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

E NATIONAL REGISTER. •ol . B ,kr mooast • I') , I Wei;! n by: of :IX Its : • US3lld t 1 nu fitiffti of arms, five hundod sabre:, an d fifteen thousai•d shells, have been duo out The head-quarters of tite a rm y wcrc this day at at. village of Us ff N.,v. 15 —Majlr.Generd Pl.itoff reports on the 11th instant, that Beauharnols's corns having turned from Duckot , •hina road towards Smolensk°, he continues to surround it, and cut off all provisions and fora C enera l Conn: 0-jeroff reprirts, mad r date of th! 1 1 th of November, theft he atttcked tite vill.Le of KraArcii. The yagers. dis• regarding the tire of grape attacked the e.•efriv's colt:roils with their Ilativnoneti, an I atter a tom it, in which our artillery aid cavalry were eng:ged, took po,session of the town ; but obi.erving strol.g colitilit . : of the en,•my moving front Smole.:s.ko up. , 11 the) tell back ihrl - e werst-:, to the farn Kulkoll. In this affair one Col:mril ! 250 rank and file were taken.' Lieutenant-General C.iunt 0 4erman Tolstoy reports, that being hii division of in Nur y on •the I Ith, in tile village of Kovisott, and learoing ir the enetnv wft . i :till half a werA. of that plate, he itletachela squ drop of the Kaltrty,•Lky regiment, which killed a par: and tc , tk 'en pri.vmers. General Mill..raclovitch reports, on the 12th, that being at the vil laze of Kra,..ene;m, • he sent a n urnle upon the road from Sm havingolensk ma ° to o Krasnoi, to reconno itre the enemy., which returned, orisowrs. Tl'e same d .y, Count Osterman Tolstoy sent P regiment f &ago:4ls to examine the state of the villages occur.i . . - .1 by the mewl, This rerneut perceiving three squadrons of y, at tacked,.and took five officer* ai.d two hundr,d and ninety men • The count. rem:l:of- 1 also this day in the village of Usoff. A •:jiitant• Genel.d Crony Orl:tf Deniz•lf also s:.nt in two Generals f th • di visir;:t ^f Ge,:cral Alinifis, and a Brigadier-General it urt, with au .:ccounr of his having taken twenty piec'es of cannon, near the tow'n os E ran i. St Petershurr.h. Nov, 25, ISi2. My I.oßn,- In allition to n” dispatch o: the 23.1 inst. I hay? row tit.- I•.i .n't.e-s In inclose a translation of reparts which have be( n received ft - tin Fteld Marshal Prince KtitilsofF, of the 18111 and i!Oth cont.:Ming the details of the total deteat of the divi• inns of the French ay, miler re commands of Marshal , avoust`c en Near two hun 're(lcanit.ti flncl twenty thousand ptisoncrs hay:: t.,•e1l nik , :r. ~ in these afliirs, Boon.lo:,rte is stated to have been ei - iih Marsha: Day ti " J C , :T;IS in the iiiat folio the I6:11 to the 170, and to have left the filo of !vatic at full speed. Every measure of nre,auti,n that c. ,- iild he thought of hat th escapt.is dis tance, ha -'-cep provided-fir by the Latprr• rto pr.. ..vent te of the cnemy : and it appears that ev •ry exertion ha, b..•en made by the seve'al- c , mm toilers of the corps near Stnitiensko. lAionip.•rte ha: pr tb•tbk . suit forward his favourite guard, the Polish ciivisio: s, 20 ; , irt ot the Ir:Oiati ; but it A diniral Fc:.ichag ff:.as arrived at his. groiii,d, it doe not ap;tear that hi.. corps w caild escitpe to the frontier. The ti hil-ly of torte I etore Gem ral Count Wnigeintein's post, after the atta k, was iont , ably with intention to favour the mt:ve rnent cat the corps which niarehed upon Nlin-k. It is not impr.haine that part of Victor's corps may have taken the s...nt- &rec.:non. Get-era; Wittgenstein is rcii.forced by the cavalry formerly under • •t.ner-.I Winz ngtnde, for the • resent commanded by :Major General IC.ltilsoll, who itas ma - k 3in ,st rapid march to B .btitowttelt, whe ore te he Rrriv..