The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-11 00:00:00

CS;) the NVI.Oit court, an officer was or.tered to. roAd the bulletin 'aloud. which g.tve the populaces an .orvostvaity of expressing 'then ..- • ••• • A torp:;-of militia. of tea thousand alley, received their colours this mo:ning, and .:re to march in two days front hence. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CATHCART. 111:S . ;I1N ACCOUNT OF Tar, .BATIIE OC 9 IOSK\VA. (Translation.). —Bulletin, No. 1. .Prince K"outoitsotf, General et Infantry, Commander-in -Chief of . aIE the armies, reports to his Imperial Majesty as follows, from the villoge. Of. it rmiino,,under date of the 6th of September : A tier my Jast v ost humble report to your Imperial Majesty,. in /-Oeli I announced that 1 was waiting the attack of the enemy in the position 41.lirodino, the sth of. September, the enemy directed a vZry str- nK iota: aisainst our left flank, which was commanded by Prince BAytation. Observing the impetuosity with which the main force of the en my threw themselves upon this point, 1 judged it necessary, in under to fix his attack, to direct it against the heights, which had born previously fortified. The engagement lasted with great obsti nacy, from two o'clock until very late at night ; and your Majestys troops displayed on that day, the.bravery which I had observed from utv first joining the army, The second division of Cuirassiers being coilii,ed to make its second attack in the dusk, particularly distin guished itself ; and in general all the troops, so far from losing an incit of ground, defeated the enemy on every sid• with much -greater loss than they sustained themselves ; eight gulls were taken, of which thri-e being rendered totally useless wcre left on the field. Many officers deserve to be indi,idually named to your Majesty, a list of whum,l. shall forthwith have the happiness of transmitting ; • for the present I ..onfine myself to giving your Majesty a Sheri precis. • (Translation.)—Bulletin, No. 2. General Prince Koptousuff, Commander in Chief of .the Armies, i ntakes post respectfully to his Imperial Majesty the following report froms.the fic . ld of battle At the village of IS:odino, the Bth of Sep, temberir-- Sioce in report of the attack which the enemy had made on the 541 . instant, with a considerable force upon the Jett flank of our army, nothing of importance was undertaken against usliuring the whole of the 6th. But yesterday, at day-break, that •is to say; about four o'clock in tiie morning, the enemy, availing himself of the foggy weather, again directed the whole of his forces against onr left flank. The battle became general, and lasted until night : the loss on both sides is great : and that of the enemy, to judge from his terrible attack on our fortified positions, must greatly have surpassed ours. Your Imperial Majesty's troops fought with incredible valour, The batteries passed from the possession of one party to ib it of the other ; and the result was, that the enemy, with his superior force, .has, in no one part, gained an inch of ground. I remained at night master of the field of battle. So soon as I have r c cruitcd my troops, supplied my .!rtillery, ani augmented my forces by reinforcements from Mos. cow, 1 shai', trusting in the assistance of the Almighty, and the incredible valour of the army, scp what I can undertake against the B.:gratien, to our great regret, has been wounded in the foot by a ball. Lieutenant-Generals Toutschkoff, Prince Gortschakoll; Major Gencrals Itachinstiefr, Counts Worontoff and Kgetotl; have betas wont. J. We have taken from the enemy some prisoners, some. guns, and a G(lieral of Brigade. 1t is still night, and I have not been . auto to procure an) mini , detail, His I oi l ep.ll Majesty. in a 1/4:iwledgment of the distinquislcd icr vices of the General I.f Infantry, Prince Koutousofl; has been pleased . to appoint Lim Marshal General, and to grant to him 109,000 roubles; and also tiv. toubles to each soldier who has hada share M this memo- Fable battle. SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. AUMIRALTY-OkF:CE, OCTOBER 10, 1812. - - [Transmitted ► y Vice. , Adeuiral Sawyer.] Bo,t n, Sept. 7, 1812. T flit mitt v to int Orin yoo •-f the capture of his INlaje,ty's fate pv ;he Aottric,:in trigate t'•eis!itenion, after a severe ac, . ( 4; AO 14'tf• . 6 20 non. N. acid !mtg. T deg. tp, the wield en the starb-eird tuck, we saw a teelll., heteraeg et„oo on us. At Once made* her :.•! to quarters :.nd pre pared fur action. At . ' • •••rt' to per-..;e;lt .• r rake us. At ten minute,: • Q ?mei le., : tl•ev..ral c sht,t ;It her ; at tweety or ,•,:loort , and rettuord our fire, tee te • : .d. vxrharNipg broadeides. At five • .• . keg in^ op ale avy fire :Aid • io cre.4s ..tee bow : Ae iWeto y • r stet;lN,;..d etueitter and tel F.4i;4d s• .