The National Register. — London, England, 1812-09-06 00:00:00

S I tam den he eve nic si tic Cu' lllW Fre tell the Via I the iu n Wit Get pris Con as I des' SEPT. 6. manceuvred in the face of the enemy, and marched olriu three coin Mils. C o mmauder-in-Chief particularly ascribes the success of this tin dertaking to the able arrangements of Count Von P it me n , „I„ ) , wh i le he covered the whole of the army, displayed on this occasion, us on eve V other, ilie most talents and military knowledge. Our troops display o ed astonishing valour ; they made the mst . of every po sition ; the hat.k of th e l i tt l e river Lutchessa was defended with- so much obstinacy, that the enemy lost here an immense number of urea. Count you Pottlun destroved, during the march on the i 6th, seen French squadr , ns, which had advanced out of some small dtfi es, and tell into an ambush in the neighbourland of Taponowsehlsna. This day the second and third cohinuts have joined at Poretschie ; the first column, which marches upon Lemur and liudna, covers their march. Ge neral Plntow, who is not more than two days' march from us, ftta reteived orders to place himself ih adv•ince of Smolensk I. to cover the movements of the first army. Prince itragration, on his side, is in rapid march to Smolenski. According to the accounts received from Lieutenant-General Count bomstein, he continued to remain at Dtissa. Ile reports thit Major- General lirdnew,•who had been dipastched to the tether side of the Dwitta, had attacked the French, and made seven hundred of them prisunt ri. The Commander cf the first separate corps, Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein, states, in a report of the ‘llst of July (August t 3), as follows : In consrluence of Imperial Orders, the corps entrusted to me was destined to act separteely. I remained, therefore, on the bank of the Wind near the outworks of Pokaiee se, to observe the enemy, who was opposite to me on the other side of the river; and, having destroyed a bridge in the night, se•.t forward my cavalry to scour the country, which hi the course of eight days, made prisoners Brigadier-Cieneral St. Jerrie!, eight officers, and a thousand men ; and nearly destroyed four regiments of the enemy's cavalry ; viz. the 7th and 11th French chasseurs, the B.h Humans, arid the 10th chasseurs, both Peilikh regi ments. At long , h, on the 17th (i9th) of July, 1 was informed by my detachments front Disna, that Marshal Oudinot (the Duke of Reggio), who had there passed the Dwina with his corps, was marching on Se !resell ; from Dunaberg, [ received advices that M.Donald had crossed the river at Jacubstadt, and taken a direction towards Luzyn ; and ac cording to the intelligence afforded by a French officer of the Staff, who was a pdsoner, both corps were directed to cut me off from the road to Pskowa. • _ . Under these circumstances, t resolved to attack the nearest enemy at the village of Klastiza, on the road to Sebesch. I, therefore, moved on the before mentioned viltirge'of Klastiza, and dit.covered about five verso from the village of Jakob off, the corps of Ondinot, which was , marching against me directly from that village. I immediately took Inv resolution. Thanks be to all bountiful God, and praised be the victorious Russian troops, alter one of the most obstinate and bloody battles, which continued without intermission for three days from morn ing till night, I succeeded in defeating the artful and powerful enemy of our native country. The corps of Marshal 0 _ tic.not, whiOr consisted ol three of the best divisions of French infantry, is completely beaten, brought into it situation of great danger, and has retired in confusion. It only saved itself by means of. woody situations. aid by the passage of small rivulets, the bridges of which were termed and destroyed ; and by those means threw impediments in the way of every step we made,. and opposed the celerity with whieh we followed theta. The Generals of division Le Grand and Verdier are both wetinded. I shall follow them on the Dwine towards Pol tzk. This engagement of three days has crowned the Russian army with new laurels, and the corps entrusted to me has by its spirit and valour performed prt•digies that I have nut at present leisure to describe. Undismayed by the ac tive itnd determined opposition of the enemy, it overthrew and annihi • hated with. the bayonet, and by the operation of the artillery, every thing that was brought against it, consisting* of batteries and cannon of large calibre. All the villages and fields through wl,ich we have marched are' covered with dead bodies. We have taken three thou prisoners, of whom five-and twenty are officers ; two field-pieces, several ammunition chests, the rn al and private bagtiage, including toe camp equipage of the General. As soon as I have driven hint tier the Dwina, I am determined, while I leave him on the other &de, to move against and attack the corps of Marshal 11auolonaldj and, as I lu'liet with God's help, and the spirits of our troops raised by the late 'lliccess, to accomplish something equally fortunate. I shall also en. d,•avour to disengage our preconcerted hire of operations from Th e enemy ; by winch means he must retreat towards Riga. The loss on ' . '"f side is not snot I. prticularly as we have to lament that of t he , r 'tave llajor Gener a l Koine..., whose legs were carried off' by a cannon ttall. He is since dead. I myself received a spent ball in my etletl;, but the wound is not dangerous. