The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-04 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL -REGISTER. OCT. 4. was not judgen sufficiently .strong to reilder it necessary to avoi (1 tizliting. It was easy to pereeve that the rettotibts were but lia:t termed, the tbs-e :,'tallow, and neither pallisedoeti tior deletided with ,li-saux-de-fris•-. We reckoned the t:tieiny's tor, eat about PO or inen. Otir forces were equal, Lilt the supetiurity ot our tva• not • - • ei, ‘ the 7th, az two in the morning, the Emperor was surrounded the Marsh tit; al•i the position taken the evening home. At halt I).i.a. five O'CiotA t!):: 51111 ft'S • WllllOlll (AMA IS ; It h•tki riled the pre ever.ing. .1 his is Old soh of Austerlitz,' ;ion the Emperor. Trio:telt but 11 - a: , of :septentber, It 1V as 01.0 as a Ds% ember 'Travis(. he army received the omen; the dluin beat, and the iell(A•eitig Older ~ he Day v: a , read : fl Soldlersl.l/C11( i the field of tetile you have so much desired ! h ticvf)ftll sietoyr de , , , cud. - .oti you; it is neeessary to us; it wilt love ! pl:nty..cood (Ili ts r inter, and a speedy rentrti to your ttoritry. ltehav•.: a it.•• Frio (lid at Austerint, at 1 tit:Aland, at Vuep•k, n ; an:l that Ow L: test I••(,,t,!rity may speak ui Aim 4)titilt s 2l tit S t1.1t15 . 1;i; pride,—that it iitay -say vt • Ile was et that ett.:at battle water t iie wa• of Moscow. " At the I tnteo . tal Ctm tOtt beielits of Baronial. gait t•Oit: ti' A. 1.1." Th..' a r m s ' ! witat ac t :Linviiions. The eromal oti* twitiC:l I htl.trtily as s c reati with tt:.l l hetheS ul the it us-,ions kills tle• preceititig day. Ptitice I' oii.4.,ws;.v, wl: • was on the right, put himself in no - viral to tot t the core,( no which the enemy re , t , :1 hl. lett. •1 ice l'ilece ui iteit . t:ht- , .1 on the skirt of the fott:ir, ItIVI inteins at the heal. T I) :1 te( 1;". t caittion !nig t:,e ctu:nt)'b IMSH. I). :1:1(1 !),%:11C9llitrIt ie.• in till night. ' At •ix C attii :sorbier, win had at lied the hatters . ti c than ti.,:ht ':111 lit_ a tillery ot u...:erve of the guaid. t Verner 1t , %Vail piv.CS id C:11111 •1., ?.tit 11)111..4 it a t th dot the hvisi•in Coint , (4th tit the Ist curd,,) who Nisi/ie.' the wood. twitioe toe (East i f ea ni, oototoo. .st hit past six Compatts W. ; at s.veri rue toiti....e of hat his hot , e Tt:e Et. tat.k advance!: ihe trookeily cern nietteetl. The Vnetay, who terincti our hot. art alis and eat r4s the vinage of B ,10.!1110, w,li.lt like ;;Ot &le .41 ; that vlil,(he lt. int ott the lett batik ot the t: I• , gh i. t seven 'he ‘tarslial 1)Oct , Vt Eichingen put himself to mottos;) t and under me protet.ttosi (ii tit pie.e o; cameo which General 1. ote..ler ;la i place l the cseniog Uctiae etoutist the enema '5 CelitiC. A 'lams:old pieces of cannon spiead death on all sides ! • At eiAht o'elock the pnsitions of the enemy were eatried, his re doubts taken, and our ;oldie' y crotched his Ite:glits Tit..! ainago el position which the tliell1) Kt!lelieS had cujoyed for lino Itouts ig bow b.:longest to us. 'the parapets which it at oeeit occupied agaiost us during the amo.k, were now to our it , !vatitage. The enemy saw the battle lost, wriii;.ll rte thought hao nuiy comnieneetl. A p tit ot his artillery mai taken ; the rest was withdrawal to his hoes m the rear. In this extremity he attempted. to restore the easinhat, and to attack ‘vith all his masses those strong positions which he was unable to protect. 