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HAIL. • AR:LIVED-1 Dublin. 1):71-r1'esicliz, 1 Lisbon, 2 Gotten . burgh, I Waterford.- PRICE OF STOCKS rii!S DAY AT TWELVE o'cLocK. - Congel3 sBii ned.Ann....;590 j Orrtditzirt .. 5 pr T 1 E SUN,. SOLEM QUIS DIEERL FALST:M L 0 ND 0 N, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1812. We this morning received Paris Papers to the 23d instant.—They contain the Twelfth Bulletin of the French Army. It is dated at Witepsk, the ith instani, and is not more calCulated to excite sterns or despondency, than those which preceded it. ' BVOW,iPARTE still continues inactive, and again attributes this 'most extraordinary delay to the heat of the Weather. Never, sure, was any unfortunate - General so annoyed by weather as BUONAPALTE has been since he' cgmthenced his Russian campaign. As soon as he entered the Russian territories, the rain destroyed several thousand of his horses, and swamped his artillery; as soon as (according to his own account) his troops , were every where crowned with-victory, the heat of the weather renders it impossible' for him 'to advance, and we have. no doubt but that he will,soon inform us t-afthecold has coal- • 1 pelied him to retreat. Ilpon,.tbe receipt of the 1 eleventh Bulletin we ventured to exorest .an ! .- opinion that BuOICAPA!ITE had - determined to retreat, ' and that opinion Is confirmed ~ by the statement in the twelfth Bulletin," that I be has ordered a pail of 100 pieces of artil lery to retrograde to Dantzi:. The only other in- telligence contained in this Bulletin is that 13170 rat- PART E has Made a square before the palace, at Wi ter.sk ; that he has a parade every morning at six o'clock, at which all Officers of the guard appear, and that one brigade of guards, in_tinecondition, al ternately defiles! .! Such was - not the species of information with which his Bulletins from AuStria and' Prussia were filled. We have not room. to make any 'comments upon the other articles which 'we haye taken from the French Papers ; our' extracts have been so copiou , that we can, at present, only submit them to our Readers. TWELFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARM. " WnePsE, Atm. the battle of the Drissa, the Russian General Kout.sigN, a distin. guishedpfficer of the light troops, was killed; ten ether Generals- were wounded ; four 'Colonels were killed. - V General RICARD, with hii brigade, entered Dunaberg the Ist August. He found eight pieces of cannon ; all the remainder had been taken away. Tht DUke Of TARENiTUlgalso arrived there on the 2d. Thus, - Dunaberg, that.the enemy haS been fortifying for five years, where he has expend ed several millions, which cost him - more than 20,000 men during the labour, has been aban doned without firing a musket, and is in Our . power, like the other works Of the enemy; and . like the entrenched'. camp which he had cin the Drissa. _ln consequence of the taking- of Dnnaberg, his Majesty has ordered that a park of 109 pieces of artillery, which he had formed at M.gcleberg, . . 4lnd Zvi ich he had advanced upon the Niemen, should retrogra - de to Dantzic, and be put in depot sn -that.phiee, " At the commencement of the'campaign, two besieging parks of artillery had been prvpared ; one against Dunaberg, the other against Riga.. " The mugazines of 'Witepsk are provisioned ; the hospitals • organized. These ten days of repose are extremely useful to the army. The heat is, besides, *excessive. . We have it. warmer here than in ,Italy. The harvests are raperb ; it appears that this extends to all Russia. Last year it was bad eVery where. The crops will not begin to be cut befure eight or ten days. " His Majesty has made 'a lade square (plact.s) before the Palace which he .occupies at Witepsk. This Palace is situate upon the banks of the left river of the Dwina.. Every morning, at six, there is a grand parade, at which all the Officers of the Guard appear. One of the brigade of Guards, in fine condition, alternately defiles."' XEPORT•OP THE PRINCE VICEROY OF THE RATTLES OF Tar; 25TH, 26TH, ANI;27TH JULY. Sutt, I have the honour to address to your Majesty the reports of the battles which took place on the 25th, 26th, and 27th July, and in which the four corps that I command took part. Your Majesty ordered the King of NAPLES ) , Commandant of the Cavalry of thee Army, to set . ,ont, frou? Bechen Kovach, and take the direction of Witepsk. I received orders to place at his disposition the Bth infantry, ArLItS 'Met the ettryzy in a4vmetot, at Ostrovn and engaged in different charges Of cavalry, which obtained two grand results. , About COO prisoners aad 8 pieces of cannon Were the.tro phies of this day. The'General of DiAsion PELZONS informs rae, that Abe Bth : had several engagements, which it supported with valour. • On the 26th the King of Naples received orders to continue his march upon Witepsk, and me to move with a division to support the movement of the cavalry. I went before day, to the King of Naples„ and we together agreed upon the hour at which the movements should commence. 