-d tune enough on th.. 18 It to recztve .1i)() ptison..rs from of the Freccli divisions. He has also taken two Goierals and one Colow:i, The French. with their usual savage and sacrilegious fero; ity, wantonly lew up the venerable cathedral of SniulenAo before tl' y lefr ;tilt iiiaee Te Detili his been ng thi day in the great cath.:, in presence of thrit I..tpe•i,l NI nj Ai et,tics and the whole cor ; the " Ban n d . 14i" 01 Mar•hat Davoust, and sus itof the h. agles and revi , Cl,tisl•iiirsv the last nis as are already a irivcd her:, were p A t o the cathedral, in whic h the other' numerous trophies of. -0 a:ready deposited. I have the honour to be, lice. C (Signed) ATHCART. inonniftwier in rbief General Field Marshal Piince 14:utosoff, head quarters tit the village t I)abrov stihniits to his Impe it,i I Lt. tWO 61110%11W (Torts:— • •. First I;cpart dated the 18th of IVerembir. army made the b..ti!e. near Viasina, of the Vc:( Oc,cher; my 11 . 4 , 1 - 1 tr. tarn if n. t all the enemy's corp-, at least its advanced .n the roa'l fruit Jrina to krlotit,i, in which it completely suc on the 17111 riti4 tiSth ut November. I November, the army made a movement by advancing t i As ! A t as t h e town o f 1:r eso .,;. The adv:cwed guard tell in with my, w ho w ne tompleieiy defeated by Lieutenant General ()n -th) this 6:ccrisi is we hecaine onagers of tme . stantlard some coi -1 !wade , brut ,:umber u$ prisoners, one of whom wa4 a Gene 7 !IL \litho sdo‘itch, the aavanet 4 guard, with !I , c co; it.fantry, and the 24 ulcavulry, perceleing (1)4 cures cum , / I 5 DEC. 2n. itsmome mi a - w -w am - -- twe:ded by M Divoust advance near Krasnoi, detached 1. . r Lieut. 6 , nera Prince Galitziro. The enemy, conceiving tarr e d on a'l sides, be. : sin to defend himself. Our artillery made tea . ; ; carnage in the enemy's ranks. Napoleon la mi dr was stn rye-sett , s of the battle, and not waiting for the istue, he fled with hiewhele to the villlge et Liadatn, tied abamioned the corns of Davonst. The battle lasted the whole day; tlte enemy we:e comp'etelv d ..e. ea r„ ed and disperse:l in the in iehhouring wood, for a distance uf fi ve along the banks of the Dnieper; thus the cor p-: of General D,„ en.t been completely destroyed. 'I he loss in Elled and w undid is me nse, NVe have made prisoners two Generals, finy•eight Officers of d:fferent ranks, nine thonsunti one hundred and seventy men, seventy cannon, thiee standards , and takes the buten of Marshall) are s. On the 17th of November, being informed that the corps t,f Ney, forming the rear guard of the enemy, was moving iic the toad lead. ino' to Krasnoi, I made the followim dispositions : ° .S . scow d Report. In order to obtain a certain vietory cvt - r • Marshirl Ney, and to cat entirely his communication with the rest of the army, 1 reinter«‘d(ie neral Millaradovitch with the Bth corps, giving him orders to prevret the Marrhal's advance, and to take a posituu near the villages, Svre• herenic and Telt- ruiska, Major Gen: sal Lourkouski perc e i ve d, i d, u • three in the afternoon , the enemy nd vancire. The thickuess of ti.e f„ c , prevented him from ascertaining his numbers, who kept tuarilirl; wards till they %Tie else to our batteries. The enemy anermag vain to pierce through our lines, received at the distaece a general