The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-29 00:00:00

* 0 ,titled,a:l:lnrist sin'i•ender,, The c ourage and Aioni; Of the troops tn'dcr my command, together t!liftri i-;11 at Bbrksow; torced enanw.t6 send me - two flags 'of . with nforing.tion•that they surrendered: At 'lnidni2iit .he General of Division Pa rtonneaux the. Brigai ..Tieneral Lettie, 2 Colonels, 40 officers, ana SO nen., whO ha&alreedy . submitted . , were Ybroitghtt o inc.- , , At seven o'clock thiS morning, the renutitger aid down their arras; viz. ; Generals Catuuse and laimont, 3 Colonel's, 15 Lientenant-Colonels; 84 officers, .and 7,000 men, and delivered up 3 deces of artillery, 3 standards and a number of laggage waggons. Among theSe troops are two egiments of cavalry, one Sa-ion, and one of Berg, rith very good,hotges. • On such a victory, .a similar to which has carcely hitherto been gained over the French, '‘'tke the liberfy of congratulating your Majesty, nd of laying all these trophies a. , • your Majesty's L!et. The loss on our side is not great. lam o;clay going to attack Napoleon at the town..ot ;indintzy. Admiral TschitchagoW, and; Count 'tato*, Will attack him on the other side of the iver Beresina. The Co'niniander 7 in-Chief of the Armies, Field Marshal General Prince iCuTusow of Smolensk° eports to his Ittperiak. Majesty, under date the lth (23d) November, from the village of Lau iki, follows : " I have the happiness of informing your Im erial Majesty that on the Bth (20th) November, ;TAPOLEON, with his guard, left Orscha, and narched off on the road leading to the village Itochanowa. On the 9th (21st) ditto, the last If the enemy's troops quitted that place, leaving lehind them 26 pieces of artillery, some protisions, .nd an hospital, in which we found upwards of Sty wounded French. Officers. " GetierAPCOUllt PLATOW is in pursuit of the nervy, who is retiring towards Kochanow ['he detachment under Major-General. J E MAL 0 W . , ' vhicli crossed the river near Orscha, and which onsists of 14 battalions infantry, some cavalry, .nd two companies of artillery, serves to support ;ount PLATO'. The van-gaard of the mtin Army, under the omniand of the General of Infantry, *lNlmonA lowrrscx, consisting of the 2d and! 7th corps of afantry, and the 2(1 cavalry corps, will pasS the )nieper on the 11th (23d) inst. near to the town I Kopys, and take their direction towards the illage ''of Tolotschin;: in order to join MajOr ieneral JtNIALOW'S ditachMent; and by this icanE a considerable mass of troops will be ormed to pursue the enemy. Our main army, Thiel) is waiting for the supplies of Provisions that aLrethained behind; on accOlot of the celerity f our Movements, will pass the Dnieper - , near ;opys, the 12th (24th) inst. and urtrch to aids the village Of Zeierchen by, the way 'of ;taroSsilgi, from whence i,t . Will continue :s motions; according to circumstances, either a Bobr, or on the Beresina. By this move lent I hope to stop the road for the enemy; a case he should turn from Bohr by the ay of the village of Beresina towards the town quman. On the 9th (21st), Colonel Dm-mow btained intelligence, by an intercepted letter, of he retreat of a depot of the enemy's cavalry to copys; he immediately followed their steps, came p with thein at the passage of the river, attacked heth immediately, Made 285 then prisoners, and 'ad 'took the whble train: Not contented with this, le passed the Dnieper by Swimming; and completed heir defeat. His 'detached Parties stretch froth Stal;os'selgi he village of Tolotschin, and likewise along the ranks of the Dnieper .