The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-24 00:00:00

JAN 21. Adriiirettchiuhae,offreports, on the 1001 of December, that Major- General Tsehablitz, regardless of all obstacles, and profit ng of the disorderly flight of the enemy, had pursued th:an into Wilgus, Liking SI pieces . of cannon; and that the suburbs had been occupied, and piquet!' posted round the body of the town, under the orders ct Ntejur- Generals Orourka and Laskine. HEAD-QUARTERS, OSCUNISANI, DEC 11 —Major-General It. naiself detached, on December 6, eight battalions trout Dubrouisk to M insk. Admiral Tchichegoff reports that Major-General Tschablintz dis lodged the enemy trout Wilna, on the 10th of December, where they left a great number of cannon, and very conside'aWc magazines, but time did not permit to furnish the details. HEAD QUARTERS, WILNA, DEC 12.—Count Wittgenstein reports, under date Dee. 10, that having sent out several detachments of ca valry in pursuit, one of these commanded by Aide-de-Camp General K had taken a corps of Bavarians ptiseners, consisting of 126 officers, and 2,024 men, part of which consisted of an entire battalion, which having been sue rounded by the able manoeuvres of Lieutenant- Colonel rettenbach, had laid clown their arms without firing a single shot. The requisitions of every description which the enemy had 1 vied upon t inhabitants were recovered ; and with these all the means of subesterce for their troops. On the 9th, Lieutenant-Col. Terenbach uttered the suburbs of Wilna, notwithstand.ing the nervy were in posseasion of the body of the place. Mekr-General Borosdih, who commanded the other detachment, made many prisoners at Ne menchioa, to-k aso a consi.era!tle-siumber of beggage waggons. Dac 11.—Gen. Count Platoft reports, that in passing near Wilna, he had driven the enemy back five versts, as they were defiling in Gotham by Pogolxlanka, and having allowed the first column to pass (with w hich Count Orloff Denisoff had already htwn engaged), he had directed M 4-General Nachmenolf a Count Orloff to attack the enemy with spirit from our right flank ; and Prince Kasatkin Ros tollaky, with some regiments of hussars and dragoons, from our left. The column of the enemy was divided into two, and entirely destroyed. Gen. Lantern was made prisoner ; thirty other officers, and upwards of one thousat d men, and we took - two pair of colours and two stan.t ards. The remainder of the enemy was pursued, by the horse-artil !eta', to the mousitains of Ponary, near which another column was nearly destroyed by the sabre and bayonet ? 28 pieces of cannon, as many tumbrils, with their train complete, tell into our hands near this spot. Head-quarters of Field-Ms rshal Kutusoff, at Wilna. On the evening of the sth December, tie partizan Sesslavin pene trated into the town of Ossaniseni, where the enemy, consisting of nine battalions of infantry, and above 1000 horse, were preparing quar ters for that night. The infantry haa already piled their arms, when the hussars of Achtirbky tel upon them, sword in hand, from all quarters. The whole of the Commander's guard was cut to pieces, and he himself owed his safety to the darkness of the night. The maga zines were at the same moment on fire by sittls ; the enemy dismayed, and in confusion, fled to the outside of the town, where his infantry was drawn tip in order of battle; but being pursued by cur cavalry, they retired with the greatest precipitation to Tabarschkr. The in. habitants of the town unanimously declare that Napoleon was there in person; but that having been iiifonned of his danger by some of those who were devoted to him, he had changed his dress, and fled at full gallop towards Wilna. rite enemy has lost in prisoners within tite space of five days, viz. from the Bth to the Lath December, as follows, one General, 156 Officers, and 95,7 . 1 soldiers, independent of wounded and sick, of whom great numbers were found in the villaees near the high road. One hundred era sixty-eight pieces of cannon, two pair of colours, twb standards, and one eagle, have fallen into our hands. Reports of the Commander in Chief of the Armies, General Field-Mar. shal Prince Kutusof Sinalensko, to his Imperial :Majesty, Dec. 14, latt. At the time of the capture of Wilna by our troops, on the 10th of December, the enemy defiled through the streets, whilst Count Na toli*, in order to cut eff his retreat by the road to Kowno, occupied it with all his Cossack regiments, as well as with those of the Hus sars of Olviopole, and the Dragoons of Shitomir and Arsamus. Flay ing let pass the first of the enemy's columns, Count Natal* ordered Count Orloff Denisotf to attack it with sphit, at the same time he himself attacked. with impetuosity.thc other columns; the artillery under Colonel Prince Kuudacheff kept up an incessant fire. Count ?Wolf afterwards ordered Count Orloff Denisoff to pass in the rear • of the enemy, to post detachments on his flanks, and to prevent his arriving at the Mountains of Pottery. The large columns were com pletely routed by the well directed fire of our artillery, and after wards entirely destroyed. One General, thirty Of fi cers , and m ot s 'than 1000 soldiers were made prisoners - ; pieces of cannon were ta ken, and a number of waggons and carriages. The loss on our side wis very inc.tnsiderable. Colonel Flowaisky, and Lieutenant-Colo nel Bibikoff were dangerously