discharae of musketry and of 40 pieces of cannon : the of this fire upon the enemy was extremely laid. hope of escapieg, he at length sent a flag of truce to General 11 lar;;tbt• vitele At midni:tht the whole corps (ram& of the enemy, anto.a:ti::g to 1'2.000 men, were obliged to lay down their arms. All their artil! , rv, :ii number 27 pieces of cttn on, all the beg4age. and !unitary che-r, wt re the fruits of our victory. In ate number of prnzooer, arr atteve one hundred officers of diflerent ranks. M,lrshal Ney aas woutdril, but saved himself by fliOn, and was pumied!by the Cie.sari,F, beyond the Dnie per. The Im.s of the enemy is enormous : accordiag e, the port of the prisoner., fur G-nerals of livision were wintaled. We have not lost above-five hundred men in killed and wounded. The army is at present at kraseoi, and the advanced Iz mir,' at D 7 brownie from whence we shall follow the q;ovetneots of errs rtxnet. General Plat ow informs me b): it private hotter aunt :;ed, mitt the enemy left behind him, seventeen worsts from Smolt:m.lu, a . i ;rcut qi,- ty of artillery tuvounting to 112 Fetes. Later of General Count Platdr to Vie Gencral Field 31.,,•shat, dc:h•l 17t', of Yorember. After the signature of my report to tour Highness, 1 1 .1 , 1,1.1 arrivcd with the ration., and s'a'es that, at the distance of scrctoc:i v s ts from Sittolettsko, on the great road, he lingl ctointc(l oce Bred and twelve cannon, besides a erect number of twobrils and car !Lige% lam not ante to send your Higloiess a report in form, ho i t ha. ring received it flout the povernor of Smolensk-. juin the alcni. mons voice of the troops itt prunounci ig, Hourra ! your trust 51.1.(4t _ iota write taken in brn tit t • . war Well Crrip frinto lii Male After ever. guard, ,t cutiri..(l The ti IA er-t5. A the IV 1 1 vemovo. not awl Cc. P. • it• lot co; SATITRDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. ... ........r... A.DMIRAILTY OFFICE, pECFMISER 19, 10 1 . n Wii sin 1312. Admiral Sir .ichird Bickerton - has tra,ismitted to Croker, Esq. a letter from Ca;•ta in Hit, N os, of his M j. sty's sloov Z• phyr, ?lying an account of his having, on the 10th inst. c:1,)tor;:i) tile American letter of marque schooner Ato elope, of tAu en guns J:l.lj m.:n, bound with a gill() frum r:Jew Yolk to kluurdx. -_- BANKRUPTS. S. Meanley. late of Manchester, merchant, to surrender Dec. A 31, and Jan Mess at ten, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, Nlanchestcr. A ttrrnies, rs. Duckworth, Chippindall, and Denison, Nlari die ter. W, Wicks, of Worthing, Sussex, fish-buyer, Dce. 2- 1 , `29, an! I'''. 30, at ten, at 0, Steyne Hotel, Worthing Xttornic., Mr. Waft) Worthim: ; and Mr Nettlefoid. Norfolk-street, Sttorl, i m ndon. _ E Robinson, of Braniley, Y: rk, cloth-mufactu I.ler, Tan. S. F , at the Bull and f‘lout la Inn, Leeds, and 30, a an t the Wte clorse Inn. Levis, at eleven. Attdinies, Mr. C rang-..r, Leeds • 1 and Mr. Lak e, ~. Dowgate-hill, London. betel. B. a cl A. B-i , jl.:;.;it, of nrydges-street, Covent-pram keepers, Dec. WM, nnd Jan. 30, at twelve, at Guildhall Attorney, Nlr Ls', cs, St: Mary• Me. li:Grittnmar, late of Boswe!l-court, Queen -square. cheeserMller, Dec. c./,.2. ‘-29, and Jan 30, at twelve, at - Z; Kirby, To•‘cester ; and Messrs. Lopgdtll and Buttertitu, litlb)rg• Lo.,rt, Gra '6 Inn. •• and nildhall. A- rnies, G. Walton t Igo of Ledbury , ficroford irutholder, Dec. 9.4, $ O , a I 1 1 . 1 , r D r r.= \vrt Nli • J)3 sit ti Ar• rrk Au ani V re T v% ore Pri Tei 15 : 1 ki