Star. — London, England, 1812-12-29 00:00:00

I .0, r r e I . .Isiggt - s ge as much is possible, tsd t han burnt his .bridge, which was soon re-esta paaam.---1. • On the 26th, he took onethousand five hundred p mehers and one cannon. A On the 27th, 12 cannon ; and he states, that * b ag gage taken from the enemy filled a space of k a a verst, so as not to be able to pass along it on or O n horseback. Having established his bridge; kiw is preparing to join in pursuing the enemy. . • Admiral TCHICNAGOFF reports on the 29th, that tki , aile my, having in vain attempted to force thie l att ina.at Bostissow; found a position at the dis.. toe of thirteen versts, where he established a fiat. oti a thirty pieces of cannon, by which he was , ea bled to pass the river where it was extremely 'm 11(45 4 the 2&h, be attacked the enemy, who bad okr a front, whilst COunt WITTOZNSTZIN and * o no ':lifuteked their rear. lie repulsed thi Iw o to . the"o..!stance of four or fits wersts, with . lossof onecintion, many • Officers, awl several we n d • closes his repoOy stating, that the enemy g i g f a c et, aid he Was %arching in pursuit. TtitaatanOiev states, that NAPOLIIOI4 j o imet liy Itisiortr i 'stiiißultting, to near , 70.0 )ip run ; and that his Guard's, *aid eke Corps of o g ionit sad VIC* 'was nat . in' bid' Order or defi risrt divahly or artinery. • . • • Avail Teptilniapyar Was' marching on ester. rpeitival Dlttidatgiitetteit had arrived at • ;. ' • • • rmal been left near BMA 'Aitiimpletely executed his orde%. Priatelcsiwwwrpojizaa had twice approached Sionitai but Generil Sant** bad also twice at. lDitkid'Rtotifisi, and ob liged birh to join Prince aftereSe leiss'nf one %thndard and loothisisOnera." r. .4; 1 . • - MORE RUSSIAN BULLETINS. f. 114 *AM THE ARMIES. :4110611.4 the Itepiert`iif Colonel Tscherny- Adjutant to his Imperial Majesty, to:the Ge- )1014' Cavairy, 'Coatis Wittgenstein, of the sth Crith) Itlehintask . : • • . I • hire the honour to rtifat l jrtiur Eicellencf , bai, lifter Iny'rnf! return from the Duchy'of War- f sow fnth the aetachnsent under my command ! at fis tline when die Western Army was on its ittaroh item Bret tt to Minsk,* Commander-in-Chief, Ad atiral Tchfrlagol& who for a long time past bad * not ! received th i eleast inallfgence t of the glOricins opera-1 titts the irodpis under Zour Excellency's com watuf, SiOrolthOsi the corps Inkier hiarshal Vic- tor, etviiiidered It to be necessary 'to oie all possible ins it to eftat h siiisidteeitithunieation with your Latncy's coin as Speedily . . as'pOssible . ; and :for iltts'itkpode, the COMMatider-in-Chief thought pro ter',„n the 25th October' 6th 1 1 / 4 1oveiri6er), to confet ba me the ° COnimand of 'the Cossack Regiment of Pantelejew, then at Slonem. " On the night between the flsth and 26th) 6th Mind 7th of Novembel-, Admiral Tschitchigou, after bating already sent fdrwaroil all the columns to Nes eCeived intelligence that Prince Schwarixen berg, to ciptiiiie whom Lieureitant-Genetal . s.acken had been left with a corpi 'in the vicinity of Brest, had detached I considerable .body of 'troops . towards Wollowesk and Selo* by which ifieins he threat wed cutting off the conimanicaiion betaken General tidal and the army. , 'l4 The Commander-in-Chief ite'reTere directed inc to rearth with the aforesaid regiment of Pontelejeu, which drab A 'that time at Siouan, to DiAtir.lien and &ivy, to take posiesstim of both these costs, and observe the :enemy's inereineifti. u On di 517111.0csolier ( 9 th Nolte rtber) arrived ati)rutsehin Where I learnt that tie enemy's corps, Under General War, Was marching froni GrOdno to ! the *Silage of Macy, and had already begun to throit a bridge over the river at that Village. Al. %bough the Niemen was at the distance of eight leagues hail met I itarnediatelY sent a detachment the% 11461hilid tie covering th e labourers on the* batik of tie river, and destroyed all their "PhilliMismade isn the left bank. . . east the keit same time the parties I hid de - mind m Wolkoivisk, 'earthed me, that lite enensi had Andy garrisoned that village, and appeared oti tharoad to Silwy, whip induced rue to collect the Ornithinents of the Cossack regiment of ?antalejeu *hoot loss of time and to proceed With them agthist the enemy in order thereby to gain time to destroy three bridges. At the village itself, brit the river, "UT, I met the enemy's advanced guard; consisting *ileac squadrons of cavalry, about 14 wersts from , 116 Silwy t they attacked my Cossacks voith:reat impoinosity, in expectation of reaching the bridges ;,•efotV they were destroyed, but they were totally d estro 7ed by the time that they were within Only one wens! 