'ordered the 13th division to follow the caval ry, and the 14th and guard to follow the 13th, but in echelon, and at an hour's distance.. The route ran through a wood, and the Bth was quickly engaged to open the road, which the enemydisput ed-w'ith infantry. About ten in the morning, the Bth, after having driven from the wood all the.enenly's tiraileurs, met them formed, and holding an advan ageous position on a spot of considerable elevation, protected by a numerous art:liery, having before them a deep ravine, and their left supported by a forest, and so thick - that it was impossible for masses to penetrate it without breaking. ItwasGen. OsTF„azzAzi's corps, consisting of two divisions of infantry, which occupied this position. I then or dered Gen. DEL zoNs, ComMandant of the 13th Di vision, to form for the 4ttick the Croat reximent and 84th upon the •left of the road, the first de ployed, the 2d in colutim by divisions. A batta lion of voltigeurs . ,• and the 92d regiment, were, placed upon the right in echelon, hy,battalion. The attack commenced; it was brisk, and they were charged 'with intrepidity. The Croats and 84th, obliged the battalions opposed to, theni to give way. General HUARD, who commanded this attack, displayed equal valour and capacity; upon the right, the Voltigeurs and `92d experienced a greater resistance ; they had - vto penetrate through the forest, debpuch and form under the enemy's lire, who had placed on then left their principal force. It was not with out multiplied efforts that General . Rousso. succeeded in taking a position upon debouching from t.e wood, and driving away .the enemy.— All the val Our of the troops and the obstinacy of the General were required to succerd in this so difficult attack. Neveitheless the centre and the left e which could not see the slow progress of the right, contended in the forest, pursued their success. The enemy, who saw their left stipprted itself, marched the reserve upon the right, which was more closeiy pressed. The Croats and 84th were in their turn assailed. The King of Naples, with his brilliant valour, and the promptitude of lightning, determined upon a vigorous charge of cavalry, which arrested the. enemy. The Chief of Battalion, RICARD, with a company of carabineers of the Bth," threw himself before the mouths of the cannon. The Chief of Battalion, DUMALY, and Capt. BONAIt- OALr, with an uncommon bravery, maintained the greatest order in the column of artillery; during this time Gmeral RoussrL debouched from the forest, charged the enemy with the 92d in column, • and rendered himself master of the positiOn. The • Croats and 84th, supported by two battalions of the 106th regiment, kept in reserve to this mo ment, regained 'their first advantage. It was then that' every thing was re-establiShed, and we remained masters of the ground which the enemy had so lately contested. . After some moments of repose, to -rally the' troops and reform the columns, the enemy were again .pursued, and - .promptly driven from .all the positions which they still attempted to defend.— They were thus brought back till within two leagues from Witepsk, in which the .13th diVision took a position about nine in the evening. The , 14th was placed upon the road in a second line, with orders to clear the hanks of the Dwina.— The guard was also placed in the rear of the right of the 13th diviston. On the 27th your Majesty ordered the cavalry and 4th corps to continue the movement upon Witepsk. On this day, the 14th division took the lead. The General of Brigade BERT RAND DE' SI VRAY was detached with the 18th regiment of Light Infantry and three companiesof Voltigeurs ; he seized upon "a village occupied by the enemy on the right, and followed the crest of the heights, of which he rendered: himself master. The re mainder of the division advanced and.formea ttpon the left of the road _in presence of the army, established its artillery, silenced that opposed to it, and forced the Russians to withdraw their line from the banks of the ravine they occupied behind a burnt bridge. General BR . OUSSU . R, taking advantage bf this re trograde movement of the enemy, paised the river with his division, formed ibis regiments byachet, Pon