The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-28 00:00:00

• 17th, ordered General Lauriston,r,with his advanced guard, to place himself behind the defile of Win kowo, !. in order that his movements might not be ; I perceived. • "' After Moscow had ceased to exist, the Empe ror had determined either to abandon this heap of , ruins, of only occupy the Kremlin with 3000 men; i but the Kremlin . , after fifteen days labour, was not I judged.sufiiciently strong to be abandoned for twenty I • t'r thirty days to its own forces. It would have inweakened and incommoded the army its move ments,,, without giving a 'great advantage. If we w . titivd to protect Moscow from the beggars and plunderers, 20,000 . men would have been necessary. Moscow is at present a truly unhealthy and impure sink. A population of 200,000 wandering in the neighbouring woods, dying with hunger, come to these ruins, to seek what remains, and vegetablesi in the gardens, to support life. It appeared useless to compronise any thiag whatever for an object which was of no military importance, and which has now become of no political importance. All the ma. gaziues which were in tho city havitig been carefully examined, the others emptied, the EmPeroi caused the Kremlin to he mined. The Duke of istsiti caused it to be blown up at two o'clock, A. M. on th e 23d ; the arsenal, barraCks, magazines, all werer l destroyed. This ancient citadel, which takes its date I from the foundation of the Monarchy, this first l'a• lace of the Czars, has been destroyed. "The Duke of Treviso has marched for theVereja. The Emperor of Russia's Aid-de-Camp, Aaron Winzingerode, having, on the 22d, attempted to pe netrate at the head of 500 Cossacks, was repulsed and taken prisoner with a young Russian Officer, named Narisken. " On the 19th, the head-quarters were in the castle of Tioitskoi ; they remained there on the 20th. On the Qlst they were at Ignatien ; the 22d at Po tnensk oi ; all thearmy having made twOliank marches, and the 23d at Borowsk. The Emperor reckons upon marching on the , 246, to gain the Dwina, and taking a ncy.ition which will bring him within 80 leagues of l'etcrsburgh and Willi; a double advan tage ; that is to say, 20 marches nearer his means and his object. " Of 4000 stone houses which were in Moscow, not more than 200 remain. It has been said a fourth remained, because in that calculation 8i)0 churches were comprehended, a part.of which are undamaged. Of 8000 houses of wood, nearly 500 remain. " It wns proposed to the Emperor to burn what remained of the city, to treat the Russians in their own way, and to extend this measure round Mos cow. There are 2000 villages, and u many country houses and chateaux. 46 It was proposed to form four columns, of 2000 men each, and charge them with burning every thing for twenty leagues round Moscow. That will learn the Russians, said they, to mike war wording to rule, and nest like Tartars. If they burn a village, a house, we must make them answer for it by burn ing 100. " The Emperor refused to allow these measures, which ►could have aggravated the misfortunes of this population. Of 9000 proprietors, whose cas tles would have been burned, one hundred perhaps would have been sectaries of the Ma rat of Russia, but 8,900 are brave men, already too much the vic tims of some wretched men. To punish one hun dred guilty persons, 8,000 would have been ruined. We must add, that it would absolutely leave left without resources '200,000 poor boors, lanotent of every thing. 64 The F,mperor, therefore, contented himself with ordering the destruction of the citadel and military eitablisliments, according to the usages of war, withoA doing any thing to nth) ttlready too unhappy by the consequences of this war. " The inhabitants of Russia do not recollect suck a season as we have had for the last twenty days.