The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-08 00:00:00

STATENMAN, 1eje5eea55',.................... , te n ds. For his own part the sem line, aearding as the newel operatious reached the main toad shale be taken from other __, --.- , e . , lest, near Viasma ; the hada r s al Leman arrival here In t he cease Of het nieht, felt confident that the people %rebid feel defraud. appeated-to point to either flak. quarters of Marshal Kilo's** , were established at ' patched ram the headquarters of Marshal Ru be ed, were they to be deprived of the opportunityeof I n t h e mean while the enemy, by his own 20th the village of Bikovoi t a little to the Seathard of tesow, it Plumes on tbi firth November: doieg j us tice to their great Commander, and if. the Bulletin, and by his conduct, seems to have been for Vittoria. I 'rile Field-Marshal reports that the • flight Of the o w e were to attempt to scrape up a provision out some time uncertain , of the position of the Itussise ; o f the leavings of obscure and secret futtds.—rflear,ln raped to the French army, It appears by the intent/ comfiest., %with bre:eased precipitation ; and Aeo n ile felt that they ought not to pollute the vote, army. As soon as it was ascertained, a con sid er . papers of a Commissary - General , who was made that ebe prosnit e 'billie sainted corps of the Ressler' b y . Seining to apo l og i ze for the gratitude they evineed, able portion of the army under Seu r at occu pi e d prisoner, that ehey eietualled *tie hundred and ttien. army. has bees tielistrust, tigertins, eal secteasful, a to by endeavouring to show thnt they were greleful the intermediate country between Moscow and the. ty . thousand men, but that their effiCient force was pert Imo of ow tetitioo of the peeks whites have s e ne ex petice.—Lifear, hear 1) --lie rather hoped pokhra. i reduced to eighty.five thousand, at the period of the • taken place has, es yet been petaishedi. the remain that they would he anxious to show, that as .the It was presumed that the French, having it 11%1am:cation of Moscow, and that Bonaparte had cone der is itf the t the follotrbig ate the most hn crown had got before them in one instance, the y were r esolved to keep pare with its wishes i n another. their power to bring forwseell their whole force to itrateetel with a company of Jews far R.stipply of pro- pottant pittdatlas. before he sat down, h e b egge d l eave to ask a quoe- either 'Bank of Wrath , poslion, would endeavour ivishas in the line of his retreat. irii guards, and I' O a the bth November General Milhintdovitch ti o n relative to the terms of the resolution, and the to manoeuvre so as to induce Marshal Kntusew to re- .. some select mops, have been* nursed With peculiar ; reached a 'Mete forty vents from Viaimaf on the eiv in which it wns designed' to *Hat Lord Welling► tire behind the Oka, tit order to procure a more ex- i. are, and kept as much as possible out of action s road to Smolenskci * in punt& of the enemy. • Ge {mls family , as he understood' his children were all tensive theatre of gro und, with the convenience of ' and these corps appear to have preceded the retreat . nerd Plata marched to the right of the road, to to , s. moving either on Kalouga or Smolensk° ; to avoid I, of the remaining troops. ; endeavour to reach the bead of the column, While tho Lord CASTLFIF , AGII said the Grant was in . evhicit, and with a view to preserve a more certain j It is reported that Bonaparte travels In a coach, I main limy meted on the left of it, t e pee! to be open the most liherel principles. After a short conversation the Amendment was Conveyance for provisions and reinforcements from ; accompanied by. Meat, who has -received *coots- Marshal, towards 'gime. ander the Field. put and ttegatived, and the original Motion carried i , the south, and at the same time to hold Abe com. ' sion in his knee , and Berthier. . t Sir Robert Waste' tireeribes the fa r tin the almost u nanimously. I 'nand of the Smolensk° road, the Russian army i 4 is hardly to be conceived that this rear-guard !main road as one which eehibited scenes of destree. The House resolved itself into a Committee of 1 . ca i Re- began its march