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PRreF. OF STOCKS , - flits n.v. , ~ : r TWFINE o'cocri. C. , p , 01s • 59 ii I Red. Anti. TH l 4 l SUN • SOLEM QV'S DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVISIMER 12, 1812. We had yes terday thesatisfaction of laying before our readers, in' a Second Edition, Bul letins containing the. inbstanceof 'the Dispatches received by Government from Lord CATHCART and Admiral HopE. In the -course - of the evening' a • . • Gazette Extraordinary was published, which will be found in a subsequent column. The Opera tions of the Russians have been attended in every quarter with success, and the difficulties with which BUONAPARTE is surrounded increase every hour. 'We ventured some time ago to express an opinion that BuoNA . PARTE could- not attempt to take up his winter quarters in Moscow, unless the •Russian army was completely defeated . ; and we at the same. time ex i pressed our opinion, that there w-is no ground for the, apprehensions that were entertained of his marching to Petersburgh. +ale result has justified our speculations upon the subject. BUONAPARTE found himself so com pletely straitened in Moscow by the two armies, Under KUTUSOW and WINZENGERODR, the one to the south at Kalouga, the Other to the north at' TUrcr, that , be appears to have deterinin ed upon .one more desperate effort to anni hilate the main Russian Army under the for mer General.—With this view' he ordered the re serve, under VICTOR, to' advance towards Mos cow. This movement spewed that he considered his situation as one that justified his run- ming the greatest risques, for by moving the whole of his reserve towards Moscow, he cer tainly endangered his communication with Po- land. He knew, however, that if he could suc ceed in overwhelming KuTusow' . s army, his com munication might easily be restored. While VIC TOR was marching to the eastward, BtrONAPAETE' by degrees reinforced his .advanced guard Under MURAT, which was stationed opposite to ,KuTu sow ',to 45,000 men, and there is every reason tá believe that he left Moscow with the main -body of hic Army for the same purpose. If these three corps had effected a junction, th e R would have been greatly out-numbered; bat Gen. KUTUSOW foresaw the design of the enemy, and re solved to anticipate it. He, therefore, attacked MUR/iT before he could be joined either by 800- NAPARTE or VICTOR, and defeated him. In the mean time Gen. WmzENGERODE succeeded in forc ing the French garrison to evacuate Moscow, leav ing behind them their hospitals' and magazines. Under 'these cirumstances, BUONAPARTE must either risque another general action, in which we repeat that dereat,would lead to the annihilation of his Army, or he must retrace his stepstowards Poland. The success which has attended the able and gallant WITTGENSTEIN has also been, most im portant. After a most severe action, he took Polotzk, where the French sustained immense loss. The possession of this place will be of great advantage to the Russians, in enabling them to cut off the French communications, and to in tercept their convoys. We are sorry to add, tt►at accounts have been received, which state that General WINZENGE• tuna fell into the hands of the French as he was reconnoitring after he took Moscow. It is stated, that after BUONAPARTE took Mos cow, he wrote to the Emperor of Russia, stating there was nothing he wished for more than to renew his friendship with the EMPEZOR, for whom he had ever cherished the'highest esteem, and with whose personal wishes he should at all times be happy to comply;--that had ALEXANDER requested him not to enter Moscow, he would not have en tered it 3 —that he was even now ready to quit the spot, if such was the desire of a Sovereign, whom he was anxious to oblige. In short, that if ALEXANDER desired peace, he had only to say so, and peace should be that instant concluded." It is unnecessary to add, that this piece of cant ing insolence met with the reception it merited. This morning, and not before, Sir JAMES SAU mARE,r arrived at the Admiralty, and Ipid a long conference with the Honourable Board. As . the following Bulletin only appeared in a pert of, our Impression yesterday, we think it ne cessary to insert it again. BULLETIN. Dispatches were this morning received from 1,,,0rd CATHCART, dated the 18th ult. which bring o.6folro*in g intelligence The Marshal Prince KUTUSOW, in his report widressed to his Majeity the Einperor from the village of Sarantino, of the 4th October,.states, that no ituportant event had taken/ place' up to that day, except affairs of advance guard and'de tacbments sent to cut off the line of communica tion of the enemy. . The 23d of Septeinher,' Major-General Dou:o- CHOPP' had sent to heatkuarters a mail, inter cepted by a detachmeat, containing