'he rifer. " In the course of :he night I 'received informa. site that ano the r of my roles had likewise:destroyed the bridge at Iwasch Kewetsch, and that tvio hours aisr it was burnt, a strong detachment of the enerity'i from Isabela, had arrived at the village of lwasch Kowetsch. After passing the night in the village of Silwy, and at a very short distance from the enemy, I found, early in the morning of the 28th -,(91b-Noftober) that be Ilad ;lot only des i sted from •• •. , .. . . ~ • i. . making any attempt , mOa e t hut that he hid even retired on Wolkeveisk, to le -14 —A— b'e was, no doubt, induced by the'olfeni'ive operationVbfbeneral tac ken agam,tthe main body of the Aastrian army. " Just,as I was preparing to follow the enemy, I received directions from the commander in Chief at Polanka, to go from Diretschen through Dseniol on Nowogrods, to observe the enemy • along the Niemen, and to pro Feed, further, according to my fi rst desti nation. Fro t h Nosiiogrodsk, 'thick place I reached kT.fieNted marches, snaking ten German miles and awards every day, I,'nndertookl4 venturesome ik pedition, at the very time when, there were strong detachments ot the enemy in Belizy, Nekbiajew, Lidy, li•is4atin,. kakow, and Radosck ; kosVitiche, and = kite ii;hole corps of General DombroYrsti, "vas ko the .•. - • right s le litoliry and Kordanoir . ~ . " I milked the Ni e m e n near to Kolodesna, by isni • and , mg, took my route through Naliboke and Kaittin te Toren. In both the last mentioned vil lages 1 load an enemy's Hospital , in which therti were #OO Siek, under the protectibn of 100 men.-:-. The importance of my object, and my distancefroM the army, it itld not allow of my sending them Pri.l soners off to tie army, or to encumber my detach , meat with the traniporting them, and I therefore con tented myself widi . * destroying their arms and atiamtr nition, and of carrying away their horses, of which I have, in the whole course of the expedition, taken !several hundreds, to which the sudden and unexpect. I ed appearance of the Cossacks gave me an oppor- 1- tunity. When I approached the great road, at about 16 German miles from the village of Dubrbwo, I I ieliit a French piquet of cavalry, consisting of 20 1 cuirassiers and dragoons, who I permitted to depart, i after taking their horses and destroying * their arms. " The report, which is very detailed, states his I having reached Admiral TiChitchagolf, after o'er-.I coming great'difficulties, andpraises his officers and soldiers." . . " The Petersbargh Gazette, of the Ist December, 'contains a dispatch from the, Marquis of Paulucci, 'dated the 22d NoveMker, aating, that on the 21st his patrales,had been near Leuden and Tormsdorf, without having 'seen the enemy, alter which he or " tiered his troopi to Bross the D'und, :to* act in con-1 I junction with Major-General Witjemenow ; that on the morning of the 22d, he received information that I the enerny had retired from Schbek to Mittan, that, according to the reports of deserters anti . priso- 1 `nets, the. enemy appeared to be concentiailpg his foice at Eckaio, a very stroniposition, no doubt in- Ibbiling 'to ass'l assist the grand 'Trench army with the ... greater 'part of hit troops, and be able to`cover its retreat ivhether 'it khould be directed by Widsa, Wil • korner, or•Jurbarg." . .. " PETERSBURGH, bEC. s. .;k rterd. hiaralltid Prince . tuog reports on the 27th Novemlier,ihat he hie g.,,? Crossed the IDnieper on the 25th'and 26kli. , . .. " Mohilow' ha's been retaken n by the Russians, who found there 'ccinsiderable magazines and provisions for ten dayi., " Gener: , lCount Wittgenstein wis at Borissow on the 213th November, after haiing gained 'considerable advantages 'over Marshal Oudinot's and Victor's corps, in three several 'actions . ; in one of which 7000 Men were forced to lay down their artil—among , whom were the French Generals Parthontieiu, Ca., inu's, and Blemou, 3 Colonels, 15 Lieutenant-Colo. , nels, and ,upv.ards of 200 tot:Seers of inferior rank. Their artillery and baggage were likewiie taken. 