to occupy the position behind the 'at least n continue its march without halting, in :Bon without example in modern war, from the g o.n ee, and the Navy Estimates were vote d . — _ river Nara, changing its hoot, to the tight, upon or I t t which case, with the assistance of the light troops e liumber of dead and dying men and arcesses of port to-morrow. eitear Brewery and Starch Bills were read a !p arallel to the old Kalonga road. ! the Russian army will he enabled to evertake them. , bones, meny of them cut up for food ; eeesants' TO remit! time, and ordered to be reported to-moirow, I This position, strong in itself, and strengthenedl They have before them the gallant and active Count houses every where on fire, ammunition carriages to Abell day the House adjourned. by art, was not likely to be attached in front; bat i Wittgenstein, whose character for zeal and enter- blowing up, mid quantities of wreck of every de . " it was of course foreseen., that if it were to be at- ; prise is so well established; and they have also, one SeliPtirlie tacked, a previousdispositien must be made by the i the Minsk read, to encounter Admiral Tchichegor,l It may be A:greed that the frost Is set in ) and is 'ken"' y ou the new Rao* reedelo - tote the left I , wide* , Mehiaeiao lie.say e .which e it is to be hiked, ;stated to have.been from 10 to i 5 degrees*. and rear of this position, and the Marshal professed may have time and notice either to unite with Caunt I Ilirelifilif . fienthier;• tlittetti, end' cold smolt a Witt ge nst e i n to wait for them on the above-named fl ying army, Omelet: a replete full of exasperated his readiness to meet the enemy upon that gro und. i The movement was completed on the 9d of Oct., road, or to move to either flank. , peasants, may be eas;!:, understood, on the 4th of Oct. a smart affair of advanced guard Marshal KutusOw has sent out, among others, a ! In the coarse ef . this march the Cossacks took place with most decisive success on the side of considerable detachment, which was at Elnee e nearer' took staedarde from the Deems of the Imperial the.Rnssians, which was followed on the stl of Oct. to Smoleosko, under Lieutenant-General Shcpetoff, guard, whn are left behind wi'h the army 'tow re by the flag of truce sent by Bonaparte, with an over• oa the Ist of November, and which may have the ' treating, asd the enemy also abandoned a howitzer, tun*, to obtain an armistice, and to ope n a ne g oci- . means of interposing delay. 1 On the' morning of the 7th November, General anion, which was rejected. Thus the fruits of the incursions of the French to . Millaradovitch entered Dorogebugsh. The enemy At this period several considerable detachments Moscow, at the expence of the lives of so manyl attempted some resistance, but was driven from his were made to harass the enemy, which appear to brave Officers and men, seem to have been limited to.; advent:l.mm position by the Russia', chaseurs, with have been comtected with equal skill a nd success: the burning and destruction of that city, and to the ', the loss of 303 men taken r ienners, exclusive of themost important of these was the one against Yes- ruin a n d de so lation of the inhabitants and proprie- i the sick and wounded. in this attack, and on the sea, Which place was taken by assault o n the 14th tars near the great road, and iu the vicinity of Mos - 1 preceding da y , one howitzer and three gnus were of October. I cow ; while, on the other hand, it will,. to the latest • taken, and upwards of 140 anwnenitioe w a gg ons. tied of history, reflect lustre ou the spirit and pee 4 The number killed at this Oleo must hare beets very On the lath of October , several regiments of Pe Cossacks having &frivol, it was proposed to attack tsiatism of the ltussian Empire. I great, but thee* nee yet heard it estimated. Ta o hiurat ; the attack did not take place till the 18th of The last accounts from Count Wittgenstein are i Remise officers of nista were retaken on- this urea dated the 3d November, at Tchasnik, two stages j slow The enemy are described le he in a state of Oa 1 - ' understood that ......r.••••r-----,--- . A - f. Mails. Due i............... Ilablin ........, ..... , l. 1 ......... :.. 