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

LU 6i2 - THE . NATION ye re eoetti-tolt, which hint to quit the field pf batik, and that the Genera: tit Chief Prince Ik:i:at hart wits wounded, All the pit scowls of this division agree in t. , 1 title, that it lust Mole thuai halt Of its smother ; that it, c allusion. was eemp!eic tit the thin' iii its retreat; and ill it it 4.wed its sa'l'ts 1-1 .tow and I.' vorotf, who covered it. Those of the 4lst chasseurs say, that there scarcely remained fifty men t o each company. " ld. 'Die Is , divi:ion of grenadiers, consisting of the grcuadiers of the btalvottiarri, of Sit Ileterslntrgh, Ekaterinoslav, Tatirtda. Piewlow ki„ and Ara • k-cheata it, CUllitiliiiided iIV Count S:ronoti, and tormitnz part the 3d corps at'arinee, was on the extremity of the. left. in the rear of . the honors,. whine it suffered c osides ably I.y the fire of the artillery; .• it was fialik-it by two squadrons of cuirasseurs, %shish ego , Ily suffered • without heat , broil hit into aeli in. Ti't reSpeCtive SIIT11:4111 how gre nuoier regl•aents amounted, before-the battle. to from Bto 900 wen. o Their i s estimated at (me thitd, which -they ;ascribe to the cowardice of the Officers, who abandoned their rauLs, and concealed thtmselves in the braishwood. •fwo regiments of chossturs attached to this ditision, which were stationed itt advance %vete ttisprise• ; their loss 411)k114/W41. 66 s tiller, ii oiled (ireg••ii o ate l'skow, who has served for nine rears it* the recTi.i.etti of tit. I', trrshur„h, declines that he Hover saw his regiment jar way a% 11 did ott hi- occasion Ile soy s, that h e f4, f e th e b...tt le, tient tol K. tusolfiod i.l their hate, and harangued his troops, c r, did not produce must oleo. This Unlit adds, that lie 1te:.;11 itajor CA. Command:nit of his le t :hut-0, spy, that about lieitie,seit had gone troy wrists beyond Nlojaisk, to p:e l)3l e there the means of dele:we : lie b lie% 2s that lie we t to I ittle Vla.sma. It was not known what had her tile of . Tut , ekow, the Crtnimander in-Ciieluf the 3 . 4:1 'corps, or oh the 3d dirt of K alowitzin, which farreard piot of it • " 3d. The ibion of grenadiers, consi.ting of the regiments o f Astr.:eisit, Faint guru: K oseow, Lath 1.! It tissit, and Sdan ia, con.- mantled by hince Charles of :114 c'sletilitt,2ll, wont terming pill tilt he 8 , 11 corps of flotisdio, was stati.aned on the 511 01 S ritenibur at the great tedutibt, which was taken 4111 the satin: day, anti where it lost -its can non, a Culonel, aid inure !lent the hall t.t its wen. 'l he reannenta of this division were.. (lute ft.ll l,il iiiriVil!if at Smolmisk ,, ; but they h a d HO'• niorc than 1000 each oft ti:c It. h. fore the actioo, stud litiotheled t more than fr• ni lo 100 the noun i n .,, , , ~1 1; 1‘ • 7 : 1 1 , v ,•l wn tio•v were ISt the ll.l.ige Which %%cit • e n ar , v •ii vuoiee of the batteries ol the Jell Clink. It t s .it .ft that tbe I'r.u.ce of llrci,lt iihtirgh was wounded. 4th. •Id corps of Deozavout insoneovrod on ow lith ratr i 7th, in re . •ter to advance to the tioe„ Ist -.lppon the 3:l' corps. 311 the !iris liters assert that nut one hit . el it " Tile musketeer regiatoois of Tobol-k, Volhvitiii, and !' rt.- nientwitug. as wed al OW slull and ~fill chassetos of toe -1;li Clt hull,_ coodnianiled by the hinee of Wurt. when:, anuno.ted to et/0 mien 4.. cli, atter the battle, tome oh them (.4)1,1(1 mo.ter 401. wi,S the same with the regittieut, ese . uni t 1\ tv. well •i the :30th and -Kt!la chit..-tors of the division 4); .