--(Petersburgh Girzette, Ist )ecenzbei.) iht " In order thereby to gain time to destroy three ridges at the village itself, over the river Selwy, met the 'enemy's advanced guard, consisting of ome squadrons of cavalry . , about 14 Worsts frOin he village of Selwy : they attacked my Cossaeks vith great impetuosity, in expectation of math ng the bridges before they were destroyed; but hey were totally destroyed - by the tithe that they sere within only one werst.of the river. " In the course of the night I received infor.. nation that another of my parties had - likewise lestroyed the bridge at liwasehlovitschi, and that . wO hours after it was burnt, 'a strong detaclu'- nent of the enemy's cavalry from Isabelin bad ar ived at the village cf lwaschkWitschi. " After passing the' night in the village of Set vy, and at a very small distance fromthe enemy, found early in the morning of the 28th (9th ; . ovember), that •he had not only - desisted from iaking any attempt on me, but that be had even etired on Wolkowisk, to which lie was no doubt minced by the offensive operations of General ACKEN "against the main body of the Austrian rmy. ‘, Just as T waF, preparing to follow the enemy, received directions , from the Commander-7in :l3l'ef at Polanka, to go from Dirctschin through henzol, on Nowogrodsk, to observe the enemy leng the Niemen, •atisl then proceed further, ac ording to my first destination. From Nowogrodsk, hieh place I reacted by 'forced marches, making I 0 German Milo an:lL:wards every (14 ; 1 nil brt My venturesome expcdi:ion at the very linie•V,llen there *ere stronk •defaciiMenis of the enemy in Belezy, Nekolagew; Lidy, Rakow,, arid RadosekkOwitsiii, and the whole corps of General DomnAo*ski was to the right in Stol . lhry and KordanoW., I crossed the NieMen near to tioiodesm, by sivimming, and took My route, through . Naliboke and Kamen .t 6 Iwenez. In both the last-men= tioned villages I found an inemy'S hospital, in Which there were 800 sick, under the. protection. of 100 men. The impottance of my object, and my distance from the army would not allow of my send ing these prisoners off to. the army, or to en cinnber my detachment with the:.ranporting theM, and 1 therefore contented myself With destroying their.arms and ammunition, and of carrying away their horsei; of which I have, in the whole course of the expedition, taken seireral hundreds, to which the sudden and unexpected appearance of the Cos sacks gave me an opportunity. .When I approach ed the great road ; at about two German miles from the, village of DubrowO Isaezed, a French piquet of cavalry, consisting of twenty cuirassiers :nd des goons, appeared, who I permitted to depart, after taking their horses and destroying their atms." The report, which, is very detailed, states his having reached Admiral TscnvrcHAGOFF, after overcoming great difficulties, and praises his Of ficers and soldiers. The Petersburgh Gazette of the Ist December, contains a dispatch from the Marquis'of PAULN dated the 22d Nov. stating, that on the 21st his . .patroles had been - near. Linden and Tormsdorf without having sec❑ the enemy, upon which he ordered his troops to cross the Dwina to act in conjunction with Major-General WIGENENow : that on the Morning of the 22d he recei red in formation that the enemy, had retired ow the road leading from Schliek. to Mittau that according to the reports of deserters and pri k)ners the enemy appeared to be concentrating his force at Eckaw, a very strongposition, no doubt intending 'to assist the Grand . French Army with the greater part of - his ,troops, a'nfl be able to cover its retreat, whether it should 14e directed by 'Vidsa, IVelkotuer, or Jurburg. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 3.—Field Marshal Prince KuTusow report?, on the 27th Nov. that he had crossed the Dnieper on, the 25th and 2Gth. Mo hilow has been retaken by the Russians, who found there considerable magazines and pro visions for ten days. General Count WITTGENSTEIN -entered - Borts sow on the 28th November; After having gained considerable advantages over Marshal OumNoT'S and VICTOR'S corps in three several actions, in one of which 7000 men were forced to lay down their 'arms; miming whom were the French Ge nerals PARTIi6NNEI.I7,COMIXS, hmd 13LENi014 ; three Colonels, fifteen Lieut. Colonel's, and upwards of two hundred ()Riders of interior ranks. Their ar tillery and baggage Nva likewise taken. The Russian army of reserve, 'which was as sembled at Nischnec Nowogorod; under General COunt ToLsroc, has receivedorders to march for wards-, and direct its 'route towards the south-eaSt part of Poland. Partictilar BnllethlS be given these war 'like operations.