'e • .... aterfonl ' ' — '' ' 0 ................ Cadiz 0 ................ 1.1.110 a 0 . 11 ............... Malta .... ..... .4 ..... 1 .... ............ Gurrn.ey 1 ............ ... • term*v • 0 11 Got eillairia ' : . i ii ••••. e • ligeLisi r„ IL Or STOCKS THIS itt 5 •er Cent. Rea. b 2 • 3 per Cent. (7i , res.. I i.vr Cent*. 730 S per Ceiit. Nat) loon;;. I .lw. 15 - - I)4Y AT ONI tYCIAIVI, fisdia ilostls par 6 8 dii. Etcbcquer Bills %IL r Ditto 30,2 5 (hniiiiiiit 51/ pr. Cititrols for Acct. sVil Lottery Tickets 1 1 Z I 13 - STATES A iy. LONDON: Tllnfair, =curets $, 1811. DISPATCHES nom LORD CATH,C,ART. east of Lepel. After the affair of Polotsk, that _ tend detached a corps to observe Mac Donald, whilst he sent General Steinheil on the road to Vilna, who, after having cot off the Bavarian eorps from that of St. Cyr, and entirely diqpersed it, with the loss of cannon and colours, joined Count Witt genstein, who proceeded to attack the remainder of the French under theeommand of Le Grand, Marshal St. Cyr having retired on account of his wound. This corps was' reinforced by Marshal Victor at the Leaf! of fifteen thousand men, and, having taken sillberefielidit, Ints !tow itetroftest en sive Slab October by Count Wittgenstein, who considering the enemy's position a good one for himself, has continued to occupy it, detaLhing a corps to take possession of Witepsk. Admiral Tchichtigoff's last dispatches of the rid of October, from Breafitow report the success of a iliait detachment under General Tchaplitz, who, on the 20th of October, took. the Polish General Kunot. koff with the whole of the 3d regiment of Hulans, tr: the French guard. Prince Schwartvenberg had crossed the Bog, with. out giving the Admiral an opportunity of bringinti him to action. Admiral Tchichogoff and Count Wittgenstein had' reciprocally seat detachments to ascertain 'eacb other's position, • . Sir Robert Wilson, with his instal activity, bet been in every action, and has contrived to see every remarkable occurretice;. his last dispatches are dated I at Viasma, the 4th of November ; hh accounts tally with the Official Bulletins, which have been pub. l fished here. • Lord Tyrconnel has joined Admiral Teliklareo by whom he has been received with every possible 1 attention ; his letters, of the lid at October, have i I been received by Sir Robert Witsonoit Views, add by myself. Ills Lordship speaks Iti' high terms fill the coadition of ail the Corp' . of. that army, whit& 1 he had until then had the Means of seeing. ""Jiving obtaiatd the Emperor's Permission for Ma jor-General .Thiroburg to serve is •a volunteer in'tiki irray 'under Gen. Coast Widgeastein, I have given to that General Officer instructions Similar to tholio of Sir Robert Wilson and Lord Tyrcoanol, and I ek- 1 pest by the next courier to bane the phonon of learning his safe arrival at the headisarten of that . t ~. army.' I have the honour to be t Ste. CATHCART: . Nov. 12.—1 t haling been found itnpractic able . to the Neva, the Messenger has bees dstaiseßkut .. .A This morning was psblished the following I October. . . LO N DON GAZETTE. EXTR JORDIN A"; , The enemy after this affair, of which I had the TUF.sas si"..ov:c. 8. 1 honour to transmit to your Lordship a report iu my Foreign-Office, Dec. S. I dispateb, retreated behind the little river Mom. . i Dispatches, of which the following an. Cop ies, Bonaparte was not heard of out of Moscow or its were yesterday received from General Viscount vicinity till after this period. Cathcart, K.T. his Majesty's, Ambassador Extraor- i 'rite only detachment of any importance madaby dinars and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Russia, the French in a northern direc tion, was the one stk. I by Viscount Castlereagh, one of hi s Ma j est y 's Prin - tioned at Demetriot, which was recalled in great Col secretaries of State. I haste, as soon as the evacuation of Moscow was de &. Petershurgh, Nov. 11,1814. I termised on. The Russians occupied the latter Mir Loan,—l have the honest- to acquaint your , city on the 2211 of October, with the loss of Lieute-. Lordship, that Bonaparte has escaped from the Go- n ant- General Winzingcrode, snot