‘:-osisiplf. A subaltern of the I-ea/ono% an P ro h,, r off T t re l ari , 3 , that ba olonel Av t us, was kilted ; unit that Ouriii i ; ti:e slaw. , on the bank of Ito. tivcr the tir.:e; al in Chict lit wi II *i• he ('o noel 4,1 the giein , cliers This corps had few qtri e ..i., kijied, but l i t any • " Jllt. Ter. 4.1111 tit tile tit I) corps, whirli was llMlOneli i n the graori central battery. iraustetl'il thy battle folly 31) !lieu enclb 1..% da wit hen), a: !hiv‘ aitiolotted tr!;li 1) each in the le giitirati ••t St hi , watek, Batink, , s, 1 . rid Toin4 ; ,•. hile the contra ' `melt of the 19th and -loth chit-, ors, sibtouttird to 1 15 men ci:Cla, by • . ltleillif of recruit.. girt% n hoot No, ogiarod-sa.‘, t0 ...k The 2d division et the guards, composett of line Ismailoffinol • Lithininiait-regiments ot and o f lieu reg i ool: t s the . ginatals. Firland, tar the orders of Gen. Lawrotr, were .tit - . hint: in rear t: e tlaee batteries, on the lett of the 41111 re. - These regiments suffered con laieraLly 8010 the artirmy ; but that of Ismai,off Ita%it . ,g advanced with the bayonet, was so vigorously chart Led by the costal , y, that not more than .11) men in each company were leit to it. General Krapowitski comma:lid - ma a brigade, and the Colonel the regiment of Ismailoff, were there wounded (Sighed) " rOKOLNI( ' KI, General of Division, .• 111oj , ilisk, 10." charged with a Specill Sea v ice. PE neioNAN t Sk:PI. I R.-The cosicentratiota of the French armies in Spain is on the point of bring effected. Already the army of the cen tte.l4j, hied that : of the litike'of XII :..hafera ; and these two corps, the ' enov ; eniell4 of .% hich are - conihinyel with those of the army of the Duke of fla4o . ati.a; It t o .o%i/fent uncertainty, into the plans of :the I • q 0• v Ittiottuoilpr Gen. Atiritland,which landed at Ajicatit, and which hoptd to int able to march ' , Award, has been driven back AL REGISTER. OC v n 4. tinder the batteries of hat liirrress by the arm y o f I L,. D u k e ot . A lind s cr; To this tvve Oven confined Ow opetutsoos of this corps of the etiesto o i: which their partizos4 bud built great hopes of .tieces.-. PA sus, S: yr. t 7.—Yesterday, at twelve o'clock. die cannon an is tweed the :srrival of the Eighteet.th Bullvtin of the Grand Army, wining the details of the memorable battle of the 7th. OFFICIAL 111: LLEFIN 1110 AI 'II IE ST. PETERiBU lIGII 6AZErrE. • ( Offirid A erounts ji.ont the Aria.y.) T..ietit.-Gcti, Count Wittgenstein reports to his Imperial Majesty ( * tom the village of Itiloge, not far from Polotsk, tirs'er date of the 7th (191 h) .tugust, as follows :—I have already had the happiness, on the 31,4 Jul., ( I 'it li Atigost) to report to your Imperial M, jests from the rillat_t of oswega, that alter the second defeat which I. lord given on the thili August, N. S. to ;.larshal Ontlinot in the leer of the village of Shen. neslies with my vm - a-attord ; hut having received fresh reintorcements, he ni )(le a stand before Polutsk ; 1 was therefore tinder the necessity, on 17th Aug. to give him battle, in order to (hive him into his t 'arm:i ntents. In that battle, which lasted 14 hours, the enemy sustainet! 3 very severe lo . s, and afterwards retreated into his entrenchments.