— It is the sun and rise days of a journey from Fon tainbleau. The army is in an extremely rich country —it may he compared to the beat in France or Cier many."—(.lfoititeur, Nov. 16). TWENTY-SEVEYTII MILuETIN OF THE awn! ARMY. • 27. * On the 27th Prince Poniatowski marched upqn Vcreja. " The 23(r, the Arm? was about to follow this movement, but in the afternoon we learnt, that the enemy had quitted his intrenched camp, and was on march to the little town of Nialioardslasitc. It was found necessary to march after him, and ob struct his intentions. The Viceroy recei!ed orders to march. " DeWttt's division arrived on the 23d, at sly in the evening, on the left hank, took possesAion of the bridge, and caused it to be repaired. In the night between the 234 and 2ith, the Russian divi sion arrived in the town, and took poss2ssio.l of the heights on thy righj book, which are eitretnety ad vantegeogs. " On the .4•lth, at day-break, the battle corn 7 .l me :l ced. Daring this time t;ve enemy's army appeared qUite entire, and took a position behind the tow n.—The divisions Delzon, proussies, and Xing, atvel the Italiae ge;rd were enccesaivelien , #,Pd. • cc This engngement dol the sreatit hopoir to Yieeroy t and the 4th germ pt the !trrny.. Tiy? Wide of the rimy's aresy- were 'tied to main" 1,1111 v5•...1 M.•• .• r it! 1.1‘...^ t..- , ." +.~ , .1( tr r• :•(., K ~~ a ,: c • • • , f . • i ' I k ni i~ ,~~' t. 1;1 .. i 4 1, f 'en K STAT S N. taut his position ; but this was in vain; for the town was taken as :toll as the height. - " It appearithat the enemy were determined upon a retrograde movement, by the arrival of the suc conrs of the Army of North, and by the intelli gence they received of a battle having been lost by Geb. Hill upon the Tagus. " I can hardly describe to your Excellettcyall the joy I experienced at again seeing the garrison of the fort of Burgos, and the bravo General I)ubreton, who commanded it. I have walked over the ground: every step affords proof of what troops, well -di . verged and animated by a good spirit, • can do.--- Every thing that was necessary to the defence was I foreseen, and every thing was employed, because orders %ere given with discernment, and their exc. cution pursued with perseverati6 ; every one was pager to obey by duty, by honour, by zeal, by at.. tachnient and devotion to his Majesty. General Otibreton and thegarrison oldie fort deserve rewards; I solicit them from your Excellency. The journal which I I am going to have the honour of laying before you, will prove, Monseigneur, what titles the Officers and soldiers of this garrison have to the benevolence 1 of his Majesty. " This motility.' I expect the arrival of tw o di. 0 visions of infantry and artillery, and I am going to continue to support the Army of Portugal, until I know that it no longer wants my assistance. II have the honour to be, (Signed) " General Count C 4 FFARELLI." " The enemy retreated so precipitately that lie was. obliged to thruw '2O pieces of cannon into the river. Towards night, ilarshal Prince Eckmuld dc!lpuched With his carps, and all tie 'army was 'in battle with its artillery on the 25/11, in the position Ishich the enemy : occupied the night before. 4 ‘ The emperor moved his head-quarters on the 241 k, to the viHage of Chorodnia. At seven in the morniitg 6000 Cossacks, who 'had stepped into the wood, made a general hunts in the rear of his posi tion; and took sit pieces of cannon whiih vs ere parked. 44 The Duke of Istria set off at a gall6p with all the horse guards : this horde was •sabred, brought back, and thrown into the river ; the artillery it had taken was recovered, and several of his waggons were captured. "• Six hundred of these Cos s acks were killed, wounded, or taken; SQ men of the guards were wounded, and three killed. • " The General of. Division, Count Rappe, had a horse kille,l under him ; the intrepidity of ivhieh finis Geueral has given so many proof, is shown on ;every o.:casion. " At the commencement orthe charge, the Cos lack Officers called the guard, which they re membered (31uscadins.de Paris), Paris Pairities.