44 The Russian Army. of Reserve, which ;vas at.' sembled at Nischow NovngMod. under general Connerolstoy, has received 'orders to march for ward, and directiti route towards the south-east part of Poland. Particidar Balkans - will be given of these warlike operations." . ~ . The Commander-in-Chief Of the Arrnies timid- Marshal General Prince Kutusaff, of Smolensico,,i4: ports to his Imperial Majesty, under date the (liei) ?3d Noveinber, froM the village of LannekE, as fol. lows : . , •, . . ... iiiitt;ri al hive the happinets of infortning your al . ~ Majesty; that on the (Bth) 20th November, Napo. leon with his guard; Left Orscha, and marched off oil. the road leading to the Village of KochanoWi., , Oh the (9th) 21st ditto, the last of the enemy's troopi quitted that place, leaving behind them gs pieces - at' artillery, some provision's, and an hospital, in which we found upwards of fifty wounded Frencb officers. " General Count Platow is in pursuit Of the enemy, who is retiring towards kochanowa. 'CI The detachment adder Major-General Jenialoiv, which tressed the river near Orscha, and which con sists of 14 battalions of infantry, some cavalry, and two 'companies of artillery, series to support Covet Platovr. it ile van-guard of die liiiin army, Under the command of the General of Infantry Miloradowitsch, consisting of the 2d and 'tat corps of infkntry, and the 2d cavalry corps, will pass the Dnieper on the (11) 23d inst. neat to the towts bf Keplrsi hod take their direction tbsVarrii the irillage of Tolotschin, in bider to join Majoi , General Jemalow's detachinent, an& by this means. a considerable Inais bf troops will be. formed to pursue the enetnyi " Our main army, which it waiting for the past. plies of provisions that had remained behind ails. count of the celerity of our movements, will pass the Dnieper, near Ropys, an the 12th (24th) inst. and march towards the , village Of Zezershen by the way ,~ . , '"" , s: t . r * ••• i 'Otarosselgi, from whenc e at will continue ts mo. i tips, according to.cirennistance s , e i t h er on B o h r or ! the Berasino t —tY this movement I hope to itnp the road 'for the enemy, in case he should turn from Bobr by the way of the village of Berasino towards the town of ltquinen. 44 On the 9th (21st), Colonel Davedow obtained intelligence, by an intercepted letter, of the retreat of a depot of the enemy's cavalry to Icopys : he imme diately followed their steps, came up with them at Oba passage of the River, attacked them immediately, made 285 men prisoners, and took the whale train. —.-plot contented with this, he passed the Dnieper by swimming, ant completed their defeat. his detached parties stretch from Starosselyn to the village of Tolotschen - ) and likewise along the banks of the Dnieper." • . TiE ARMY. .The trigade, consisting of the 10th, 15th, and 13th, will not cpiit r..giand soon as W A S ex pected. The Horse Artilleiy will embark and sail first. Major General TUNES is arrived from Wrymotbh, to preparehlthseif to join the Army in Spain with the Hussars. Colonel GRANT, of the 15th, it is said, is also t 3 • be employed ai General s OfEcer under General the Hon. C. STOWARi. Colonel QUINTiti, bf the 10th Royal Hussars, is prevented going to Spain with his regiment, by ill health. • Thelsth Hassa'rs (the juice of Cumisaitt.a.vegy tnarChed from Oxford orr the 26th, for embark-satin& `,• The horses of the Life Guards, which are consi dered to be too heavy for the service, are to be for: warded to Portugal, and aptropiiated to the draft train. We have more than once noticed the arrival of Lord WALPOLE at,Vienna, from St. Petersburgh, to sopan negotiations between these Courts and that of London. Immediately 'on hii Lordship's arrival, Prince STAHREMEERQ, who is so well known in Lon don, was sent for to Vienna, from his country seat. The following article on she subject is taken from the Berlin Gazette of the Sd of December " VIENNA, NOVEMBER 24. ••• ne report that negocilitions towards a general Peace will again be renewed, has gained ground within these few days. It is grounded on the cir• atmstances of the Prince Von Stahremberg, formerly Ambaslador from the hmperor of Austria to the Court of London, being sent for to this city—frd m which many conjectures are fOrmed." The Commander-in-Chief has given orders that every article of clothing due to the Forces in the West-Indies, shall be fully prepared for inspection oil the Ist day of July ill each yea•. The General Officers under whose command Mili tia regiments may be placed, are also reqpired. if possible, to inspect the clothing on the 25th of De cember in each year. NAP:ea INTELLIGENCE. OVEltn, DECEMBER Sii. By the arrival of the D . WARF c u tters A.AORt. G o lf - no V, from off Boulogne, f feel most happy' in being able 'to contradict the malicious report of one of our sloos of war having tinitinied, and been cafried into a French port by her crew the DWARF and the sloop alluded to exchanged signals la't ecnting.