The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-13 00:00:00

DEC• 6:4:•1 Sitepetoll'on the Ist of November, and which may have the ea 41IS of interposing del ,3 Thus the fruits of the incursions of the French to Moscow, at .;,-rxrence of the lives of so many brave officers and men, seem to b en limi el to the burning and destruction of that city, and to uir ruin anddes-Lition of the inhabitants and proprietors near the great and in the vicinity of Moscow, while on the ether hand, it will, toile latest period of history, reflect lustre on the spirit and pa ttionmi of the Russian Empire. . The last accounts front Count Wittgenstein are dated Nov. S, at left Ishnik, two stages east of Lepel. After the affair of Polotzk, t!ot Gewral detacred a corps to oh- erve Macdo..ald, h Ist he sent Gen. Steinheil on the road to Vilna, who, af,er havingcut (.:11* the Rata. tier corps from that of St. Cyr and entirely dispersed it, with the is of cannon and colours, joined Count Wittgenstein, who proceeded attack the rent tinder of the French under the command of Le Grand, Marshal St..r, yr, having retired on account of his wound. lhis corps was reinfore.d by Marshal Victor at the head of fifteen t i,,, usw al men; and, having tak log post near Teltasnik, was there erfe..itecl on the Slst October by-Count Wit tgenocin, who considering errtny's position a good one for It tnsolf, h..s continued to occupy i:, detaching a c.orps to take pose•sion of Witvp-k. " Admiral TchichagoiPs last dispatches of the 9.11 of October. frin Breslitow, report the success of a, detachment under General w Ito, on the 20th of October, took the Polish General Konot- Id with the whole of the Sd regiment of Hulans, of the In:Leh guard. 1 4 Prince Schwartzepberg had crossed the Rog without giving the' Adin:ral an opportunitx ot lint, to ac• ion. Admiral Tehich ak:oa'aed Count Wittgenstein had reciprocally sent detachments to as • c(rtin cad - . others position. " Sir Robert Wilson, with his usual activity, has been in every asimr, arid has con:rived to see every remarkable occurrence ; his lat d'spatches are da!ed V insma, the Hit of November ; his accounts t Er with the official bulletins, 'which have been published here. • " Lord Tyrconnel has joined Tchieltagoll; by whom he has been , teccived with every possible attention ; hi: letters of the 22.1 of tkt:iber, have been received by Sir Robert Wilson at Viasma, and hr myself. His lordship speaks in high terms of the condition of ad the corps of that army, which he had not until then the means of Meng. " Having obtained the Emreror's permission for Major-General Dlrnber i ; to terve as a voltuit,:er in the army under Ge!.eral Gaunt Wingeostein, I have given to that General officer instructions s'!milar ti :iv se of Sir Hob( rr Wilson and Lord Tyrecimel, and I expect by t e next c uricr to hive the pleasure of learning his safe arrival at the llca.l-quarters of that army. I have the honour to he, &e. (Sigurd) " CATHCART." " NOVI.!.SP.FR 12.—1 t having been found impractibable to pass thl Neva, the messenger has been detained until this morbing. I live now the honour to inclose herein the Report of the capture of Wit.p k, by General Count Wittgenstein. who has made prisoners Comm..n(ling officer of the enemy's forces there, General Count Punget, and the Governor of the town, Coiona Chavondes. 4 ' C." BULL N. " St. Petcrsburgh, November 11. " Witepsk is taken by Count de Wittgenatui.—The Genial C unt Pouget, who commatuded the troops, is made prisoner, as well CUIL'11:1 t..ll4Volltiej, the Commandant of the town." 41 St. Petersburgh, November 13. "My Lord—l avail myself of the departure of a Spanish calmer a::quaint your lordship, that several officers arrived here in ;he itnirse of b-t night, dispatched from the Lead.quarters of Marshal I t uitiv ; fi; a t Eloee, cn the 9th November. The. Field Marshal reports, that the flight of the enemy con. times with increased precipitation ; and that the pursuit, by the several corps of the Russian army. has been conqant, vigorous, and ricecsdul, a part only of the relation of the atr.iirs which have taken Place has, as yet, ben published ; the remainder is in the press : the Julbvving are the most important particulars. " On the loth November, General Milaralovitch reached a village swsts from Viasma, en the 'road to Smoicasko, in pursuit of the eimmy. General Platow marched to the right -of the road, to esteea !'iur to reach the head of the column. while the main army moved 'll2 lefr of it, under the Field Marshal, towards Elnee. " Sir Robert Wilson describes the march on the rita;n road as one w4icst exhibited scenes of destruction without example in modern 1 ' Isom the number of dead and dying men, and carcases of horses, ' of th•-rn cut up for food ; peasants' houses every where on tire, annonirion carriages blowing up, and quantities of wreck of every " It may be observed that the frost is set in, and is stated to have ' from 10 to 15 degrees (Reaumur). ." Tice effect of famine, fatigue, and cold upon a fiyine army, 'trough a countrt full of exasperated peasants, .may be easily under to,/, " In the course of this march the Cossacks took two Standards from Ii e Hulans of the Imperial Guards, who were left behind with the '1 . 11) . now retreating, and'the enemy also abintinned a howitzer. et Oa the m orning o f t h e 7 t h of Noveniber, G Nazi MilarAdovitch _ _TILE IsItTIONAL ItEnISTER.. 715 entered Dorogobugsh. 