The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

1) 7, C "2° colville, of London, and D. Sheldon, of Manch...Lc •r, ni:totit;!L titiCrS Dec. '29, and I.ln .26, at eleven, at the Nicsly Arms, Mincliester. Attorney, Mr. E.-Chester, Staple-inn. D. De Berth. jun. of Spann's-Buildings, Pancra , , dealer, Dec 'Ai, and Jan Ali, at our, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. R. Thomas, Eenchurch-streer, lohn itickyrs, Lurie.; Bickers, and Wm. Bicker', of Iltteklerthurv, Ai' , reltousem-n, Dec.l9, and I an. 2, 2ti, at eleven, at G ui;dli. Attorney lames. Bucklershurv. 1. Coolie. of Speidhurst-street, surgeon. Df.c. 19, 2G, aitcl I in. 0 6, -Leven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Bath:l:ley, 17, ,James-street, BLeiford-rote. LONDON GA Z ETTE EXTRA ORDINARY, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16. FOREIGN OFFICE, DECEMBER 16. Diqrttehes, of which the following are copies, were received last n'ght by Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Sccre ories of State, from General Viscount Cathcart, K. T. his Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of us , ia, dated at St. Peteraburgh, the 23d and lith of November, St. Petersburgh, Nov. 23. My Loa n—ln my dispatch of the 15th instant, I had the honour to detail such operations of Marshal Kutusefrs army as htid come to my knowledge up to t :se 9th of November ; since that date no report has been received of •the further proceedings of the corps entrusted to General Piatrff. The Field Marshal had calculated to reach Krasnoff on the litth instant ; but although he had advanced within a few worsts of that place, I have nt't heard that his head-quarters were established there on the 16th. His last dispatch of the latter date aft- nnunces his intention of forwarding a journal of the preccdieg days, which will contain important relations, hut it has not as vet been re. ceived. On the 9th of November, Count Orl9iFDenizo(F, being ad vanced on the roads towards Smolensko and Krasuoi, received intelli gence of the march of a French crops from Smolensk() in the direc tion of Kalruga, composed of fresh troops intended for the different regiments of guards ; this force was undi r the cemmatal of General Barraguay D'Hillicr, hay ng with him General Charpentier and Bri gadier-General A ugereau, brother to the NI asshal of tkar name. Thy were distributed in the three villages of Yaavin. Lake:if, and Deign must. A disposition of attack was immediately made by the three partizan corps, commanded by Captain Seshavin, Colonel Da vidoll ; and Captain Pctigncr. The result was, that the corps tinder Chan. pentier was pearly cut to pieces; that Barraguay D'Hillier -having patiently heard a cannonade for several hours in the quarters of A yge tcau's division, made good his retreat to Sinidenk ; and that A tine reatt's corps of three thousand men, after losing nearly one-third (f their number, laid down their arms Mad canitulat d to Phifnntr, who had inn 1,r)00 men, and who appears to have conducted this affair with infinite address and gallantry. lii this r ores were two squadrons of cavalry, well mein er-(1. The piisoners amounted to one General, sixty stateand other onicers. atir; two thous 'rad rank and file. The officers who capitulated sulcd the object of their march by that route was to open another communica him in the direction of Kalouga ; they were not aware of the retreat of their army. Since this affair three General Officers, upwards of twenty pieces of cannon, and tour thousand prisoners, ;lave been taken near :Inn lerisn,s, hut the particulars are not yet reported. On the 1-lt h instant, General Count Witreenstein was attacked by Marshal Victor, who had orders to chive him to the other side of the Dwitia. The enemy was repulsed, with the loss of two to three thousand men, and was pursued the next morning in his retreat tn wards Sewn), when six hundred prisoners were taken. I have tile s ur to inclose a copy of Major-General Baron Dorn ber g' s repert of his alb ir. Nothing material occurred at this post till the 18th, when Count Wittgcnsten was joined by Colnnal Chernichef, Aid-de-camp to his Imiaerial Majesty, who had been detached by Admiral Tchichagolf, with a sin ill corps of light cavalry, to discover and ascertain General Count Wittgenstein's position. In the course of this expedition, the Colonel had the singular gond fortune to rescue Major-General Baron inzingeru , h.. and his Aid-de-camp, Captain Narishkin, be tween Wilna and Minsk ; they were proceeding towards t he frontier, under an escort of gene d'armes,and had been marched from Verret ' , where they were presented to Buottaparte, with the French guards under the charge of Junot. Colonel Chernichef also took three couriers, one coming from and the other two going to Paris. From these sources of intelligence it is ascertained, that Buonaparte was at Smolensk° on the 13th instant. Admiral Tch%chakoff intended, according to his route, to arrive at Minskon the 17th instant. ' Colonel Chernichef arrived at ,the palace yesterday. accompanied by the pris o ner s he h as r e leased, and bringing with him the mter ee Pted dispatches. Those from Paris contain nothing but military PldLs and maps. :~, ~ ~• ~~ z t :t :11 at ...,~~~ P::. .1 :). , , ; .:~ ;‘. i ~,~ 1 i.t ~:.l Icc• J;C. ~ Ir. . dO 1 ' : I jul3l-.1 In ( 11( {~. ~.'i ~i I n;.. • Pi: m. li tel,= C. • TNE NATIONAL REGISTER. 