-1 cannot find that there is Much more truth in the re ported arrival of Flag of TruCe, the only arrival being a French fishing-boat. We hale received Paris Papers to the 21st instant, Their contents are important, bUt we must be brief in our comments, from the length and importance of "the Russian details. Froin the Speech of Bor.:A reeler; to the Senate, there can be little doubt that after he bee taken precautions for 'the maintenance of the internal tranquillity of the Empire, he will ag:tin take the field against Russia. For this we have been long since prepared : his setting out Pit- the army will no doub: be preceded by some hollOw overtures for:pe:ice, in which the acknowledgment of the young King of ROME as , his successor, will be 'made the basis. The Emperor of Annette will probably be resorted to as the Pacificator:. ° The deformities of the Twenty-ninth Bulletin are , , now palpably demonstrated. LONAPARTE's howling and lamentation about the severity of the weather, and the consequent murrain-among his horses, were calculated, like the minor devices ef a trickster, to call off our attention ftat the main object. During his retreat from krasnoi to Stadenza, near , • .Borisov, which occupied eleven days, the Russians took fro:n him 30,000 pr i soner: alone ; surely then 'his net - overstrainingthe mark to estimate the loss in ' killed, wounded, and frozen to death, at 30,000 more. Nay, ire have no fe'ar of being contradicted, when sve assert, that in addition to the horses, the men also 4 , perished every night, not only by hundreds, but by thousands I" With the exception then of the Impe- • . . • The Purser of the MACEDONIAN frigate was lad. rial Guards and the 4 , sacred squadron," not a man, .ded at Bristol on Saturday, and immediately pro not a horse, which left Moscow and Smolensko , is at cee d e d f or Lond o n, where he a rr i ve d l ate l ast night. this moment at the disposal of a French Officer; and . There are three French frigates ready for sea in the French army which crossed the Duna is an- Botricreaux, which are only waiting'for,a fair oppor. Misdated I tunity to put to sea, without being observed by oat . . ruizers. They were daily expetted .064 aandit is But there were 'four Fiench corps d'armee left c supposed they are bound for the coast of America,. within the line of the Niemen, as armies - of observa; The A ' NDIMMACIIE, Captain ToDIX ; BRIT ON , Cap tion' : these 'Were commanded by Marshals Memo- tarn Sir THOMAS STAINES, Bart. and several oth e r" ' NrALD. OUDINOT, VICTOR, and Aucntarteu, and might Of our frigates are Upon the watch, hoping to fall In together amount to 100,000 men. The following with them' • ~ -. w ',. . A Court vfartial as held Ori board the Z EA i o ut, May be regarded as a toleribli accnrate account of I in Hawke Road, off Gottenburgh, on the 21st of their respeCtive positions at present : 'October, for the trial bt Lieutenant W. KIN*, the MACDONALb, having been unsuccesaiii in all his Officers, and Crew of his Majesty's gun-brig Cariee. • ' ' • attempts against Riga, occupies the rich provinces Bat, for the loss of the 'said gun-brig, off the island . Of cobrbisid . : his head-quarters are at Mit(au. of Rugen, on the 10th of October, when the Court tank to the following Resolution i " That the loss of the said gun-brig vies occasioned by er. • Otriiitito'es Corps has bebn repeatedly defeated and I / t hine thick weather,. iiilliceil iri a 'there skeleton he the gallant Wrrioas- • • as hours; together waft the violenee of the currents, *hit* w a ell id u gu m n ar rig oth was er ina i in thia condition it seem's . to have forfned a ' • dro3re them and the whole of the c w o h n e v r o e y, th ei e motion with %atm . behind the bula. The latter, vessels, on the