wounded. After the Capture of Wilier I employed every possible means to - re-establlah order, and to inform myseil of every thing ; but the shortness at the time does not permit me to present to your Imperial M jesty, with this report, a detailed inventory of all we have found laere ) espeetally 'as tho quantity of provilioni of every scut, as well FITE NATIONAL tIECISTER. - 53 -a‘ the number of prisoners, is so vcat. !hat it will s:lke a:consi.leci able time to make an "ex. rt 'acenuntr — - •- - ---7 . -'-'""•••"•- - • • During my stay here, the Chief of the Safi, Ce ti Stawrakoft, and Maj 4-General Beiroditi, have collet ted from the different magazines ' of the town, 14,000 tsehetwe , t of barley, 5,000 tschetwert of hisculf and flour, an immense stunsber of uniforms, muskets, pouches, sad. dies; great-coats, and other articles of equiptnent. i . We have made prisoners seven Gtmerals, viz. Vivier, Goussa, Nor: i mand, Gouliot, Le Fevre, Fwanofsky, and Sajontchik ; eighteen staff officers, and superior otikere, 9,517 soldiers, and 5,139 sick were found in the hnsilirals. A great number of prisoners continue to be made in the neighbour: i hood ; and several magazines hays been taken, which we have not had soon time to ceri ify. As soo as the wont: shall bedrawn up, I shall have 1 tke happiness to submir them to your Imperial Majesty. LONDON GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY'. HEDNYSDAY, JAR. W. VOREMN-OFFICE, JAN. 19. n;spalches of which 'he following are COpit'S, Ilarfl been received b r visv.w.t rustleleagli, Ilis Nlwirsty's Principal it•Cretary of Stale for Fo reit.tn Allah's, front Gencral Viscount Cathcart , N. Ilis.Nlajesty's Ainhabsador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Coati of st.tic iersburgli. St. Petetsbumh, Dec. 31, 1-812. My Lord—The military reports addressed tithe Emp , rUr at St.Lieters. burgh, awl which followed his Imperial 11Iajesty, are not yet returned to be made public; but 1 have now the honont to inclose herewith the translation it . a journal of acitary operations froM . the 13th to the -45j.h instant inclusive. From these reports your T.ordship will observe, that the putsuot RUM %Vilna has been carried ou in separate routs upon Kowna by Counts Wittgenstein and Plana. But the former having taken and destroyed many of the enemy in his ling, of march, had proceedeei down the ,iN.re• men to Younbourg, airs! thence towards Tilsit, which place Wat& yanced guard had occupied befbre the t3d inst: . • Count Plana found a considerable part el the remaining force of 'the enemy at Kowno, which force,' understand to have emapt ised conscripts and convalescents which had been stationed at that place aid at Whine. This corps made considerable resistance, but the Ilin Cossacks haviitit passed the river on the ice, and got into the rear of the position, the enemy abandoned it in the night, with the loss of 21 pieces of cannon, and about 6,000 prisoners. . . The remains of this corps, being dispersed and pursued by the Cos. sacks, fled partly in the direction ofT ilsit, and partly that of Wilcovitch, many of them being killed and taken. in the pursuit to the latter place Admiral Tchichagt,ff had pursued in the direction of Gheruo, andby detachments had cleared both hanks of the river : Gen. Lanikoy, - with part of the advanced-guard, having march ed u p on Colvary endWil.. coyitch. to connect with GM Platoff upon Gtimbinnen. General Tormosoff, with the coltuno which , had, been led'by the Field-Marshal, in person, was moving , upon G retitle, and your Lard. ship will observe, that count Ogoroffsky had by his detachment, ta. ken possesion of that place, in which ColOnel Davidoff had * eitablialy. ed himself on the 20th inst. The Austrians hid detached towards Grodino,but wired every where on .the advance of theßussian troops, and one ftat.,sian detachment was ordered to move tifson'.Bialystock. Lieutenant-General Baron Sachen was following the retteat of the principle Austrian corps through Pinsk, and'Sronim, and eipeetedr to be at Ruguna on the 24th. . The corps late.under General Fare, .vJas coMmantled by General Touschott, to which another detachment has been joined,. havingpas. sect through Minsk, was on the Yin at Candanotl, on the road from the latter place to Sloniw. All the towns on the right .banks of the Niernem appeared' to be full of roagazints, and the country on the left bank is full of resour- ccs. His Imperial Majesty has expressed his satisfaction Othe appear ance of the army. and of the great exertions they have m4des and is which the greater part are still engaged. • His IniperialiMajesty has invested the Field Marshal ,with the G rand Cross of St. George, and present at a hill given *by the Field- Marshal, in celebration of His Iniprial Majesty's birth day. The prisoners of war that have been forwarded into difE:rent Govern• runts, since the battle of Borodino, are stated to exceed 150,000 men many of these may have become the victims of cl,,iiate and fatigue, but His Imperial Majesty has directed every possiale care and aucn to be paid sto Om. I have the hOnour to be &c. piped) CATHCART. Continuation ,f the Journal of Military operations front the 334 to the 19th Dectlithe • DEC. M.—General Tormascef repats on the 1 Ith, that the different parties, detacl ed by the Aide de Camp General Wasilt4chikotf had dig covered at 131. hese an Austrian corps a Mull men ) advance.'