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habitants with undissenibled joy anti transport they all unanimously exclaimed, " May, the Em peror Alexander be the protector uf the innocent suffering nation," and immediately went to work to procure provisions and forage for our troops. DEC. 25 (Jan. (L)—Adjutant•General Wrbsitt , - cliikow reports, under date the 21st bee. (Jan. 2). That according to certain intelligence obt.ined from the inhabitants, themhole Frenth ah;ly bas ,passed through Insterburgh on its retreat; there was not et that time left of the whole French Guards more then 1500 men. The"7th becember (Bth Jan.), General Count Wittgenstein reports, under date of `251 - 11inst. (6th that his Vanguard, under the command of Major-General :Sehipc'eve, on the '23d Clth JAIL) came up with the enemy near Labran, where they had taken iko avantageous position, And de fended themselves obstinately. The battle con tinued till noon, and after the enemy were driven out of their 'position, they retired towards ho- uigsherg, into which place Major-General Schipe- • lew's van-guard was carrictl.on 'their shoulders The enemy lost three pieces of cannon in this en gagement, and hart several ofticers and , about i3OO men of inferior rank made prisoners. lliajor- General Schipelew took possession of Konigsberg with the vanguard of the Artily, on the night of the 23d (4th bun.). Majesty the Emperor's head-quarters, ana those of the Field-Marshal, were on that day in the village of Orang. The 28th December <9th January). • 'General Count Wittgenstein reports, under date the 26th inst. (7th Jan.) in'completion of his fur mer statement, concerning the taking possession 4 the city of Konigsberg, that the enemy were driven out of that city by the .four regiments of Cossacks, viz. that of Major-General Radi4hoiV 2, of Lieut.-Colonel IschernsSubow 8, Lischillie, and 01 - Major Seliwanow, all under the command of Colonel Rudiger. They had observed the. enemy'3 movements from the commencement of the evening, and not withstanding the darkness of the night, took ad- . vantage of every step he made for his retreat. Ott the 23c1 of this month (4th January), at two o'clock after midnight, Colonel Itudiger, with the Cossacks before mentioned, pushed vigor forward and after an obstinate fire of mus ketry, entered on the enemy's shoulders into the :city, in which about IMO men were made prison ers. :Übe celerity with which our troops forced their way into the city, obliged the enemy, be, sides this, •to leave about 8000 of his exhausted troops behind him, and to sink about 36 pieces. of artillery, with the cartridge-boxes which lwlonged to the besieging; rain that Wai in Conrhind, and. which the inhabitants are now employed in getting out, Besides this, several Russian Staff and other Officers and privatei, stlio had at different times been made prisoners, were again restored to li berty, and a considerable , quantity of provisions aud forage were likewise foutid in the magazines. 11.10.1. taking possession of the city, •Col. Rudiger oir) set out. with the aforesaid cavalry, without making the least delay, in pursuit of the enemy, In the course of our pursuit of the enemy from to Konigsberg, and alter taking possession of the city, he has fifty-one pieces of cannon in the whole. Ad:int/ant General WaSsittschikow states, under date the 24th instant, (Jan. 8), that the Austrian troops, after strengthening their ad vanced posts, had drawn themselves towardS IVarsaw. The bead-quarters of his Majesty the Emperor, and of the Field Marshal, arrived this day In the village of Meritiche., OFFICIAL INTZLLIGENCE 11101 kt THE ARMIES. The i Conuriatitler in Chief of the Armies, Mar shal Prince Kotutiow, of Smolensk, has pri. , ,enteil to his lmper~ial Majesty the continuation of the Joninal of Military operations, frcirn the 30th December to the .Ith January (N. S.) which con tain as follow :-- The 18th (30th) Dec. Major-General Prince Oronsonhas, on the 15th (27th) inst. Joined the army with 6ve complete regiments, which art un der his orderS, and are intended to complete it. Major-General 'gltton, on the 13th (25th) inst. caused a battalion of Kourinski infantry, and a detachment of the regiment of Lithuanian Uiihns, to depart from the fortress of 13ohrynsk for Lithuania. Dec, 9 (21). The General Count states, tinder date of the 17th129th), that Lieut.