coast of Rugee, ;3 an f t t W he . aa E i ling (the Comman was sta• wrecked: the Court are therefore of opinion, that no blame uptin whom great dtendente was placed, • I whatever is atteche o d r t c o o L tapa lcu n ten y gun-brig, for their tionecl at Smolensko with his corps, as a reserve, but der), t h e °gr ew; upon the evacuation of Moscow, he evidently took . conduct on the occasion of her loss; and do therefore adj uge t h e said Lieutenant W. E. King, tfie Officers and Crew, to be fully up such a position as should prevent the junction of acquitted." In the mend' of Se p tember , , Mr . ENNY, em. 1812 B ' W I TTGENSTEIN and TrsiCHAGOEF, and thus secure bi'S Master's retreat to Wilma. In this VICTOR corn- ployed in the impreis service, Greenock, impressed a pletely succeeded. man at that place, and was pjoceeding in his boat to thC tender with him, when, on account of som e rea l The Russian details inform, us, that the corps of . 1 or supposed appearance of obstruction offered him in butiteor arid VICTOR uniformly fOrmed the rear- the execution of his duty, he was induced to fire a guard, and appeared .comparatively entire. The ' Musket ;he was in consequence taken up a t hi s re - Russians estimated the enemy's force asthen amount- turn on shore, brought before the Bailie Omit there, and sentenced to Bridewell for 30 days, and to be de- to seventy thouiand men, but it Was chiefly after I tained therein until he Should find caution to keep the this period that the severity of the weather, and the ! peace in all time coming. Against thi s s entence h e affairs with the Russians, prociuc'ed such havot inthe appealed to the High Court of Justiciaty at Edi ts - French army. } burgh, and on Thursday the cause was advocated We may therefore infer, that thIC number of iii. befeee that Court; after which their Lordships deli.. • fanny soldiers which BoNApARTE mustered at Smor.: tiered their opinions : they all agreed is findi ng , t h at the Magistrates of Greenock had been guilty of erase irregularity in their proc.? ether, and of a n unwar .. gonie, we mean of those who had been in actual ser vice; was few indeed. A rjoe e e mes corps , however eantable stretch of power, in ordaining Broom to remain entire at Wilma : of its Strength we know no- fi n d, *hot never was requirecliby any Court in that country, security for his good beh av i our i n all tiersamity dismissed the letters simpliriter, and fo un d ' t hing certain—probably with the recruits and remnantcountry, hoists, which have been pouring into Warta for these the Procurator Fiscal of the Bailie Court of Greenock %w months past, it may amount tn 50,000 men. liableriv Five n b e i t x s Pe kin n g te :h . erks were last week seen o ff B r ie r . vading army will probably be formed. From this force, therefore, the nucleus of a fresh in- I ton. A whale was also seen between tha t place an d I Newhaven. , HARWICH, DECEM2ER 27. • hie tidy Frances packet- Captain Rurrin, ar rived this morning from CTOttenhtirgh. She sailed on Tuesday last, and b rings 23 passengers. The Little Auckland was to sail as list Friday, and it is expected will bring over further and more ample de tails of Russian victories. The Prince of Wales, Wastito . p master, early this morning for Got. tenburgh ; and the Auckland 'packet, Capt. BR" Ty for Heligoland, with Their iespektive Mails. /AM., DECEMBER 29. Came deign from the Myer, several vessels, ani remain. 'Sailed his Majesty's ship MOSQUITO, for Sheerness ; and the Deal pilot cutter, Argils, for of Dungeness.—Wind N.W. FALVOUT:H, DECEMBER 26. No arrivals. Sailed the Princess Elizabeth packer for Lisbon ; and the Lady Pelhath packet for Sari nam. The Mary Ann packet, for Gibraltar and Malta, has gone into the Roads. Wind N. E. and fresh bro:ze. poittsmou rH, DICEIVIBER es. .e.rrired h:s Majesty's ships Vitnosun and PRIN.. CEA CAROLI.NE from off Cheibuth. Sailed his Ma jesty's ship Tottroksit for the Downs ; and the BEACILI sloop of war with a convoy for ditto. His Majesty's ship PEDIBROkE has not yet got off.—Mind W. Synclay morning the Princes! CHAntortgof WALes, attended by Lady DE CLIFFORD ' went to St. George's ' of STOCKS THIS' DAY AT ONE 01..4.. Chapel, Windsor, and heard a Sermon by the Hon. Red. 604-4 per Ct 76H—Cant. for ac. and Rev. Mr. STOMA!). • Bonds Te. Si. 41....--Lg.Anoo. ii—Ezch. Hills IL is. per . • • • • • - i- ir