— The Major-General of Dragoons, Extort, distin guished himself. At eight o'clock, order was' re established. " The , Emperor marched to 74aliclardslatitai re, cont►oitred'the'positioa of the enemy, and ordered an attack: for the next morning ; but in the night, the enemy retreated. Prince Eckrquhl followed him for six hours. 46 The Emperor then let him go, and directed the movement upon Vereja. " On the 2Gth, head-quarters were at Borowsk, and on the 27th, at Vereja. " Prince &Imola is, to-night, at Borowsk ; the Duke of Elchingen at Mojaisk. " It is beautiful weather, the roads are excellent; it is the end of a.itumn, this weather will last eight days longer, and at that period we shall have ar, rived in our new position. In the battle of Malin udelavitz, the Italian guard distinguished itself. It took the position, and maintained it. " The General Baron Delzons, a distinguished Officer, was killed with three balls. Our loss was 1500 men killed or wounded ; that of the enemy is 6or 7000. We found on the field of battle 1700 Russians, amongst whom were 1100' recruits dressed in grey jackets, having hardly served two months. (Sizerd) " The lieneral Count Cith'FAILELLI." j " N. B. Orders have been given by Gen. Count' Caffarelti to M. Minot, chief of a battalion, and ()rive ter of the engineers at Burgos, for the repairs of the.' fort of the intrenched camp and of Mount St. Michael" EXTRACT FROM A THIRD DISPATCH rant GENERAL IN cuter COUNT cArFARRLLI TO THE MINISTER OF THE wA.R DEFARTINEMT I DATE EINALUSb NEAR VALLADOLID t 'OCT. so: • " Mr Lnan,---thave had the honour of rendering your Excellency an actount of the raising the siege of Burgos, and of the retreat of the English airily from before that city•on thel2d of this month.' • " The Army of 'Portugal put itself in motion to .pursue them, and I directed its motions. From the evening the cavalry were formed in Hue. The 23d, this cavalry and two other regiments, which belong to the Army of the North, the light cavalry and the dregoone of the Army of Portugal, tell in with the rear guard of the enemy, near to Villadrigo. They were charged vigorously .by the Gees d'Ans merie, the 16th Chasseurs, and the Lancers of, Berg • never was a more brilliant charge made, or oue more decisive. The attack was dreadful, and cost, the enemy above 300 men. By some inconceivable faT ta!ity the division of dragoons, which wns•iu line to I the right of thesp corps, and should have ve,sustained I them, took itself off to the right at full trot, and Idiseppeared. If they had -been supported by this division, the English cavalry would have been de • • stroye l d ; the English cavalry,. which was forraed in square in Villadrigo would have been taken ; and it is assured that Lord Wellington and the Prince of Orange were within the square. Not. withstanding this n ;.fortune, our cavalry continued fighting with the greatest success, forced the two lines, made some prisoners, and when they rallied and would have made a second charge the enemy re fused it, and retired in the greatest haste. They had amongst them the best of the English cavalry. " Upon the right, the Ist Hussars, and 31st meet of Chasseurs, manoeuvred to turn the enemy's left. The badness of the road and ground only al lowed the first to charge the Itithlight Dragoons, of EXTRACT or A LETCht FROM THE RF.NFAAi. IN CHIEF, i whom they took some prisoners, among others the COUNT cATIARELLI, TO His EXCELLENCY THE ; Colonel, and put them to flight. • DDRH DS WELTS% MINIsTER. AT WAR. • . • 1 " Your EscAleticy will judge of the fury with Slue" °tett. which they fought, when you are informed that the " Moeseteritecn,—l had the honour to announce brave Colonel Betulle, and, six Officers of the Gen. to your Excellency, that we were expecting from one &reverie le.gion, have been wounded ; that in the moment to another a tolerable opportunity to ad- ! 