treacheronely 1 I warm:tent of Moscow, and has fo llowed the road to carried off, with his Aid-de-Camp Captain Narishkia, Smolensk() by which he came. ! while advanced with a flag of truce to remonstrate Geuerals Count Platow and Count Orloff Deni- against a protracted and unnecessary resistance on zotli have been incessantly in his rear, and on both the part of the reat-guard. flasks of Lis line of march ; the former attacked a i On the 24th of October, the French army was ro ,i ( ion defended by infantry and cannon, which ' reconnoitred by an officer of Cossacks belonging to the he carried, taking two colours, twenty-two P iet es .. corps of Moscow, who saw four camps, one on the of artillery, and such prisoners as could be saved.— 1 new Kalouga road near Borofsk, and three on the Count Orloff Deuizoff has likewise met with re-, left bank of the Protva. ii,lance which he has every where overpowered, and I In the night of the 24th of October, General Ibis taken many trophies and quantities of baggage, Dorocolf was ordered to occupy Mala-Jaroslaff, a am.nunition waggons, with prisoners, and some ord- , post-town on the new Kalouga road, between Bo mass. • cask and that place : that General already found it From the quantities of ammunition blown np by occupied in force by a French detachment; a very the enemy, and from the state of the road, described . obstinate contest immediately took place, in the to he coiered with the bodies of dead men and course of which the troops oft both sides were re. horses, the retreat of the rear divisions of the inferred, and the town was taken and retaken French is stated to have every character of contil _,_-We , . n] times. The Marstst, in the mean while, put :meal flight. a his army in motion by the left, sad arrived at Mali- On the 3d of November, General Millaradovitch, : Jaroslalf, establishing his headsquarters two wersts with the column under his command, reached the to the southward of that town, which was burned, main road near Viasma, where he had a sharp +n- ; Mind end detaching a considerable corps under General gagement with the rear-guard, .vhich is reported by M , ow, to Medina, on his Left, where he took the prisoners to hive !n en composed "of the divi eleven pieces of cannon, and left the ground covered sions of Beauharnois, of Davoust, and Ney ; their ; with dead. iliaisioes in vain attempted to arrest his progress, The obstinacy of this contest for MalaJaroslaff, and, after severe! brilliant charges by the Russian with other . r ca rumstances, tended to confirm lb., catalry, were driven through the town of Via.ma . - Fi e ld-Marshal's opinion, that the ob j ect of the me." at the print of the bayonet, wad pursued to Ere try was to force a passage to the Southern Provisoes; "I" by the l light ilVial4 under ' Cknefilk ' ""°,.,, , - - an d a lthough there were also strong grounds to bee in this ntack the infantry regiment of Perna', led , by its Colonel, General Tchoglokoff, and by m a j ors !. ]five ths•t he was prepared to attempt a retreat open i dial, General .olensko, and by Willa. to ,the Niemen, yet Galen! Parkivitch, formed the head of the column, ' and charged into the tun u with drums beating and Marshal deemed it necessary to direct his priucipal - attention to the roads pointing to the soutuward; colours flying. The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded ie and, with anew to cbtsin m ore com p lete command of them, retired to a position wit hin 40 worsts Of this affair is stated to be at least six thonen ed, with . two thousaod five hundred • •• ,f prisoners, swing - w hi s k, KalPuga, near Gorki. are General Peltier, of the artillery, aml Colonel Finding that the enemy were mewing, by Verrea s _ ton Mojaisir, he againiehencod Reba Medina; sad . _ _ _. much insubordination, and it was their match is directed upon Smolensk°. • On the 9th of November, Narwhal B.istiniow had arrived at Elnee, where lie received a. report from General Platow, of his having overtaken four disi. sions -of tie Preach army, under the command et &suborned', upon the read from Dorogobugsh Deugharteitsichlna. Tnat General states, that the Cossacks charged through this body, dividing it into