'Thee:: hundred pieces of French cannon. placed on these heights, thuodkJed upon his masses, and Ms soldiers died at the toot of those parapets which they had raised with so much labour, aides a protecting she;ter. Kraig of Naples, with the cavalry, made various t hal ges. The ')tike of Elehing , :n covered himself with gory, mitt displaye I as muc h hirreoitlity as coolness. The l!:iiiperor ordered a ct:af t ,c ot the front, the right in advance; this moventem tua.h.: us masters of dine pac ts Of the fiAtl of battle. Prince Poistatowsky fought in the %rood with various success. 1 litre still remained to the enemy his rent ulds to the right. Ge neral t ount Almond nein:lied thither, and curried then'; but tit Hint i " th e attacked out all ,sides, lie could not maintain hiossell there. The eneinv, enema:lived hy this inlviditaP*. " lilth '., llls , lesert e , ;Lod his last troops advance to Iry h s fortune attaio. Geoids formed a part ut them. Ila attached our mottle, whielt honied the pivot to our t Ight. For a montelit it was learott that lie ruigl;;, carry the which ‘%11.4 ; the division of k mint advanced thither; BO pieces ut Irene!' cannot i m meditot•le arrest, and then overwhelm the etlCtlles I Wll]cli stood for two hours iu tl order, under the chain sioit, nut (hono r ; e, inswilling to re tire, and reitouncing the hope of victoi v. 'lice King of Naples de cided their tincerteltit v. Ile caused the 4111 corps of f.tavalry to waist: k charge, who penetruted through the breaches winch our coma:m.olot had mode in the conden6rd 'masses of the Ititssiatit, and the squa drons of their cuirassiers; they dispersed on all sides. The General of Divi s i ou , C oun t Caulaiiicouit, Governor of the Emperor's Pages, advanced at the head of the , 511 t regiment of Cuiras.,iers, overthrew every thing, and entered the redoubt on the lett by its gorge. From this moment there was no longer any unceitainty, toe battle was gained. He turned upon the euetny the 111 pieties of Calllloll which mere found in the redoubt. Count Giuliani:toot, who had ilistin• guished himself in this fine charge, has terinirteted his Career. lie tell deti, struck by a bullet ; a glorious death, worthy to be envied. It au w two 111 the mat:mown; Cie enemy bud lubt ad hope; the 61i hall's' w%iN ce•tteel, t sermonagie still continued; the en,:my fought for 1 , t r , •ai a:tett sa!ett , tio .longer for victory. 'Abe ilit• corniv e noriaousi from lt to 13,000 men, and from ti to 900') Ru,•i.in hor!,e.‘s, have I”en counted on the field of Lytle; ,imy inetrl of coment and 5300 prisoners have remained iu 1.1111 'rower. NVe 11;:ve had .271 - '0 killed, nod thrice that number wounded. Our lobal may hr. t .lEurttd at 10,000 men ; that of the enemy, at Irmo 'lO if, 50,000. Nev. r .vas there , ci . n Such a field of battle. Out tit s ilL (lea.) bodies, there were live ltua , iaua for one Frenchman. Forty Poslimt Lienends %sere kilieJ, wutstnied, er tNitxu-; Genurut Brautaiil •n W.IS ibilvdt!d. 11 t 1:11Ve I st the liNieral of Division, Alohtbrun, kiiled by a can.. v-rnt had ; Gecer,il Count Pbent t•I occupy his kilk.o by n of the sautektitci an hour afterwards. he of Brigade, Coil‘pere. Plaucovue, Marion, and Mart, we.e killed ; seven or eight lois we,e wound: d, the most of them Prince of Eek,itill ha* reci ret J injury. The French linve covered ilienisels es %%all glut v, and displayed their pear sup tuttils t o the 11 0 1,,i.tii itoops. Sot n, iii t 1 few wont., Is a SI:11C3 r.f the batt!e of Muskrat, Lug t u f.