- Col. Teninhorn, who was at llognit with his de tachment, having received advice that a large body of the enemy cavalry had shown themselves on the, road to Tilsit, immediately ptie himself in iriatioll to meet them. He discovered fo ur squadrons of Prussian hussars, who Were imme diately attacked, and broken by, the Cossacks. We took from the enemy 3 officers and 50 soldiers.-- Lieut.-Colonel Tollenborn perceiving that the enemy was reinforcing himself With infantry and dtagoons, and that he had artillery with him, re tired to Len!.en, and placed his advanced guard at Upper keln. After occupying Gumbimien and insterhoro„ we took 88 prisoners in pursuing "'the enemy as 'far as Weldan, The Aid-de , .camp Gen. Wassittschikoff reports, that four regiments of Don Ctissacks had, . an the 10th (22d) inst. united with hisi detachment. He likewise Mentions, under doe of the 156 (270), that the Austrian corps tinder the orderS - of Prince Schwartzenhurg, had parted at Tikotehine, and taken two different routs ; his left wing takes the way of Wisna and'Lninza to Ostralcnka, and he is' now putting himself in order to pursue the enemy with all possible Celerity: ColonelJoussisowitsch, whom he has in the mean-while detached. with 2 regts of Cossacks . , and Charkolf's refit trf dragns, on the road to Wymkomasowetz is likewise to pursue the enemy, and: keep up a communica tion with his Mips: The, 30th Dec. (Jr.l Jan.) Lieut.-Gen. Baron VOn fina;co report, under date of tin 17th (29th) that MajOr-Uortertd Count deLiewcw, antith ng Wycisokolitowsk, baddetalliied froni his corps, who hol t : l oth-int:ad ByeitlitoWsky, occupied Out town (250), 'rind there were wdeltpwardi fn'isoucei the:patrol - tn.C) tended ai Janow.,- tn-yi Drocitchine., who Watt by the Va%vy of Prou!..,Yane and Chircelieff to Kantinitt, LitottA, has , his way picke4 tip about 500 pi toners.. Hepushes. ito pAiroles as,Ltr us Bri4usk :44at1 Ltielbk. • , : , the , Aid-tie-Camp, 4 (3'entrallVassittsehikoff, re port - , under date of the 18th (30th), that the emir, tinder h s order~ entered Tikotchine On 'the preceding flay. The inhabitants and tht clergy,- 'bringing bread and salt, came to meet the lius sialt troop, with the most lively transports of joy. The women left the houses with their children, in the tendereit einotions. The eries of " huiza 1 ." thou Sand times repeated, and the naine of his Imperial Majesty, 'which reveherated from all sides, announced the joy with which every one was animated, General ‘Vassillschiltoff is mean' While in pursuit of the enemy.on the road to War saw, Dec. 21, (Jan. 2.) On the 17th (29th), General ,Count 'Platon• de tached the , regiment of dragoons of Negine to to ISlAlvstock by the way of Grodno, under the orders of the Aid-de-Camp General Baron Pc Kertf, General DaJorow, who likewise takes the route to Il i ialystocke with the body of troops rin der his orders arrived on the 19th (31st) tit Wok ltqwelsk,'.the 224 December (Jan. 3.) 'Lieutenant- Geitkral Paulueci reports under date of the 18th (21)04, that after the occupation :of .Nihau, he directed tieutenani-Colonel Kounitsky, Of the, regiment of Polish atitans, to pursue the enemy who were dispersed 'in the 'woods, and that this officer was marching , by Graniholf, Martyniselike, and Okini, 'and had . taken two officers and eighty soldiers prisoners. • On the 3d (21st.) ditto the Marquis piit himself In march with his column from Metau tort`rrooen herg, ss here his vanguard, under the orders of 'Lieutenant-Colonel Stindon, of the rtillerY,' , came up with the enemy tin. the 11th (23), and defeated ltim, taking (10 prisoners, and ;making. himself roaster of several clrriages, taken p ruler requisi-• tion, some waggons, laden with biscuits, tionr, and'oats, and took 410 ',Ones On the 12th (24) ditto he. arrived at Sehrunden, where the enemy abandoned considerable ma gazines. On the 13th (25th) he was at IlpPertarthau, from whence he caused his vangeard . tq advance, which Irving ne the 14th (26th) Oonie up with the enemy between Itutzaw and Polengin, near Enderdishol", beat them, and took two Officers and 80 soldiers. • O;i the 1-Ith (26th) the eattinti proceeded as far RS 1 ol3ngin, wlk're it was rejoined by Lieutenant- Colonel Kottni , sid. , 'On . the 15th (27th) it arrived before 'Memel. The garrisoo, after some resistance, surrendered• prisoners of war, ~to the , millibar of two Staff °dicers, went) . - Subttiterns, and upwards of 700 soldiers. It was thus that our troops entered Memel on the 15th (27th),, We there found 200 sick', and