15th regiment of..Clusstoies, the Colonel and all the vance and reliettethi fort of Borges, •- Officers, except I wo, received sabre cuts or conte.! "On the 90th, we made a reconnoislance, of which sious ; and that the Berg Laticc:s had, in their aqua- I have had the honour of giving you an account.: droll, several Officers wounded. "On the 294, several corps of cavalry and infantry, 44 I have desired the names of the soldiers who among which were the 15th reeitnent of menu ie, particularly distinguished themselves ; I i shall have Chasseurs, the Berg Lancers, and the Gendarmerie . the. honoUr of submitting them to your. Excellency. Leg;on, belonging to tare .`,rmy of the, North, IS well All the army bestows the highest eutogiums upoti the es the Ist regiment of ii osSars 4 and 31st regiment Army of the North. I will only allow myself to of Chewers, were itlncpti at the extreme right of the speak of it i the General in Chief of - the Army of army; the infantry of the Army of the North has Portugal win, in detail, iuform your Excellency of its head at lircties , :it, and its left at Pancorho ; the what relates to his army. last troops of the Army of Portugal %sere but half a "On the 35th, M. de Toll, Chef d'Esquedron of league from Ilreviesea. I exontee, from one instant . the Berg Lancers, met near Velem-in, the tail of a to another, that General Souliam would determine to convoy, defeated it , and carried, o ff 400 men, anti at t ac k the Digli,h army. j much baggage. " Yesterday morniog, at 11 o'clock, ire were. in. 1 4 4 The enemy, on retiring from Torquemado, took formed it wag in full retreat. We inunediaiely put a - position behind the Carrion and Piswgra, anti de ourslvcs in ntAtion. About five in the evening an stroyed all the bridges; they after Wards marched be atnik with tio• renr-gitard took place before Burgos, ' hind Ca heron, a formidable 'p o sition ; broke down and e : nadc some prisoners. 1 the bridge ' at Velledolid, collected their forCes at " The enemy, in raising the siege of Burgos, tabezon, and caused their baggege to filo by abandoned two six-pounders and a spii,ed how., Pueete de Duero, and toe ards Tudela. The fords itzor of the Ilse have been sounded.- The infantry 46 The old Russian infantry is destroyed; the Russian army would have no consistence but fur the .numerous reinforcements of Cossacks recently ar rived from the D9O. IVell informed persons assure us, that in the Roisian infantry the first rank only is composed of soldiers, and that the second and third ranks are filled with recruits and militia, and who, notwithstanding the promises made them, are incor porated. • _ . . . " The Russians had three Generals killed. G. nem' Count Pino was slightly wounded."—( Mani tear, Nov. 17.) PARIS, Nor. ^_t.—News has been received from the Grain! Army, under date of the Gth of Novem ber, that his Majesty then had his head-qintrters at Michtehovsk, and continued to enjoy the very beq health. NowEMBEIt 23.—The last accounts from the Grand Army are of the ith of November. The movement which it had commenced was continued with the most perfect order. The Emperor, who continues to enjoy the best health, is expected at Smolensk° on the Bth. [FURTHER EVFE.ApTS RECEIVED THli MORNING.] PARIS. Nov. V. FRENCH AR AY OF THE NORTH OF Sr IN. • • Veitterday evening I arrived in Burgos—l met on the road a courier from 'General Sonham, charged with proceeding, and announcing to your Rue'. !Prey, that the enemy were in retreat. [;Slid not alloy myself to atop him to write - to your Ethel.' lency, and particularly to announce to you, the 013140 the §iett of iiinigPs• would. been. ;We to have done this ; had bit derrtore beta to of ...;uegra , ,• sot wool!! be ori in' their :booklets in -water.' We Ma ' pccuyit:d upooSemaneas.,and.iordesilluA, a.4d then t,tiv , WelHoran derided to evacuate ..Coboor,Jita j bt l / 4 1 , 40'pra?hich, I;C'ye'ste'rtlay blelv • id% to VniintlOiij, the. bridge . trigoogiosto i f r l l tieing repairea'; that of Coheion,wfli rtgottrel • sonW tithe' becauaa tho k, at least; Tait ; t s a . • ,apol,faere are •tonther • materials nor. workman to be . !tOliod th ere. • • • . ,:.