~ .: .1 - OCT. 1-. our larbourd bow, rakieg us, a feve only of our bow g u ii, h e r and his grape and linemen sw. ening, our deck. At tarty miniets ;,a t live. the ship twit answering her helm, he ititemptell to laY ns nit w ar d ; at t h is t h ee Dlr. Grant, who commainled the 1 rec. ;do, carried below badly wounded. I immediately indeled the I. ar:twt and boarders ft wn the mein-deck ; the Master ei.,‘ et this time shet the° teri the km e, and I rec ived x severe wound io the 14 , ck. .Lit-tit. K. er was le 'deg! on the beardera, when the elope con.lag•nare we br ou .e,.. some of our bow-guns ta bear on her, and had get clear o f our opi „,. neat, when, at twenty minutes past six, our hire and moil-neists eent over the side, leevitig the ship u perfect unmanageable wreck, Th e fri ga te shooting ahead, I was in hopes to clear the wreck t i e d get tic ship tinder command to renew the action, but just a, wo h a lt the wreck, ow spritsail-yard went, aim the enemy having rove eew braces, tee. u 4 re round within pistol-shot, to rake us; the ship layil e4 in the trough oh the sea, and rolling her main-deck guns under wa:er, and all attempts to get her bef.'re the wind being fruitless ; %%het„.fill ing my few remaining Officers together, they were all of upinio t th.;t any farther resi•tanee would only be a needless waste of Ines, L or dered, though relnett&y, the coleurs to be struck. The loss of the ship is to he ascribed to the catty f, ii of the mast, which enabled our uppot ent to choose his position. I _ ant sorry to say we suffered severely in kited and wounded, nod m w f u f, t she lay on our how, front her grape and musketry. in all fitteeu and sixty-three wounded, many of them severely ; none Of the wutoel• ed Officers quitted the deck till the filing et ased. The frigate proved to he the United States ship Cuestitutien„of:',o twenty-four-pounders on her maia deco:, and tweety-hir thirt‘-two pounders and two eighteen pounders on her upper (lea, amt four hundred and seventy-six men ; her loss in comparison with our. is ttlfling, about twenty, the firsudit utenant of marines and eight killed, and first-lieutenant and master of the ship, tied eleven men wemeled, her lower masts badly wounded, and stern much shat:eted, and vtry much cut up about the rigging. The Guerriere was so cnt up that all attempts t , ) get h •r in wadi have been useless. As soon as the wounded were got out of her, they set her on fire, and L trel it my duty to state, that the c- utluct of Captain . Hull and lis officers to our men has been that of hr .rev my, the greatest care being taken to prevent our mot losiug smallest -and the greetcst attention being pHid to• the milliliter!, who, through the attention and skill of Ur. Irvine, surgeon, I hope will do well. Iliope, though success has not crowned our efforts, you will not think it presumptuous in me to say, the greatest credit is due to the officers and ship's company for their exertiuns, particularly when expesed to the hears raking tire of the enemy ; feel myself particularly obligt d for the exertions of Lieutenant Kent, who, though wounded early by a splinter, continued to assist me; in the second Lieutenant the service has seffered a severe loss ; Mr, Scott. the master, though wounded, was particularly attentive, and used every exertion in clearing the u reek, as did the warrant officers. Lieutenaet Nichol!, of the royal marine and his party, supported the honourable character of their corps, they suffered severely. I must recommend Mr. Saow, tuaster's-neetv, who commanded the foremast main deck pins, in the absence of Lieu tenant Pullman, aid the Whole after the fall of Lieutenant Ready, to your protection, he having received a severe Contusion fmn a splinter. I must point out Mr. Cathy, acting purser, to your notice, %%Ito volunteered his services on deck, and commanded the after-quarter deck guns, end was particularly active, as well as Mr. Baenister, mid shipman. I hope, in considering the circumstances, you wilt think the ship en trusted to my charge was properly defended; the u nforttmate loss 4 .f our masts, the absence of the thud iieutenant, second lieutenant of nid thrte midshipmen and twenty-four men, considerably weakened our crew, and we only mustered at quarters two hundred and twenty fuur men, and nineteen boys, On coming into action; the enemy had such an advantage from his marines and riflemen, when close, his superior sailing enabled him to (-house his distance. I enclose herewith a list of killed toad wounded un board the Geer riere ; and have the honour to be, JAS. R. DACE LS. A Lilt of Officers, seamen, and .marine:, killed and wounded on board his lilojesty's ship Giterriete, ix the action of the 19th August, 13IV. • - Henry Ready, Second Lieutenant. Wilhani While, Geo. Cirdfitlis, Henry Brown, William Drown (2), Alexander Cowie, I,i -chard Cheeemaii, John l'en•rson, Jo l / 4 epli , Robert Rogers,. 'John Smith (2), Wi ham Baker, seamen. —.Marine , ' J. A. rerje4nt; Thomas Pratt and William Woodcock, privates: Wounded—James Rd. Dacree, Esq. Captoin, aev..rely. Bartholo. mew Kent, First Lieutenant, slightly.; Robert Scott, Master i Yertly Stuuuel Grant, ditto j William J. Suow, contubion; nolo THE NATIONAL REG IST ER.