about 100 of our prisoners. We seized•on three armed . sloops of the French flotilla, and in the harbour we likewise took six sloops belonging to the Prussian flotilla,. with 3.0 guns ; .31 . vessels belonging to different nations, and.a considerable tinantity of colonial produce. . iinpOrted by the French. In the town we found 5 pieces of cannon, 900 fosils, 19 carbines, 19 Pair of pistols, 900 cartridge boxes, 26,000 cartr!dges, 60 sabres, and 19 hus sar saddles„ 3 field batteries, with 5 officers, 84 soldiers, I(,i surgeons, I chariot, 85 horses, and 4 iron boilers. The magazines contain large rituartities of ail kinds of corn, and of brandy. • The head-quarters of his Imperial Majesty and of the Marshal continue to be for some time past at %Vilna. Thus there no longer remains an er,e my in the whole extent of the frontiers of Russia, and that all the former reilish provinces at this ti present time. under subjugation to the Russian sceptre, are,evacuated by the foreign tromps. The annointA of the Lord has without doubt said by inspiration, " I will not lay down my inns until I have driven from the Russian soil the eneinywho has dared to transgress its limits." This prophecy is fulfilled. The only traces of the enemy which are yet perceptible arc his bones, spread over the fields from Moscow to the frontiers of the Empire I REPORT FROM VIEED-MARSHAL PRINCE. M. G. Itt/•• Tusow on) 4MOIGENSE:o To HIS EMINENCE AM bitoSltri, bIRTItoPOLITAN OP Vovooortoo Aral IT. PETERS3VEGII, DATED DEC. 23, 1812, (JAN. 4, 1813). Bestow your benediction on this present offered by our warriors to the Giver of Victory. The 'brave Don Cossacks restore to Clod the treasure plundered front his temples. They have. entrust ed me with the duty of trausinitting - to your Emi nence this silver, which was once the oruament of the images of the saints, afterwaMs the prey of barbarous robbers, and at length wrested , from their gripe by the brave Don Cossacks. The leader ut this corps of Cossacks, Count M: J. Platow, all his brave warriors and my elf, wish that this plate, which in weight amounts to 40 pounds, shall be made into images of the,four Evangelists, fold adorn the Church of the Mother of God of Kasan in St; Petersburgh.. All OW necessary expences ' of casting the s e holy images we take on our account. Your Eminence will have the goadness to order that able artitieers may be employed to fulfil the pious wish of our war riots, by resting those images cif the Holy Evan which they offer in their zeal ' for the tent pie of God. As soon as you shall inforin the t . ,11,tt the expellee will be, I wi.l remit to you the money. It appears to me, that these images would be appropriately placed close to the docir of the sanctuary, and before the great commu nion table, that they may strike the eye of the devout, when they enter the temple. On the pe-, destal of each of the inniges must be engraven the following inscription :—The „zealous offering of the Corps .of DOA CoSSacks. t• Hasten to erect in the Temple or God this 1110111.11111 An of battle and vic tory, and while you erect it, say with thankful ness,to Providence, the enemies of Itttssia are no more, the vengeance of God has overtaken them in the soil of Russia ; and the road they have gone: is strewed with their 'bones, to the utter confusion of their frantic and proud ambition. n • rit.SIN3IJR, JAN. o tou. --, *". -/1 11Vatp Recotinti trot liamtningli state, that Dautzie is nirelted by the I{ussi tai, It appar.,: the I.ater are marching a• long tfae shores of the Bakic, tetarl not towards Berlin. Emperor Alt: , !alder has *conferred 'new and great holiouri upon 13riuce Kutusow, and wade hinx a Prince of the Royal Fiunily. Ge tierals 1 t 6".* tent VY* ittenNteininvie Also olstain cd large i:barcS of Itoi4al favour. It is said a con vention tuts been concluded between' Prince Ku tusoW a tcl rrinte."ichwartZenbl irg , in coni6 (pelle t s or whichth . e Iltter arin - V throt,:gh Polarul the lait.post lefuVienna, it Witi currently reported, that a,Mi ni3ter was to Lbe ient fkutwthence and a miN , :ion to London. Ificdonald had tat• the army, and gme to Cdpt:Nll.4OP.N, Fun. 4.--turniparte h=is taken po . ss6sion' of the Itaniburgh Bank. Buonaparte has deuianded '60,000 cavalry of the Dank Go. Alernment ; to whir di they replied, that they worild only furnish 15,000, which they even will not stiffer to depart till the stipulated payment has been Made. They have declared their determina tion, in the event of the French employing force, to remove. the Clart to Norway, and deliver up Copenhagen tO the English. The Russians have entered Warsaw, and the Emperor has declared 11i3 brother Constantine king 'of Poland. 