• •-• • • . Thy. a pos " ttpenArmy er the lis De rtuga ero t . -ma l rc l i ;.: e l e t : it t o this place. " le two or three days, I wilt set out on my re , turn for the territory 6f the army. " I have the honour to hr, &tr. cA ,2 hi, iv : tour couriertoriillii addre ss al )- h i t o g o r carried A ), T o c u l g ri v ..., ;:d i e i l .1 i s n 't l e F v t C l o h; " Buenos, Nov. fl.—l yester6v learned that a,'„ tercepted by a party of briget tuts, who infest the; e r'. toad from the side of Villa Real ; :$s it is le nq ' l';` the dispatches of General Souham may have beet:i k tercepted, I take the liberty of spotlit% to yo l ., r n ,. eellency M. d'ilervilly, my Aid.de-Camp, . • who ha, followed the movements of the arms-. " Since the siege of Burgos, the enemy have ~ tired upon the high road by Valladolid; there se. r : on the v.3d October, at Villadrigo, au engage 15 between the cavalry of the • Army of the North, joined to that of the Army of Portugal, and all the English cavalry, in which the tatter vcre comileteir beaten, Since that time the enemy have cutitillUeii their retreat in defending, but ;cry weakly. th, ! bridge of Torquemado. They afterwards !heti themselves behind the Cart .'u, Arbania, and h. suegra, taking care to destroy the bridges of 'fa r ,. rugo, Villamureel, and S. haelor.--Thcre was exTRecT PROW ANOTHER bETTER F ROM THE GENERAL i frprn the. side of the bridge of Villamereel, an ep. AN cum carracELLl TO THE MINISTER OP Ter"; gagement of t the. other side the river, nhizit our WAR VEPARTMENT, DATED auaoos, OCT. '23. i troops passed by fording, and itt which the enemy 14 MY LOILo,—YOur Excellency kuows that the . l i ost . more than WO men. fort of Burgos is built ,with earth. This fort inif W . " A. division had marched from Palencia, the. ttihehTaoli Ttihm. isi 7.r.., sustained a . siege of '35 days ; and if it had been ate tiffildgeof.which, that was about to be blown up, we tacked by the means prescribed by the common rules, t, were able 4o ‘ save. . A detachment of light cavalry, this fort would have fallen. ! lielottrig Ilp the Army of Portugal, commanded by " The enemy have made ,breaches, by means of i the' Gbef d'Pogladron Toll, deb a uched by thi s b r id ge, shells, and favouied by the disorder occasioned by"; fetrupon Oe kir of a convoy, took 400 prisonui, the explosion of the shells, they attempted to make ; and car = ried 4100,000 rations of biscuits, an d five assaults. I great timidit baggage. The nest day th e env. " I can say with truth that the 'defence wax so .my evacuate d,earas, and established therr.;ey es obstinate, that a part of the pallisades of the intrench- 1 between Cabezow, which position they strongly o c . e 1 camp were entirely cut by the balls, at a foot and , cupied; and Valladolid, the bridges of %Lich city a half from the ground; and that it was merely through 1 they blew up. As. they only held this pokitior, to the bravery of the troops that this part, 'which was !give themselves time to ensure the means of retreat, the weakest of the intrenched camp, was not carried . they blew up the bridge of Cabezon, at the same by the eitemy, who were lodged on the ridge of the ; time as that of Semanias, And retired by Pueste Glaris. I have the honour to be, trec.' 1 Duero, which bridge , they likewise destroyed. That of Tordesillss, those of Tinkle and Toro have also been ruined, and perhaps that of Zomo. All these events topk place between the 23d and 29th of tat mouth. " All the bridges 'have been re-establised; the Army of Portugal is posted on the Duero 5 hating it% . _ _ _ . right at Toro, and its left towards Tudela ; four p. visions of the English army are in front of Tor !)feillles. 