•w s iu 'the ie , r of Mijaisk, and VA enty-five flout rAlosc-w, ne;.r toe 14 It river Alo.kwa. We tired ti:),019 caittton shut, wile's ate alreit,..v me ,!aced by tie arriv,,i ot Wit) artillery calls, which pa”ed . esti., previous to the battle. A!1 the woods mid from the ticks of bailie Jo this place arts .overt - ii with 46..01 unit We e so u nd h e re tow kiikd 4)r amputated It. A tiutati.:r of Geuct.,ts ind Colonels ate pri•iatcrs. Div Emperor was 'lever (loosed ; ' , either the hur,e . nor fo t guards were i• l igJge it, or lust ei wit% never H•oi 1-.emi drivel, I Oil lots t ended vottre 1 to retake them, our loss w•ollit have been !riveter thin his; but he destroveit hi; acitiv t y heeitieg, it, trout eight o'clock till two, under the lire id our batterie , s, an.l lit obttittittely attention.); t o regalia thrt Which was It.A. ' lies the C:itl-e Of lii• Immense 1 1 . 55 . Esrey u o t• ttisittvout , ,tertl isi.n , t it. 'lln, Kaig..l Naples and the Disko o f ki n o,•ir i%ere e Tilt! i:ie y, 1111 1 n'Artieidarkr the eitArt , , irser. The action..v:itch l o ve rendered (Lis J. y 411..11 be isms.* known *to tlet.ttieti icitotts. Alibtoiehr, llithop of ---, the pasiale r:f the Niemen. of the J),.itia, the Boty,t!..ies, tile cq‘iillit A1011.1 , 1w, of the ptu.,a, Pulotz.l.. eon o o d . %tiu‘, Oi Solulvklso, and, in Inv . , the Vit lr ut MoSkm Wa , 1111,11!"11 r, homy re-pective teasons fur :mire sing thanks to the Gosh of armies; our will therefore is, tli , tt 011 leCeiV:ll4 this pre,mis letter, yu , u concert mod-tires . w.t'a tLole to wttuni rtgat belunge. A%s - mble my roide to the Churehel to Odom proyeis, conformably to the its e. of the Church ill ',.1111 . 11 1 r CIrC11111NI.11;t:/. 1 ... Till* letter buy ing no other t•hjeet, I pray to hive y. , u iu ois hub . keeping. From our layer al (Inane', ut Alialsk, the * .tuitt ult . September. 11312. NAPOLEON. 13y : h e Emperor, Oivert) The .mister So,•rt t.zry of - S:Jte, Cuuut DA RU. REPORT TO HIS MAJESTY 'fire: EMPEROR AND KING. " St us—The tesidt of the ex4ottioat.ott ot the prisoners, o f w h o m th e . ereater part are iguiraot recruits, or melt taken before the c , osa and. oil* the held of battle, us well as almost all ot them wounded with bul i, ts, und the greata part dyinv. hat. at:inch-A toe the lollowiu‘ %.ith leglnil 10 ' , ollie tlir enemy's Illy " 11t Ih e le! f`taming part of the it h corps, cilisposed of the lid trur regiments ut Sistoletolzo,Narva, A'esaptil, and New ingria, ay .4t.11 as of the tith toot 41st rogOttents of loot citatin:lir% and corn.. nutioltd lay 11.-jor Geticr4l r4iniatt, who hart sto.eee:iect General Kul. w „ L oidol at Mohilow, reruived its rceruot, 44ich Ncre drawn trout depots, awl brought up by INhloradowilz uo It e :3(1 !natant, ha eulo,etproce of u hiuh t ate rogiteents were raisi4 to 630 each, and the r 4 giosents to last. %%hid; nbaLts th• streoi;tlt ot this division to have notoottted, belOre the battle, to 15'.1,Li melt, exclusive of two comparti4-s td artillery, with C 4 pieces of cannon, from sic to putum 14:s. " t.) t the day ef the battle of the 7th of September, this division. was stationed nu the cents eof time first line. About t.vu in the afterttoota it had at; eddy sustattted went tosses, anti was in want of ammunition. A Licutenaht 01 the regiment nfAlexopul. named Peter Verunitt, whop been sei,t to the tem , rvo In demand more, lost his wAy among ;11:e brush•Notol, aw w l as taken after the retreat of the army, declares* 114 cie,atral R j 4,% sky, cum tuand.i.e.,; the corps tranu et. re‘eised is lie •