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 547 KING OF strEDEN'S._ SPEECH‘ Extract from his Royal Majesty's Speeeii to the Deputte• of the Estateg of the Kingdom, ut Orebro, on the 18th of August , 19/It, when the >art wcc, closed. " Noble, honotirable, worthy, learned:enlightened, and esteemed, worshipful g..utl Gentlemen, and Sweaish Men !—lt was with the right of confidence that I summoned yutr, gotel gentlemen, and Swedish inert, to meet and consult on m .tiers of the greatest consequenceio our native co , ntly. It is now, that, with my hopes for the future bi lag confirmed, I close your discussions. You hive followed the adviae of your Kim:, mid found that it was conformable with hat your own hearts and the welfare of the King demanded of you. Anituated by the spirit of unity, you have laid aside private interest for the general well-being ; and united for the defence of Se edeu those powers which., parted, well only have witnessed her degradation or her fall. You have slewn that a King with upright intentions and aft open candour need not to f.:ar even under foreln circumstances of great import, tel re!y on the Deputies of his people; und that no foreign* power cart loosen or.break those bonis of union which bind together the heir to Sweden's throne and the heir to Sweden's soil, Since I het saw you assembled before me, the war on the Continent has broken out in a greater degree, and accompanied with all those misfortunes which arc usually inseparable from it. Coefident in the maxim which has been confirmed by experience, that strong defensive preparations aro the surest means to insure the peaceful situation- of a State, I have found it necessary to pay my particular attention to the military force of the kingdom.-- My own and my son's iuclination should render yots assured, good gentlemen and Swedish Inert, that the warlike force shalt never be employed to any other purpose than to , defend the honour otr the nation and the interest of our native country. Tcr defend the inde pendence of Sweden against present shocks and future misfortune should be the united wish of yourselves and me. The unity of the; Swedish people, the valour of her suns capable of bearing arms, my sales - protecting sword, and the warm atTeetiew I bear to your native country, shall lead the way to this end. I have on this occasion, good gentlemen, and Swedish men, deemed it likewise needful to infers's Son, that I have, on the 18th of last month, concluded a peace with the King of the United Kingdom of Great pritain and Ireland; awl that the ratification of this treaty of peace was exchanged the day be t Ore yesterday. Good Gentlemen of the Knighthood, and Nobility, Continue what you have been and still are, true to the memory of your furefialters, true to your joint duties, and to the great demands which your native country has upon you. [The Speech concludes with exhorting the different Orders, Clergy • Nobility, and Peasants, to coutrihute ail ill their power to the general' prosperity of the kingdom:] _ • General SAtRAZIN has published three letters, one of which is addressed to the PRINCE REGENT. He states, that Government has offered him a pension of 1,2001. per an . - num, but in such a manner, and on such conditions, that Ira man of honour could accept it. But omitting this conside-e deration, we cannot discover by what right General SARRA ZIN claims a yearly allowance of 2,564/. If we ate not mis taken, General ARNOLD, who deserted to 119 in the Ame rican war, after the discovery of ANDRE, received na-moror than 4500/. per annum. The refusal of Govermnent. to permit the General to go to Sweden, is certainty justifi. , able, on grounds of political expediency, because if he bee intimate with the CROWN PRINCE, as no doubt he was, according to his own statement, his anger- against th . s Goy Yernment may have a mischievous effect. The accounts from St. l'etersburgh, by the state, that the - city and district of Moscow had raised 70,00( men; • Smolensk°, 20,000 ; Twer, 34,000 ; Novogotod. 10,000 all of whom were forthcoming, and in a forwaid state of organization and discipline. Iler Imperial Highness the Princess C.A.THERINL PAWI ONA bad offered to raise a corps of 1,5100 men, and equip and pay them at her own txpence. The other districts of the Empire, aninpted by a similar spirit of zeal and. enthusiasm, had followed their patriotic examples, offering to the Government levies. ,pl , men, in proportion to their population. The nemilnc•pt.rae9offerecit to be raised exceeds all example, and tbe liLivierttititat‘ the utter impossibility of fi nding emplu)meriefur the . wbvie,,, is said to have acc‘tpted but half what were 9fretel..