791 The expcditi n of Colonel Chernichef was a continued awl extra ordimity exertion, he having inardiod seven hundred wersts in fiVC days, and swam across several rivers. It is stated, but no official report has been received, that General Sachen liaslven loft with a detachment to observe Prince Schwirtzen herr, and that (;clieral E Artel lias advanced to and occupied Nlohl 1 have the honour to he, &c. (Signed) CA.IIICART. Jamie)), Nov. 13. My LoaD-1 am vary happy to inform your Lordship, that Victor has failid in fulfilling the orders he recz•ived from Buonaparte, to drive CAmt Wit tyen• to=n tv.11;.J.1 the DWiTII. He attacked yesterday niornivg C4;unt NV ittgeostein u..dcr.at the advanced guard ti retire to the pofition. This was nxi.‘iiied in a rni , erly m.;ni.er : they retired in echiquier, tinder a very heavy fire, as if it was in a field day. In the position, the Fier( It were rece'veri by a well-directed fire from the artillery, by which they must have hst a great number in killed and wonn,!e:l, I suppose between two and three thousand. The firing only ceased At:int seven in the evening. The French had made strong demonstraii - ns on both wings, but the centre mis chiefly en gaged. This mornitv, they Legan their retreat to , , ,, ardß Scr no. The - troops who are in pursuit have as yut made about six huudred prt sonent. It is really a pleasure to see these troops fight. • The new-raised militia vie with the oP.est icgiments.. One batta lion of tins militia being with the advanced guard, on receiving orders to fall hack, first refused to do so, rayir.e, the Einpercr had rot sent' them there to retirc, but to advance awl beat the enemy, which they were willing to do. I:rave, (Signe.!) DORNIIERG. Precis of the Journal of the Operations of the tlferent Corps of the Army under the command of Field islacsbul Peinee Autujoit; the 11th to the 15th November, 181'2. On the 11th of November General 1 1 .1illaradovitch reports, that on the 9th the advanced guard under his command was he a t the vil_ bee r f Alexecoly ; the next day at that of Yak off. Lieutenant Gene ral Sheppelet reports. that a detachment, sent by him on the Y9th, met a body of the enemy, and drove it out of Elnee; part of the Don Cossacks pursued it on the Smolensk() road. The head-quarters of the army were this day at the village of Lobeoff. Nov. 14.—Lieutenant -General Count Orloff Denizeff 'carmine, that 3 considergAe feragine party of the enemy's cavalry end artillery d epo t were di. pus& in tee villa.'es, attacked them, killcd upwards of one thousand five hundred, in ;de one tine: sand three hundred pri soners, took cue thousand horses. and four hundred carriages, mostly loaded with st:.res. Two corps of General Millaradovitch advanced to the village of IverAtelf. Tile army halted. Nev. 11.—Captain NaF,cliokin, of the linsst.rs of the guards, detacit e I by Adjetatit-Cenerel Count Olgeroif, attacked a detachment of the die-my in theNillage of Unwed, with some chasteurs and light cavalry ; the combat lasted tour hours, when the enemy retreated to the of Mich eloir, where he pursued and took them. Detachments ere( r Colonel P!ince Radbolk, and one sent out by Gene::.! Caro, made upwards of one hundred prisoners. Geeeral Millaraeovidch tettortis on the 12t1•t of November, that ajar-Get , eral Neeff had neale one hundred and fifty prisoners at Char vaield el :6,1-General linliad • ni reports. that Colonel Kreiganobski de feated a ectachmetit of seven 'insetted men under Major Aberjett„ killing a part, and trc:kitie prisoner; the rem tinder, three hundred and seventy men, c ghteeo officers, aid one siati'.tirgeon. Major-Getteral elf 'eeorts on the 9111 ot November, that having pursued Beculiarnei,'s corps, he - carne up with it at river Bone, near the eseee called Y at,dsotl; and witletut rei.eatlisig the advantages of his position. ire attacked the enemy ; on this occasion, bestdes numbers of killed and wtounded, he tce,k thirty-three pieces of cannon and two hundred prisoncri. lie further renorts, that, curing the pur -1 suit of Beauharnois's corp s on th i e Bth of Nowtnher, sixty-nitie guns ' were taken, and not sixty-t we, as formerly reported. General Platoil is cow pursuing the remains of the same co-es. Adjutant-General 0 did 11 Denizeti . attacked the evemy on their march to Krasnoi, killed five hundred, and to •k tour hundred on the 19th instant. The next day he took some priaoners, some of which were officers. Nov. 14.—Admiral Tchichakcff reports on the 11th instant. left in the principality ot Warsaw a corps under thc•ctetimand of Ge neral Sachen. He marched with the remainder to reiyatt, intending to nutsue his march throtieh Slonim ael N eswich, to Minsk, where he proposed to arrive about the 17th or 19th No% ember th it le bad sent ord.7rs to Major-General Leiders and Lieutenant-General Eartle to march upon tle same point—the former front Volhynia by Pinsk, e t!.e latter front Mozern by Lu tsk ; and that he would not fail tod ee h I.arties of light troops on the side of Wilna to kece up the cemmunita tion with detachments on that fiarik. I Intelligence having been received from some Trench artillery pr . • suet's, of the places where the enemy had cons. algid and aru.s