11:e enemy attempted some resistance, but was driven from his advantageous position by the Russian chas.,curs, with the foss of WO men taken pnsoncrs, exclusive of the sick and wounded. In this attack, aml on the preceding day, one howitzer awl three guns were taken, and upwards of 140 ammunition waggont. The number of killed at this place must have been very great, but I have not yet heard it estimated. .Two Russian officers of note were retaken on this occasion. The enemy are describt:d to be in a state cf much insubordination, and it was understood that their march is di. rected upon Sato " On the 9th of November, Marshal Kuru..off had arrived at Elnee, where he received a report from General Platow, of his having over taken four divisions of the French army, under the command of Beau harnois, upon the road from Dorogobuesh to Doughovtchstchina.— That General states, that the Cossacks charged through this body: dividing it isto two parts, with great slaughter, and the capture of (9 pieces of ordnance, which had been already brought in and counted, and some standards ; many plans and papers of crwsequence, and up wards of %K d prislners, among whom, as well as am..,ng the killed. are many officers of rank and distinction. " Part of the remains of this corps fled in the direction of Dorogo. hugs'', and the other part in the direction of Doughortchstchina, closely pursued by the Cossacks and light cavalry. " General Sanson, Quarter-master -general of the whole French, army, was taken, with 50t) Men of dilnratit ranks, upon the right flank 01 General Platow, near DotiOnvtchstchina. •4 Major-Genera' Kinn-49, who hls been entrusted with the com. .attend of the corps lately under the orders of G3neral Winzingerode, had, by extraordinary twitches, reached the main army with his • cavalry.. • " An officer has been intercepted with letters from Beauharnois c which ‘yill he plthlished to.morrow, and which will allind indelible proof of the state in which It uonapam has left this-part of hit army. Thee tcrs are at4dresscd to Berthier. t " It does nor ar pear that the march of thcir* ch guards, and of, the lst division hag hut n effected without peat' loss, many of tiTtir . bodies Invioz been found on the road. _ _ " Field Niarshal Kutty-i.ll intended to continue his march upon Krasnoy, two stages beyond Stnolenbk, leaving that town upon his rig-:t hand, and intersecting thccrmmtunicatictis towards Moistlce. " I had not heard that it is ascertained where Buonaparte himself was on the 9th of November. . _ " The first Bulletin, containing General Platt:Ars -report, is here• with inclosed. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " CATHCART." F.xtrat from an intercepted Letter front the Viceroy of holy, Etigene Napoleon, to the Prince of Netflehatel, grout S t sillir,. (October Y 7, (11'+'v. 8.) ISM " Your Highness will readily perceive, that, embarrassed by my heavy baggage, which has been replaced in my ha , ds, and by a nu., .nrrous artillery, of the horses attached to which, 400, without exag. geration, have died this day. my situation is critical enough. Never.' theless. 1 shall continue my movement very early to-nurrow morn ing, in order to reach Pologhi. There I shall expect intOrmation, and according to what I learn [here, I will decide oo marchiug either io+ Donchontchina, or to Nev.). " I must not conceal from your Highness, that after using every efFat in my power, I have yet found it imp-ssible to drag my levy, and that in this respect. very great sacrifices mu a he expected. To-day many pieces were spiked and buried. I am. Letter from the s.:me to the same. at the floe or crossi.%;; the ricer Iv;:, Oct. 17, (Nlay. 8.) IBM ".Herewith inclosed I address to your highness the litter which 1 wrote you yesterday, but which did not reach you, the officer who was. the bearer having been misled by his " Your Highness will be supriscd at learning that I am still only upon the Vop. I nevertheless set out this morning from Sitseilc, five o'clock ; but the road is go cut up w ith ravins, that imreclibie. !trots were necessary to advance even thus tar. ' It is with pain ILO 1 feel myself under the severe necessity of 'acknowlelfAing to yOu thy sacrifices which we have made to actelirate niir march. I hese Ilu-ito last days have cost us two-thirds' of the artillery of this corps At thet army. Yesterday about 400 horses riied ; and to-day, perhaps; a->itNie that number have perished, exclusive of the great number a hotsei which I have caused to be put on tot the military baggage, and :Sat of individuals. Whole trans of hot ties hate perished in the honest- at once. Many of them have been even three ti:nes resalveo. To-day this corps of the army has nig bk:(!e, c!istorhed it+ itt mart)]. We have pemeived only a few Cossacks, without artil;i*:,l; which appears to me rather uncommon ; but a we•fe to belicate tottil reoort ola Voltigeur sent out a in •ratiding . iT 'would appear 'hat A cohtinn of infantry, artillery, and cavalry. is tAltirg the soinr.. (Vero it.. 1% with us, namely towards Doubontchina. To-niAnt I ir,:end Attedit , , s i a strong reconnoisance to Deuboutchirrt, and hope to 'waive thcr, morrow, if the enemy does not prevent it by serintfs 1 must frankly own to your Highness, the suftoringSthping the ha three days have so match dispirited the st4tlier, that 1 think shent little able at present to make au effort: Many men have stied with hunter or cold; others, being driven lo despciation, t.utla the ; t;s it to bo taken by the enemy. I am, &c." 1?. ‘4 , de c :. t , , e ii, 34 4 Wds hi. Nkill attd, livng t take 'ns. :1 the y till ch in wa s kttct• flber, art. d ha. et, Sy t line Is or. r 4J, • c. tot- Ors I reS. ,• I iie t RI .!c• , n his d La r cir- c.s ; pre wen, 10100 b4O luny t, that tki, a to at• rpOse arced men, on to ng ao cd to m Lin were rd of aalled I,:fte ny Is and !pt as : pre• :d by t c:a ,ta4 !rake %Val. liC I C liic' j de Ile'