--(Post Tedniape, Dec. 16.) DISPATCH. FROM T H E SAME, DATED HEAD-O.UAR - • TERS E KOPYS,' Nov: 26. "By all accounts bifherto receiVed; itappears that the enemy continues his retreat through Borissow, 'for which reason the following preparations have been made to liinder it :—A strong advanced guard . of two 'corps, under Gen. MILORADOWiTSCiI, lows close upon the enerny ; Comit PLA-row,with 15 regimentS of cossacks, 12 batCalions of infantry, and some companies of artillery, has orders to keep -on his right flank; and prevent •althis attempts at foraging . ; but on his right he ha' Adjutant 'Oen. KUTUSOW'S detachment, which is .placed under 'Gen. WITTGENSTEIN'S command. " All these considerable corps must necessaeily beat the enemy before he crosses the Beresina, ni at least whilst doing it. AdMital TSCHITtHAGOFF has been requested, after passing the river, to act against the heads of tlre enemy's colunnins ; but on the left he has three: detachments of our parti zans to prevent hisloraging and watch his mo tions. The main array, in the Mean time, con tinneS its march straight foward to the town of Be resin:), partly to prevent the enemy froin sfretch, ing to the left', an i e partly because that sufficient 'provisions for' the army are only to be procured on that road." I FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME, DATED HEALS atrAk- TERS AT KRHSLO'GE,NOS;. 27. Tirp general plan of operations laid down [by •the Emperor is strictly followed. Adm. " ' SMUT: CHAGOW, Whose ran-guard has totally 'defeated General IjAMBRowsKt.,. arrived On the 21st, to / :gther with General Count LANGEROWS corps at the town of norissow. By o report ,frdni Corint PLAT* come to hand, we learn that Count WITT6ENSTIEN Arrkred at the tow of Baron, on the 25th NoL s vethiber. i - an-..guaro,of th. in array tifiqer Gericyal 4IILARODOWITCII, i$ this day in the town of Bohr. The CosoAadks under General PLATow are at Krapky; and have likewise - taßen possession of some places to the left of the Lich road to watch the enemy's motions. To-morrow the head quarters I'6ll arrive at the' town of Blepwald, which lies - on the road betwe6ti Bobr and tne Be resina." OFFICIAL* INFORMATION Fli.:)Yl ARMIES. REPORT COLONEL ,TsCHER:•,;ysCHEW, ADJUTANT TO ins inrERIAL MAJE TO TUE GENE:ZAL: OF CAVALII.Y., COUNT %%TT rcE,ssrE.lN, OF THE STIt (17TH) OF rtovr.l,,tsroi I have the honour , to , infOrm your Excellency; tldt after.my safe i•eturn from the Duchy Of Iyar saw with the detachment awier my ceMmand; at the time when the \Vestern Army ‘4, , as on its march from Brest to Minsk,the - Corninander in Chief, Admiral . TscuurcitAooFF, who for a long time past had not received the least intelligence of the glorious operations of the troops under your Ekcellency's command, nor of the corps under iNarshal VICTOR, considered it to be neceSary to use all possible means to, effect a. direct coMmunicatioti with your Excellency's corps as speedily as pOssible ; and f6r this purpose the .Commander in Chief thought proper,' s on the 25th of October, (Nov. 6), to confer on me the ,conunand of the Cossack regi. ment of Pontelijew, then at Slomim. In the night between the 25th and ?6th (6th and ith Nov.) Admiral TiCITTICHAGONY, after haying already sent forward all the columns to Neswish, received intelligence that Prince SCHWAKTZENBERG, to oppose whom, Lieutenant- General SACKEN had been left with a corps in the vicinity or Brest, had detached a,Considerable body of troops towards Wolkowisk and Selwig, by which means he threatened cutting off the communication between General SACKEN and the array. The — Commander in Chief therefore di rected nie to march with the aforesaid regiment of Pontelijew, which was at that time at Slonim, to Diretschin and SelwiA-, to take - possession of both these posts, and observe the enemy's, move ments.. On the 27th‘ Oct. (,-With Nov.) I arrived at Diretschin; where I learned that the enemy's Corps, under General Moon, was marching from . Grodno to, the village of Mosty, and had already • began to' throw a bridge over . the r i ve t a t , that village. Although the Niemen was at the dis"- tance of eight leagneS from me, I immediatelY sent a detachment there, who found a party co vering the labourers on the right hank of the li ver, ao.ddestriryed all their preparations made on the left bank.