60T7t1*tltrunti, 9.---The Austrian Ambas sador, Count Niepping, passed Ililsiuburg On turdny inv . , on his way to *tockholm. ELsnletTa, Pee. 7,---An arrangement is like)'y to take place between thii country and Russia, by which it is expected that the trade between Den mark, Norway, and,Rossia, will be permitted by the British Government, nnder.certain restric , tions, GoTTEN)luttclt, 12.—Ae.entifits live been received here from Stockholm, stating that Dant zie capitulated to the Russians nn the 27th Jo .nuarr. Letters have al , o been received from Col kourg, mentioning the . some circumstance. Wcol.A, DEP, 30.---Qn the day before his Ma jcsty the Emperoi— departed from this place, namely, the 25th 15 eceml!er, the following Order was issned from his Ithperial Majesty to the troops • "Soldiers , ---Your valour and perseverance have been rewarded by a renown which will never tile. Among posterity, your names anti deeds will pass from mouth to month, from your sons to your grandchildren and great grandchildren, to the latest posterity.- _Praise be to the Most High ! The hand of the. Lord is with us, and will, not forsake-us Al ready there remains not a single enemy on the face of our country. You have reached the bor der of the Empire over their dead bodies Intl bones• it still remains for you to go forward over the iall4!, not to make conquests, or to carry the war into the, countries of our - neighbours, but to ob tain a wished-for and solid peace ; you go to pro... cure rest for yourselves, and freedom and inde pendence for theni. May they become our friends ! The acceleration of. peace will' depend on your conductyOu arc Russans ! Yon are Christians ! It is necestary ; in addition to these naines, still to pia you in mind; that it is a soldier's duty to 'be (Aiwa in battle, and peaceable on the march, and during your residence in' peaceable countries. I do not thr6aten you With punishment, because I know that many among you men. deserve it.' You , Lave seen in our own country, the robbers who plundered the inmiei of the innocent peasantry.— , in you, just emotion of revenge against them ; you have punished those villains .who would re semble them. ShOuld such a one; contrary to ex pectution, be found, he cannot be at .01kslaui he will be dr; .41 from amongst you !--rtioldiers, this is demanded and expected from you by your true religion, .your' , native (*wry, and vpur Cum'' ADDRESS FRO? 1 CEN. PRINCE G. KijTosnw Dl` sxo- LF:NSict) AtIMY rekl i ßD \VILNA, Dgc. 21 (2D JAN.) "Valiant and Victorious Troops !---At length you are on the borders of the empirei each of you is the Saviour of your native country. Russia, welcomes you by this'name; the quirk pursuit of the enemy, and the extraord . nary fatigues you have sustained and surmounted in this march, fills till nations 'with astoniihment. and In ings to you immortal glory. Never yet has there been any examples: of such glorious victories for the course of two months our arms have day by day chastiseti the „villains. Your roads are strewed with deAd bodies. Even the Commander of their Armies sought 'in flight the safety of none but s himself: Death has raged in the enemy's ranks : thousands have fallen and expired at once.. Thus 'has the Almighty Ood shown his anger against them, and suc coured his people. 'Without remaining still, after our heroic actions, we now march , further. We cross the borders, and will endeavour to complete the defeat of the enemy inhis.own fields. But do not let us follow the example of our ene mies in theft cruelty and inhumanity, which de bases the character of soldiers. They have set fire to our houses, defiled the Sanctuary, and you have seen how the Almighty's right arm has re venged their ungodliness in his just displeasure. Let us, he 'generous, and observe a difference between an enemy and the peaceable inhabi tants. Jm.tice and moderation in your com merce with the inhabitants will plainly prove to them, that we do not wish' to subject them, nor to obtain an empty glory, .but, on the contrary, to release from misery and oppression even those nations that have aimed themselves against Russia. " it i 3 the firm intent of our most gracious 11Io narch, that ti, peace of the inhabitants ,shall. Bot be disturbed, nor that their fortunes and pro. perty be touched. I an convinced that this skr. i , cred will, will he fulfitied by every ioidier in its full extant, " No one sarongyoq will dare t 4 lose sight of it, and I repiest of the Commanders of the corps d'araieeaud of t'hc diyisii4as a ill the name of .his imperial : 1 / 2 iajesty, to keep a sti• ~ye' in thiA.particolar." PETERitURGIi, (15 Orders of the rf;4 , i given by during the retreat of the i'retieti eel the following paisage ; "You must incessantly pursue frost, and rigorous winter; aw; ytio, Children of the North, ff Your courageous hearts neither of the• season; nor the scheme s They form the unassailable ram; try; nail place it in sectirity. expCrierice a teniporary watit good soldiers distinguish themi ranee awl, resignatidu the old warriors will set an example td rides. Let each call to Mind Si teach us to snpport hunger ai object is to conquer, and 110' us then advance—God is with the discomfited enemy, behind and tranquility !" l l 'Tettsßi.7Bo, SA:I. 1- (13)- 4 perial Majesties, their. Royal Grand Dukes and Duchesses, ac' Court and most distinguished empire, went to the Cathedral Casan. A solemn Te Deum thanksgiving for the delireranci territory from the enemy who l' The concourse of a faithful p , unrolls tlophics, traits of•,thc nai pendect under the arches of the t( religious act a character which circumstances under which it wai alone have given it. The following is from a peter The comparison of dates is t! which the Emperor NAPOLEON h the triumph of truth -over • false' struction of the system of del !Ong desolated humanity, on col cepted letter of the Emperor we are 'about to present to our 29th Bnlletin, we shall perceivi to think of the 20,000 remount neva . ' Botruutta had collected her (N. S.) at the different depo) tillery which then, according to had already repaired his losses' 4 ' the letter " MouSielr Duke Ds nAsi.oo have arrived to me at ova , s° letters to the '7th. 1 approv e the 34th division to 'Ow n°. sideratiOn is, that it may be wei r al Lenox writes, that he had horses for his artillery, 1, dealer proposed to him to bargal horses. Send this proposal to G be may make this bargain if he General Boone tER, that it is n immediately increase his order 'all kinds, and 6000 artillt4y tary tran3ports. Every day 0 considerable from the frosts, the nights. I have no oci on' you the importance purchases. General liovaelsi high as 30,000, or perhaps beY' his limit ought only to be whr procure of good duality. fin horses I for cuirassiers, for dra; valry, as well as for artillery pages; This is the greatest of all cavalry on foot are soon to inar It will he necessary that Genera direct them upon Konigsberg cording to the places where the' Take care that there be no de Write to Prince SCIMARTZEN. movements ; and make him sett tance of so doing. " 1 have received ail Duke of BELLUNO, who left h have sent him positive Orders• 1 pray God to have you in. (signed) Fe.a• 20.--1)01 Wednesday, the ship Niro 9l.l bound for L r)31(10,1 laden wie wood, &c. was driven on sbo force of the current, bctivee n o'clock, p, liCar BliddiPg half a league of Seaford, tin(); Master, .lAMBI BACKS; Witt Cl" 111 taus. ber TlMOUtitAlg tO tw e nately perished. Severe' of t received severe hnrts ; one ma' and another has been so lacer.' and lyrists, that it is teas ed h e Winn. Every 3S,,i,tunce that to the sufferers, %vas given (V' bail the evening been 1 4,94 ,, (16 , 1 0 inirlit have proved mote ele od dead bodies have ,been 10114,4 turd, 1 1 i 'jet alla tvar.Wsi: * t i 1) ..--:-In one °Nit! Prince guisial, I, we have 04. the enemy; stnci vait you ! Debt • fear those ti,lnpli r eread t h e riet es of the rstOi Tart of the cfP' perhapsyowl. 1 1 of provisions' 141; I,elves by peritt: P a and expariOt $i , their younl±tf,i' iIrWARRO ! itd 1 inti cola IlhOi!4 tssia's glory! 14 1 us.. 13clor 0 1 lus We 100.) 1, 4041 03,1' li LI 111itittf0 ,i, et)tuparilo:, persopa gii 114 ', of Notre 1)110'l was ceiebr ol, !e 'of the Itio: . Last yearievaicfri b )eople, a ai OAP:: giants! co!ou r, i( I temple, leot011; 4 h the elttraortflll,' t as celebrott4l", i It rsburgh roe It he greatest P. ~, A has to dread, li ~,,, .bood, ond ttif 91 `Ceit which b•li .11 Tailo r ing O t i ' 4 . ~ 4 NAFOOO, ' rL r readers, trig s o ve what 0 1 ' hi : horses obo 1 on the 3dc • ; o ts, ot)(I °fib° the some )301. 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