two sealed bO'x'es, and two easc's filled with ornaments pit , Ig . ed from the Rassian Chnrebes. On the 24th, the same.detachment bad stopped two couriers 'with dispatches, and on the same day 20 c'ciisse , r of , he enemy, laden with ammu nition, and taken three officers and 200 men pri- soners. On the 27:h they took prisoners, 4 Officers, and 287 soldiers ; and on the same day, two squadrons (4: dragoons of the guard liad defeated a battalion and two squadrons of the French guards, taking two Officers and S privates pri soners. The enemy received some reinforce ments during the action, these were, however, equally defeated with loss. On the 28th, Colonel Emu Non:, having at the head of a detachment fallen in with the enemy near the village of Nishuffska, in the direction of Podol, completely defeated them, and made 500. prisoners. General KORF reports in the. same day'that his detachments had taken from the enemy some bag gage, ki!nongst -which were tound some Most inte resting papers. On the 30th Sept. General MILADOROVITCR attacked the enemy near the village of Tcherikow. The volunteers from the militia charged the ene my with the bayonet with the most exemplary courage', and dislodged them from the village. It was in this affair that - Gen. FERRIER, Chief of the Staff to the King of N.‘ rLES, and the Cap. tain of Cavalry Count PoLoIKN, Aid-de-"camp to Prince PONIATOWSKI, were taken: TI i.; is the Gem FERRIER of whom mention was made in the Bulletin of the Ist of October. The Prince WADBOLSKY, with 500 Cossacks, is advantageously posted near the village of Roison dro, to harass the enemy on the side of Alo jaisk. The Aid-de-Camp .General Baron KORF, in his report of the 30th. September, states, that the enemy, with an escort of tea squadrons and its artillery, had rtxarehed on the village of Klemovo, in order to forage. Colonel BlimißlN attacked thcnL w tl, ottceccJs. The French lost in this• af fair 200 men killed; 100_ privates were made pd soners, of which 44 were cuirassiers. ` On the Ist October some detachments of Cos sacks made 102 prisoners ; on the night of the 2d and 3d, they made 83 prisoners. On the 4th of October the advanced guard of General MILAnoDoviTcH had defeated near the village of Snaskoe, all the attempts of the enemy to car►y it; 14 pieces of cannon, placed at the edge of a Brest, had overturned whole French columns. Three p pees of the enemy's flyiog-artillery were dismount( , font caissons of ammunition blown up: The well-directed fire of the Russian artil lery obliged the enemy's cavalry to retreat. Ten Officers and 150 privates were Liken s- prisoners. Four French regiments, viz. 11th and 12th Chas seurs a Cheval, the sth and 9th Humans, a Wir temburg regiment of Prussian Hussars,. and the Polish Hussars, suffered considerable loss in this action Marshal KUTUSOW had received a report from Geperals TOMAZOW and THITCHAKOW, of the 26th September, stating that their army had passed the Styra on the 2d, which ►nove►nent had obliged Prince SCHWARTZENBERG to fail back en Bresch, Lord CATHCART'S dispatches speak in the,high eBt terms,of the state of the . Russian Army. WINDSOR, Nov. 10.— Sunday evening the QUEEN and PRINCESSES went to the Lower Lodge and drank tea, &c. with the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES.—Princess AUGUSTA having completed her 44th year on Sunday, the same was celebrated yesterday by the Royal Family-; for this purpose the Duke and Duchess of YORK, the Dukes of CLARENCE and KENT, -arrived to spend the (lay with the QUEEN and PRINCESSES. Prinees C LIAR LOTTE of WALES presepted her Royal Aunt with a piece of plate, as a token of affection, on the re turn of the day.—This morning the Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and CHARLOTTE Of WALES, rode on horseback, attended by the Biship of SA LISBURY, Lady RossLyw, General SPENCER, &c. The SPANISH AMBASSADOR to Russia, who re cently sailed form Yarmouth, has arrived at Got tenburgb, and intended to proceed without delay to . St. Petersburgh. Private accounts state several of the casualties which had occurred before Burgos since the last returns ; among which we arc sorry to announce the name of Captain . HERVEY, son of Admiral HERVEY, late Member for the county of Essex, killed ; and Lieutenants HouiounNE and KNox, of the 3d Guards, severely wounded ; the former i❑ the head, and the latter in the face, by the ex plosion of the French countermine at the same time with that of the British mine, on the 18th. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 181'2. • Foreign Qffice, Noy. 11;1812. A Dispatch, of which the following is a capy, has this day been received from bis Excellency General Viscount Cathcart,' his Majesty's Ambas• sailor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. Petersbut gh,. addressed to Lord Vis count Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. St. Petersburg Oct. 97, 1812. MY LORD—I have the pleasure to acquaint your. Lordship that the guns are now firing, and -Te Dowz is to be sung to-morrow in the cathedral, for a most brilliant affair on 'the 18th, between the advanced guard-of the French mud 11u3sian ar.; mies near Moscow, in which the former, under Murat, were defeated with great loss; and for the deliveratlce of Moscow by Gen. Winzingerode, on the 22d October. The Bulletin is.not yet published, but I have the honour to inclose a copy of the note I have this morning received, by the Emperor's command. / I have also inclosed a translation. of the official accour i t of the defeat of Marshal St. Cyr, by Count Wittgenstein, and of the storming of Po lotzk on the 20th October, as also that of the re pulse of Marshal Macdonald's Corps by General Stringel. Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein has been promoted to the rank of General of ca valry, and Te Deum for his victory was sung yes terday. It appears that Prince Schwartzenberg has re tired to the, westward, leaving some corps which had been cut off; that the province of Volbynia is entirely cleared of the ebemy; and that Ad miral TchichAgoff may probably have reached Minsk about or soon alter the 21st October. I have the honour to be, eic. (Signed) CATHCART. (TRANSLATION OF FIRST INCLOSURE.) St. Pttersburgh, Oct. 27, 1812. On the 18th October Marshal fiutusow baxing learnt that the corps of Victor bad quitted Smo lensk to reinforce the Grand Army, resolved to attack the advanced-guard, under the orders of Murat, being 4.5,000' stiong, in face of our troops, in order to defeat the same before the junction of Victor, and before Napoleon could support him with the main body of his army. The attack completely succeeded, 38 pieces of cannon fell into our hands, as well as a statdard of honour belonging to theist regirnerit of cuirassiers. We have made 1590 prisoners, amongst whom is a General ; 2000 men were left on the field of bat tle. Our loss is inconsiderable. On the 22d, the corps of General Winzingcrode entered Moscow, and obliged the garrison wl►ikh the enemy had left in it, to evacuate that capital in such haste, that the French hospitals remained' in our power. SECOND INCLOSURE. EXTRACT PROM THE REPORT OF GENERAL COUNT WITTGENSTEIN TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, DATED POLOTZK, THE 20TH OCT. 1812. After a hard engagement for two days with the enemy, thanks to the Almighty, Marshal Gouvion St. Cyf is on the other, side of the Dwina, and I am in Polotzk, with the corps entrusted to my command. On the 6th instant, I directed Lieutenant-Ge neral Prince Jaschevil to attack with his detach ment the enemy on the side, of the village Gura vitchne, whilst Lieut.-General Count Stringel l continued his march this way on the left bank of the Dwin a . The enemy's advanced guard received"me at the village Guravitchne, from whence it was driven into the lines. The engagement wars mast bloody ; it began at six in the morning and lasted till night. I kept my ground, and compelled the enemy to re treat within his entrenchments, whence he kept up a very heavy cannonade in all directions. The following morning, the ith, I did not undertake any thing, because I waited for the attack of Lieutenant-General Count Stringell, on the other side of the . Dwinw, which took place accordingly. He drove the enemy from the village Bolonia, and pursued him towards Polotzk. I received this intelligence a little before dark, and, in order to profit of the situation in which the enemy found himself,, I attacked, on the evening of the 7th, at five p'clock, and drove him out of his strong en trenchments, to which success Lieutenant-Gene ral Count Stringell's movements greatly contri buted. The enemy then threw himself into the town, -which is surrounded by a double palisade, where he maintained himself nearly the whole night, keeping up a constant fire of musketry on all sides from behind the palisades, as well as out of the houses. I gave orders for my ordnance to fire upon them with round and grape, ,and at last di rected my advanced guard to storm the place in two ilivisions, the first ander the command of 71:1 , :- or-Gerierals_Plestoff and Diebitelt, and the other under- the' command - of Colonel 1 4 ..ieclig,er, of the Grodno regiment of hussars: ' Lieutenant-Ge,:e ral Cazanove,_ as soon as he -- perceived tbaChig troops were close before 17 , 21.-Lk, threw hirnsc:t also upon the enemy, and was the first - who , marched with them into the town. In this marl- , ner, at three in the morning of the Eth, the plaeO was carried.. The loss of the enemy mast be extraordinarily great, for all the places °faction are coveted with dead ‘; and according to the report of the inhabitants, he was employed the whole of .the preceding day in carrying wounded men to the Otter' Side. Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr is himsel - vvtnded in the leg. We have taken,prisoners forty-five Staff'and periOr fdflicers, and two thousand rank and file; among the former there are two Colonels. We have als , taken - one piece of cannon, and ,a con siderasle quantity of ptovisions in the magazine,, which the enemy had not time to destroy. The enemy's loss would have been much greater, if the Lientenant-General Count Stringell had been able to follow him to Polotzk, but to his great mortification, he was stopped by the intervention of a superior force five versts from the town. Our loss is not, ineonsiderable. Of the Generals, are wounded Major-Geneial Balk in the head, Prince Libirgkoi•and Harman, who have 'slight contu- Colonel Rote of the 26th 'Yagers severelf wounded in the leg, 'and the Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Mordvitio, and a Commander in the first Petersburgh militia, has lost his leg by a. • cannon shot. sions. I can say nothing further , of your Imperial Ma jesty's troops, than that they have fought with the greatest possible valour ; that the Ist Peters burgh militia, upon its arrival in my camp., was distributed in the different regiments, and to the delight of every body these warriors have fought with such good will and courage, that they could not be exceeded by. conirades, the, old sot iliers, and they have distinguished themselves, in . a particular manner in columnspwith the bayonet, under the direction of their brave leader, Senator Bibikoff. We have few killed, but many wound ed, and _he more from its having been almost im possib;: to keep the men back in cohinni, from their eagerness to throw themselves into the "elte my's hatteries. Th?re is also a report of 117 e 21st October, by Lieut. General Count - Stringell, detailing the par- tic& trs, of hi', engagement with the corps of Mac dor aid the left bank of the Dwina, having fallen in witil the enemy on the 7th near the river Utehatch. He drove them in conceft with Count Wittgenstein tour versts of Polotik, at the, same time that Count Wittgenstein stbrmed that place. The extreme darkness of the night pre- Nented further proceedings ; without counting killed and wounded, General Stringea made one Colonel, one Staff officer, 37 other officers, and 500 non-commissioned officers and privates pri- Tile Lieut. General speaks in the highest terms of commendation of the assistance he de.,,f rived from the able exertions, of Major General Phox. soners. As BUOIsTA.PARTE has given such contradictory accounts of the destruction at Moscow, of which, by his first statement, two-thirds were sacrificed, and by his last nine-tenths, it may be inferred that he is himself at sixes and sevens. There is likely, it seems,' to be a strong compe tition at both Theatres during Lent, as the par ties, are at this, time actively enlisting performers for the Oratorio ;eason. KEMBLE is re-engaged to perform, during the Winter season, at Edinburgh. Mrs. JORDAN and the theoretical Committee of Drury-Lane, are at variance as to the terms upon which she was negociating for, an engagement, and the Lady finds that she can employ her talents better in a provincial ramble than even at a mag nificent Theatre in the metropolis. The French / Papers contain the following laughable paragraph, under the head of Englisb news The elections for the new Parliament, are strongly conteited . ; Alderman Wood, Gen ,- ;,, Grosvenor, Colonel Alban, Sir T. 8v,?t , ;,; , veil, and many other Alerpl,,,c tS of the old Parlia ment, seenicertain of being re-elected." A,firther volunteering fr tf e mTtig o is eNpeeted to take place soon after the_inceting of Parliament, as the only means of augmenting our army in Spain. It is undei'eood - temporary, ranl 4, ,will be given to such Officers_ as extend their set vices, in the proportion' of 1 Captain and 1 Li - en' tenant to every- 100 men, and permanent .rank to an Ensign ; and on a reduction, they will be ea' titled to half-ry accordirigly. Friday night, a one-pound note of. the. Cool' mercial I3anl Of Scotland, wholly written with 3 pen, and tolerably well executed, was offered a soldier in a shop in Glasgow, for paynient (. 1 some goods. The ::hopkeepe.r, suspicious of 10 being a : - )rge,ry, went out to shew it to a neigh' hour ; i!! the meantime;the soldier slipped out of, the shop, and made off. Thursday se'nnight one • of the ricsilers of 11-19 d-r dington, when killing a calf, five or six moritbsi. old, was SurpriSed to find another in its yooinh'"' Perfectly forked, - and perhaps a month which i 3 now in the' . o:msession cf Mr. Nishit, in a 3t.lte of I.,ez-,ervatio:i.