—At the very same time, the parties I had 'detached to Wolkowisk informed rue, that the' enemy had iiiready garrisoned that village, and appeared on 'the road to Selwig, which induced me to Collect the detachments:of the Cossack regi merit of Pontelije - w xl;i9out loss of time, and to proeeed with them against the enemy. 'FflO - I`,l THE BERLIN GAZETTE OF Dl3O-3. VIENNA, Nov. 24.—The report that negotia tions towards a general Peace will again be renew ed has gained ground within these few days. It Is grounded on the circumstances of the nince VoN. STAIIRt.NIBERG formerly Ambassador froth tbci. EMpetor of AUSTRIA to the Court of London, being sent for to this city ; from which many conjectures are formed. Btams, Drc . . 42.—Our Gazette contains the following : ilisMajesty the Emperor has just appointed the General of Division DEss.lx, Governor or Berlin, lin the place Of the General of Division DURU . TTE, who has left this place. " His Majesty the EMperor NAPOLEON, who N'T'aS in excellent health, had his head . -quarters on the 3d at Molodzitzno, a small town on the ci- Clevan t Palatinate of \Vilna, between 16' and 18 miles 'distant from Wilna, and 10 or 12 from Minsk.'--:(Correspondent, Dec. 15.) ,• GOTTY.NBURGH;‘ DEC. 21.—Acedunts froin . Co - - tienhug,en, dented the 17th December, state, that a. French Coufier arrived there on 'the 15th,- 'bringing a ,report of a battle fought On the 28th' and 29th November', between General TscHrr 'CliAGOVlr aid WITTGENS.TEIN and the Grand Army, in which,. of &use, it it said the French were completely victorious ; taking 10,1)00 pH , soners. It is also said MURAT, King of Naples, was at Konipherg, with both his legs off. The Prussians have retreated from before Riga. the Russians have entered Liehan, and were ex pected at Meniel. Lard ffoLLANI) gave a 'grand dinner on Monday to the Spslvish(iAmhassador and a select party, at his lionge in York-street, St.-James's. Mr. BETTY made hits firs=t .appearance at the Windsor Theatre on Saturday evening, in the cha racter of Achinet, in Barbarossa, to a very crowded and .brilliant audience. BREAD.—TO-day there was no Court of Alder men held. The Lord-Mayor, after inspecting the returns, ordered the price to be reduced a' farthing in the quartern loaf. 'FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, DEC. :0: . . This day, Sunday; December the 20th, 1812, at npon,,the Emperor, being seated on,Lis throne, surrounded by the P r i nce S, G ran d Dignitaries, Cardinals, Ministers, Great Officers, Great Eagles of the Legion of Honour, and attendants of his NajeSty,—receired the Senate; %rho were c9n 7 d'ucted to this audience by a M as t er an d Assi'stant brthe Ceremonies, introchced_by his Excellency the Grand Master, and presented by his Serene Highness the Prince Vice-cirand Elector. 11i4 E?ccellency M. th:t Count Lacepede, tie Presi dent,,delivered the f6iiowirig AddreiS `,.` SIRE, The. Senate bastenS to preSent; at the foot ;if your erial and:Royal. Alaj , tsty 4.'l2hrone, the offering of its . cOngratulations on the happy , .ar rival* . your Majesty amour your people. ":•The abcrice:6l your Majesty, Bine, is always a national calamity, while your presence, is a Vess-; lug which fills- the.whole French peciiiiF •ivitli joy, and confidence. “ . Your Imperial and Royal ,Maje , 3ty laid the bases of t 1::: organi7:lttien of yo'ar vast empire but many objects yet rentain to be con solidated or executed ; and the stiiallest delay in the completion of Our institutions is'a national inisffrtune. • " While your . Iniperial Majesty, Sire, was: at eight hundred leagues fromat the head' of yqur Victorious armies, attempts were made to diSturb publie,ord-r in this great capital - , by men who had escaped from prisons, in• which your Imperial 'clemency had sai-ed thertifrom death, Merited by th e i r p as t c r i m es. They have paid the penalty of their new . ()Likes. . . Happy Fiance, Sire,• whose monarchical con stitution places her beyond the reach of civil dis cord;—o£ the bloody feuds to which party gives birth,—and of the horrible diStractionS