeat of Prince Lichtenstein by the garrison of Dubitza, the Turks crossed the Unna, in pursuit of him, and, for some time, pressed him in his intrenchments; but, the moment the news of his disaster reached the Emperor, four squadrons of dragoons, and seven battalions of infantry, were ordered to his assistance.