two parts, pith: great slaughter and the capture of sixty.twe pieces wilkwydwisinnv itasi boa *lamely- brootht in wit b oas t e d, and swne Candards ; massy plans and pipers of consequence, and vrwards of 3000 pri enhors, among which, as well as among the killed, We Nagy Ofiloers of rank and distinction. Pert of the remains of this corps fled in the direc don of Dorogehugsh, and the other part, i t e di rection of Doughovtchstchi- t, closely pursued by , the Cossacks and light cavalry. Gen. Swis on, Quarter-kluter-General of the whole French army, .was taken, with 500 mu or c if rt nt wanks. upon the right flank of Geo. Platow, near Doughorichstchina. Major-General Kutusow, who has been entrusted I . with the command ef the cope lately under the or. ders of General Winzingerede, had, by extraordinary forced marches, reached the main army with his ca valry. An officer has been intercepted with letters from lieauharUois, which will be peitliFhed tn-ntnrrox, and which will afford indelible proof of the state in rich ' Bonaparte has left this part of his army. These letters are edileaseed to Berthier. Itdoes not appear that the march of the F rench r Guards, and of the Ist division has been effected without great loss, many of their bodies baring been found on the road. • •• F 10d-Diarskal Kutusow Intended to continue his march upon Krasnoy, two stages beyond Smolensko, leaving that Wm 'ups* his right hand,. god inter secting the eilliipplanications towards lliohilor • 1 have'dot heasrailt it is ascirtabied where 80. aparte himself wet 'tnedie filth of November. Vie' gist", General Platow's Report, is . lieillith r initoied. I ire the honour to be, oikeee) CATHCART. . .• atafanur. . ° Chetioe.) . • • 1111111SitAL eantaa'auvusoire's hmsows so sars rues- Amp pen? esti*, DATIO MOM' 41111 - *ILLAOS OP .41.1/167:P; Mont, Aid-de-Camp to Marshal Davoust. from i :.baving received intelli ge nce that the French head in the course of the pursuit d, one V ssma, great standard and !,quarters were, on the 30th of Oct. at Celoki, ♦mo llehe formed his &sp... pass til this Mosisiitg. Ilafttbilipitilielilliest to ii;riose herein the report et the s ibfiblifAsf ilribipski by Grh fehosef , !bq 4. i P r " 54V.--"*f • : ickpwagperficrnAmri.sace !!). your Imp.. iiiilool Rif ftpOrt dT the Ist Nevem. numbers of the enemy were kill -.) s--- . . three pieces of cannon were taken ) and upwards of rostery not far from Borodino, . - one flirt:m(l men made prisoners. sition to attempt• to intercept him neer Smolensk°. In the former part of the retreat, Ramose, Secre.t, Platow and the Cossacks having bees detached for Lary to the Duke of Bassett°, was taken, with all ; the purpose of harassingend surrounding the enemy, the Chan eery. (Marshal Kutusow svinforced General Mlllarado. Referring to the relations which have been regu- flitch's corps to upwards of 18,000 men, an d direct. lady transmitted for more minute details of the sere. tint; him to march by his left towards Viola% the rat actions, I will briefly recapitulate the f ew g reat i Marshal himself pro ceeded by Sptiskoi and Ce. movements w hi c h h a ve taken place since the arriralilittita, in a parallel direction to that allotted? of the French at Moscow. ' Millaradovitch ; the Main road forming Marshal Kutusow c o ntinued in his position be- f 1 these parallel lines of march were shorter, hind the river Pokhra till the 28 th Octobe r, cover- posed to greater tificulties, the reeds ' ;lig the ohl road to Kalouga, the Tonle and Regan ' p r acticable. adoritek's roads; but having made Occasional movements on I The bead of . Giasro M. Count Wittgenstein, who het tie& Commanding Officer d the. setarre Imes issijavios4o6iiments the Gen. Count Youget, and thellwrireor tot the t0w001,...,...7:402,-agi 'Ailiiiiimizeitere count - rs - • - • Pi- Colo.ll Chavondes. • . C,. Ga i sm aisvoirri t p k oa the iOWIS of' """"" • . agar t iditierVit 04. remainder of the $10.141171. • w. Priest,* New. it, 11* 04 m ars ;goes", bad . ?eaten, and Witepsk is taken by Coast as waftwatook j orass o.ag Saps wade -a desperate are" Pftgei tbw t 5,4449 resit es, but were every. when beaten. 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