which re volutions engender. "- The Senate, first Council of the Emperor, and : , hose authority , nnly iias eitistence when the Mo narch calls it rorth, and puts it in movement, is established for the conservation of tlit monarchy, and , of the. hereditary succession to your throat;, under our fourth dynasty. " France and posterity wsll find it, under all circumstances, faithful to. this sacred trust ; and. all its Members will be always ready to die in defence of that palladium of national security and prosperity. " In the- conimencements of our ancient dynas ties,' Sire, the Monarch has been More than once seen to Ordain, that a solemn oath should, by an ticipation, connect the French of all ranks with the heir of the throne ; and sometimes, wLen the age of the young Pri:lce permitted it, a. crown was placed upon his head, as the pledge of • his future authority; and the emblem of the perpetuity of the Government. . " .The affection which the whole nation feels fin• the Ki - hg of Rome, proves, Sire, boti - . the at tachment of the French to the blood of your Ma jesty, and that internal sentiment . which re-as stu•es every citizen, - which points out to him, in that - august infant, the security of his own chil dren, the safeguard of his own fortune, and an in sumoun table obstacle tc intestine divisions, those civil agitations, and those political revolu • tions, which ai-e the greatest scourges that can afflict nations. Sire, your Majesty has Avaved the French eagles over the towers of Moscow. The enemy could neither arrest your• success tun• thwart your but-by resorting to f.he frightful resources of despotic governments,creating deserts o❑ all his frontiers, carrying conflagration into his provinces, and delivering to the flames his capital, —the centre of 'his :riches, and the growth of so Many pgcs. "'Those, Sire, who 'renewed these barbarous tactics of their sqvage ancestors, were ill-ac quainted with the heart 'of your Majesty. It would have volantarili renounced the trophies which were to be purchased by so- much blood, and so many Woes -to humanity. ". The ardour with which we see arriving from all the departments of the eMpire s under the co lours of your Majesty, the numerous soldiers called -forth by the Senatns Coma/turn of last Sep tember,_ 'furnishes an example of what your Ma jesty may expect from the zeal, patriotism, and warlike spirit of the French, to snatch from the 'influence of our enemies the various portions of 'the Continent, and to conpter at honourable and solid peace. _ _ _ . , May your Imperial and Royal Maj es ty ac cept the 'tribute of the gratitude, love, and in violable fidelity of the Senate, and the French people." • . His Majesty replied as follows gATORS, '" What you halt said is very agreeable to me: I have at heart the glory and the power of France; but my first thoughts are engaged by, every Ihing that may perpetuate internal tranquility, and place rily'people for ever in security against the rage of faction,. and the horrors of anarchy. It is upon theserenemies o:. the happiness of nations that,' with the consent and love of the French, have founded this throne, to which henceforo• ward are attached the destinies of the country. " A timid and eowardly'soldiery ruin the inde pendence of nations ; but pusillanimous Magi strates Tdestroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne', and social order itself. ". The noblest of deaths would be that of tbe, soldier who falls in . the field of honour, were not. the death of a magistrate, perishing in defence o his SoSereign,_ -the throne, and the la;ts, lucre. glorious still. " When undertook the regeneration of France, I intreated of Providence a determinate number of years. Destruction is the work of a moment, but one cannot build up again without the assist ance of time, The greatest 'want of a State is, that of courageous magistrates. ".Our father:- had for their rallying cry, The King is deud,--long lire the King ! These few words cOmprchend the principal °advantages cf the monarchy.. I believe li,,,have deeply studied the spirit which my people have shew.n in diffe rent ages ; I have reflected on what has hapileu.