in a double stittaie, undet a very brisk fire of 'his artillery. The square of the 53d was nearest : the enemy's cavalry several times endeavoured to elmreethe squares, but the fire and countenance : of this regiment always 'checked them. The two first con panies of the 9th line, Voltigcurs, which had passed the bridge under the enemy's fire; were skilfully and bravely . directed by Captain§ OUYARD and SAVARY, upon the enemy's flank and caused them great loss. [The remainder of this repo r t consists of praises besto we d upon different offi6el -.1 I am, w.th the most profound respect, Sire, t. 8:P. &C. EUGENE 'NAPOLEON. FIRST REPORT FROM THE 1“1%1G Or NAPLES TO TIE EMPEROR MATTUZZFVO, AUG. 1. Sire--I arrrived frona,PolOtsk at Beehnkovitschi in the eVening-__Of - the 24th; And a,Nr._.eably to the instructions which 'Were sent - to me to re jOin the ISt corps of cavalry, and With it bclar upon Witepsk : the Viceroy was to support me. 'General NA . ty,:euTy ,eft his head-quarters at Ban debova, and - Irejoined.him when he was engaged with the enemy upon the height of Ostrom°, and' master of the -first position of eight pieces of can non, which the advanced guard of BRUYER's ri sion had taken: 'This success was the result of a brill ant 'c large of cavalry, executed by General ' l'Eat with equal i f ,:avery and skill, notwithstand-, ing General OSTERMAN, who had on that morn ing, with all his corps, taken a position some hun- . dred toises'iin the rear,' opposed. it with infantry, I made Sr. GEkmAN's division rapidly advance, and form his lines by brigades, and ail his artillery was: properly placed I then saw, at about - 50" toises distance, a Russian regiment cif dragoonsebqueli . from a wood, w hi c h b egan to l d orin upon the 'de''' . flank of the fOreign brigade with which then. was. To change from front up on.t be right, charge,: overthrow, and'almo,t entirely deStroy it, ‘eas:but, the affair of an ;instant. A second charge of PEEI'S brigade,. having at its bead General Count OR MAN() took place upon the causeway; it - was ar rested by Vie infantry fire. Informed by the prisoners that' I had to con-. tend with the whole of OsTflam'ANr'S. eOrpS;: I or-. dered DELZ °NS' %MI BftotiSt'.l - Et's divisions march upon the - line ; I advanced two battalliMS of the Bth light infantry, Which your Maje=dy had in the morning placed at my.disposal, and .placed them along a small • wood which was - upon my left, to supptlrt—twr first brigade of -- carr.l:- - ;:, which, the fire. of .the infantry would necessarily force to retire. Upon seeing thin movement, about three battalions, marehtd from their left to the front of my cav a l r y, to meet these tw o battalions. I ordered ' them to be , charged ; they were obliged to retire with considerable loss. I wished to maintain this ;position until the arrival of General, DELZON3' division ; hut the enemy marched, by favour of a wood which was upon my right, ten or twelve battalions, and shewed a disposition to attack my right; a moienent which would necessarily have compelled me to abandon my position Two of these batta-. lions had already debouched, and foreed the bri gade on the right to give way. Two other batta lions debouched on my left upon a reginirrlt of - cuiratisieri and the 9th "oncers. Almost at the same'time these four, battalions were charged and destroyed ; those on my left by the 9th !lancers, and those on my right' by the foreign brigade.— I have seldom seen cavalry charge infantry .with such courage and success. • DELZONS' division, now being arrived, order ed it to march along the Dwina, and take a po sition that . would threaten the rear of the P.us _ slam. This movement alone stopped the enemy on my right, who were eager to recall their ii.;' ta- Bans to the centre to cover their retreat, which they effected the same instant. , The two battalions of the Bth regiment of light infantry repu! , ,ed two or three charges of the ene my's infantry, and constantly covered the front of ink- line. Tile 'artillery did the greatest-injury to the enemy; it fired 1500 discharges at half-shot distance. Such, Sire, is the exoct account of the battle of Ostrovno of which the results have been the taking of 8 pieces of cannon, 7 or 800 prisoners, and at least -5 or 6000 Russians killed and wounded. Your Majesty may judge of the-loss of the enemy by • passing over the field of -battle. , I acquainted your Majesty, by my letter, written on the very ground, with the brilliant conduct o the Generals who directed these different charges 3 yonr Majesty will find more in detail in the an nexed reports, the names of the brave men who most particularly distinguished themselves. Yoix Majesty will permit me to solicit for them the justly merited rewards., I owe particular eulogium . to General Count "BELLIAED, who was in all 'tlif charges, and was of the greatest use to me in executing the different movements Which.l it necessary to 'order. I Must, 'Sticirure' to • ..,./. • • your Majesty all the i'ndividualSof my house and requet your goodness in . .their favour. have the honour to iecpiet of yoUr ?;laiegty a Lieutenancy for M. BERTHIER, . Sub-Lieutenant _ _ of the Dith regimentof horse chasseum, who was in the charge made by Gen. ORN - ANp, and was one of the first why; attacked the pieces : his SU.