4 During their retreat thp enemy fast, at least, /000 men, kilted, wounded, taken, or deserted, The fort of ;largos, according to their own coact. i lion, cost them 300 Q; by their own account they !lift 8000 in the battle of Salamauca—they have only received a . reinforcement of MO men : (bus Olt • army is considerably weakened ; the greater part of their "l'aunded have perished in the long resr4et from Burgos to Salamanca. cg S uc h wa s , Monseigneur, the situation of the Army of Portugal on the 3tl inst. The health of ' ; --theksoidiers was excellent, and titer iiiie attireateti by Um best spirit. I Itve the hpiiour, 40.' i pitrtiltio.l.i* .. .~ ~. • :••• • . . r - 1 - - :tiliNlitTßY, OF wA ii— FienTiCH Ani r r at o t Pc ji a o r e i? r ( - '.• LoNLA. • i Corr OF 4 LtTISR FROM X. THE atmanar. coot REc4E2ts fro ins ittim f Loscr lin Imes as rum, XISISTER OS THE WA DEPA-RIMRWC. Head-Qaa . rters at Yich, Dior. 6. I 4 f My ' having been informed, some time ago, that Gen. Lacey was recruitittg and organisi n g a great part ,of the insurgent army at Vich, I, qn the 21th of October last, put my brigade of reserve info can tonments at St. Andre ; on the same day I sent or ders to Gen. lAmai quo to recruit his disposable troops, and to march on Cardeden, where be arrived en the Ist with provisions, and a convoy of meal. On the 30th, I was Informed, that the Bs. ron d'Ecoles had quitted the camp of Tarragona, and way expected at St. Felice de Codinas. Oa the 31st, I went in person to . Cranollers with my brigade of reterve l commanded by General Expert. I drew out 1500 men of the garrison of Bar- celona, as far as Monmalo, under the Command of General Devaux, and which I destinated to conduct to that city a convoy, and a herd of oxen and sheer, which I had caused to come from Giroune. On the Ist November, General Lamarque arrived at Carie• den, with two brigades, which I put in cantonment; at Llierona, and in the hamlets between that village and• cfAtiollers. .. General Devatnt retrograded to wards- Barcelona at the beginning of the night, with the convoy for that place. I caused this movement to be supported by two battalions from the brigade et Expert, which 1 advanced towards Cables to but the right of the road to Barcelona, and to give some disturbance to Baron d'Eroles t who was arrived at St. Felice de Cotlitta:. " On the 2il, at break of day, these two into lions took their direction towards Lissa, by the way of Arnettla. General Expert leaving Grano!• let's at the same hour with the rest of his hrigti, and rallied his detachment near to Arnett!, ; the Lii• vision of Lamarque marched on Garrica, and Jr'e up in order of battle before that pusition at the tve• meta when General Expert bad reunited his brigade. " The enemy appeartd on the heights with 7 or 8000 meu from Antettla, as far as Samains, on which his left rested, a redoubt closest the entrance of the road leading to La Garrigue, and was defend ed by • or 300 men. These positions are very strong; the Spaniards had entrenched themselves carefully a nti formed mines there,' but to • which they had not Goa to set fire. • light 4 regimentGcneral Expert t t h a e tt fi a t e t t h e n d f the the Lrs e t , with a the gel drove the enemy out of his lirt int renchnvitts, and thus took from them Saccessiroly live posidoo,l I . feuded by the-best troops of the irt,urgen3,llo who, after a resists of . about tao hours, tit def . ,the cyJesiif Lacey, who commanded in person, t° °l ', to alight,. lifter baying left a'• number of detal bio l: some.wcroncied on the field of ti'tttiP, an lo 4 w the was a Captain, and wept to ran) ilteinvelvell on - I • t i I t ') • ',.‘4‘ , , 1 , • . 1 k w • F• ' f' { I . : 1 ,,