—. I he loss on our side am 'outs to about 1000 men in tidied and wounded. During the whole time of the enemy ' s retreat, and in this battle we hate made upwards of 2000 pis tiers. While I cline reniaiiiiig Mill, the corps close to Polotsk, I untlettook a movement for Ilie purpose ef observing the corps under Marshal Macdonald. Meanwhile. MArshLit Ondinot had, exclusive of the reinforcements of Bavarian troops under the command of Gen. W cede, tecei‘ed at farther reinforcement of tlto mime troops under the command of Lien. Deroi, and then at four o'r.ll:ck in the afternoon of time 18:1i inst. attacked me at all points whit five di ; visions of infantry, courniencitor the attack with u must heavy cau l%unlade from all his artillery. This was one of the bloodiest, most se- I sere, and obstiteue b:itt:es forotht on both sides. Your hope, itil Ma jesty's vatioot it °vs, without regarding the enemy ' s nunthes, whiell was triple their own. rot otioteted them every where with their terial cm.. [age, drove hack their batteries and stioi'g columns tit dor, clot time•, oblbied them to retire eveu 040 the to , . ti, tiod eve!' fought in the very streets. 'llse thick d.irkness of the iii:.lit compelled us to put an end ti ;his excerd.ng hot Hod desperare eetion; after which they withdrew into their cirtreitehment•, which I, ace:Jai:la 10 my foluter pian, after 'c'aving Inv ruortrard there. nthrclied with the body of th:t awry on the Sehesch r ad to the village of lialoae. to. this bailie the 1,,,s ot filik.,t and wounded was great on 1)01h side g. Vie li ive taken prisoners, tw 0 Lieut.-Colonels, 1501Ticeri, and shout 500 soldiers ; rte have Hist! 1 - Iscu Iwo pieces of heave artillery, of which the eurassier regiment, stitch %t its drawn ro .. o. other, liar! inked tioeeti, till of which we could not brill; awav, bir want of littrst • . slid they could out he .irio,gist over the ditches wh cell wparated to.. Ihe enemy has certainly (,•‘t three tinws the ininilit - r. in Li.ied iti;ll wonlided, that we have (tone; for alnist they t!,:,...1 111..11.,...1.e5, wil:i ttivir coiurnits of int:oory, on our hattei it ~ they e'a'ch tittle kit toe , _:',l titer part of their mell dead on the field. On tt is day the cini'..sier tegi • meld Cut 1., o'verei Iwo whole colintins, and during lire etnitiiiti.:ll'.o tif the action, that 11' , :1 1 11 1 "lit ever) where itare wolfs of the itio• l ,listen. guisited villain. \ oither ih ow loss t!ittiii:t : the Ml6'''. Genertils ll.trg and f;anaeti hire :•:tcli received a cointi.i..ii ; Major-('et er.l K (,!ii,cio . Lowski is wound. d by a tuu.ket ,ilot; and Coliatcl Frolow by a car tridge kill. The ellell)V is lii ruwn 11110 git'at etiliftlooll by iii' iiiilde ; on Ilia 5111, Nliir.lial 01.(iinot himself ‘s as a ou:idt d in the shoulder; and (.11d-. (it It, the next e!desrottnotinander of (lie Ilavatiail trOlipS ((it - a. Wilde ) Ilse French tielieral Gorivion St. ('N r took the command iii his plats. arid 1 hoe r that lie will WA hr able to toolortahe 110 thing of 4: 0 (: - (picot:v. I shall slow oim-rve the tiiad to I' kow obi all i..de, and ;IA! to Si C V. hat prOgia:Bs the Urand Army %i ail cwilse. FROIIACLI MONA 111. Y A(l Li II 11.11. 111 . 11 1 011 T. hareeft for inzliy years has been better secured, or more pro. (fut.:live. The dry wain; wiather, throu.di the whole of last inooti:, ICI; greatly facilitated the labours of the field. The new wheat I acids weal, and the grain is ot .prime quality, full of taring, and ccvezed with a thin skin, and conscqtientiy produces a very small portion of Watt, w nut ColllplrCti with the wheat of last year. Barley has risvit heavy to the cart, considering the great bulk of straw. The coin is of a strong malting quality, but not so fine on the skin as in soma preceding years. It hauttle s warm, but rather ruin; in the heel. *I he yield to the acre is expected to be 11101 C dull ail average c.:r.p. Oats are of a strong quality, and great yield. ppm, and the whole ofthe leg uminous tribe, are of Tully.; quality, perlectly free trout the grub, and uontain but a very bllla 0( P:0 t,I ti 1;1/ ut S arc AVJ frc na cll sk