- perior officers have a great respect for him. 1 ani, Sire, Your Majesty's most affectionate Brother, JOACHIM NAPOLEON. SECOND REPOET OF THE KING OF NAPLES TO. THE EhIPEROR. MATTUZF,RO, AVG. 2, • Five in the reorning. Sire--I received in the.night, between the 25th and 26th of July, a dispatch' from your .iliFijesty, according - to which I was to make a stroll rccon noisanee upon the enemy; With a.•eonslderable quantity of artillery, ii!ti the division DELzos, which was to support it. • •I put in 'motion all the first corps of the reserve of the cavalry and the two battalions of The Bth of-infantry. My advanced guard met . xiith the rear guard of the enemy at abut two leagues from O'strovno.., They were advantageously posted behind an ex tremely steep ravine; they had infantry and ca valry, and were covered on their front and flanks by thick woods ; several cannon snots r ere ex clta.nged. _The two battalions were sent to stop . the infantry, Whi c h already made the bayalr trograde. • 4 In the mean tine, the divisio n of DELzoN7' ' . i r% rived. 'Here th e part o f t h e cavalry was naturnlit td have been concluded. The Vicer ~- uLiae i ' dispositions and marched upon the e iemy. . . ravine was passed, the briga .e of for!ign c , l` . J had passed the Dwina, protected ou- left fl f!" ', and debouch e d i n the plain. The rest of the'li, division mar c h e d upon the causeway i n nr ovor tion as the Vi cer o y rep ul se d the infantry of t b i enemy. The Cuirassiers Were left in reserve ' hind the ravine, and their cannon placed o , l ' battery, my r i g ht was cov e red b y immense wool. . The enemy werevigoronflY led t o th e se cury poSition between the ravine; where no doubt wer e their reserve. He was repulsed a second tiP,e' . and a second tilne renewed the attack. • I per ceived confusion : I ordered a charge of cavPY against a column of infantry which was marchini audaciously on th e plain. The brave Poles rushe' on . the'Russian battalions,;-not a. man escaped''' . not one was made -prisoner ; the last men were killed even in the woods. The pvs de charge was ilrj . mediately beaten in all the scitiart. battalions of yoi lt. JlEjesty's infantry, and Gen . GiIAR 0 IN, .WhO !ii'qb e battalions of the left, received orders to mall, change to th e , r i g ht an d i nc li ne . on, the g.'''` chatissee on the rear of the enemy. . All the 1 ): 1* -' talions who Were ilithediately on the right, e%' peeled the same manrntivre; aad',General PiRE izr cline4 with the Bth regiment of hussars to th e r-glit' and vigorously charged:the irole left of the eve' my, -which owed its safety only to the wo'otli and'ravines, that retarded our march. The sviril e divisor followed the 'moves nit on the cause' Way ; the cavalry :lehouf.6li,l on the heights is front of the live or si:t re.inie Its o f cava l ry, w hit/. I had caused vi he- eannoti.zdt_'d ' It was in this position CI (1 ye :r Majesty found me, anc wnence_ you cAa , e(4 nhe to'fiurste - 66 enemy, wno wai: : :lect . , - . 7with drums beatinl.r, to $' I { , hbout a leagu e and a; half from W it c pte. ! Here Sire, an account ,of the affair .2611, I_i• whick; ac . (int . :ling' to I.tae reports the_pri.,:oncrs and- deserters, the e;leyriy so ere' • still grearcr,h)sses than nit die pi . eeeding• evenii7g• One may boldly state their !oss at froin 2;400 t 6 1,3000 killed; an immense numberOftheni has Decl i . your,Majesiy seayeely4ost any bo‘ds 7 11^' fllerf7;follotV'the praiSes of the diffennLnilicers 1,41i0 distngui : hed Lemselves." (Signed) JOACIiIM • - • • REPORT OF THE MAP.SitAL TAIZ)Urs."E OF T.,tIZEICa OP TO Tl - 1 IRII4pE, MAJOR GENRLAL. JacAstadt, Jury rhaVe this instant (five o'clock in the evenirVl ) , r4ceived the report of 'Gen. T engageincnt ithich tcoli,p%lez: on the 19f} , : tkt Scarcely had he arrived at Binsl,e, and re placed General RicAno, and , svhilst his infAntl, was passing th . e ... Aa, detact:ed Ceonel ,DER, with a - party,of'6o horse, to reco. Ole ground. Hemet the ene m y' s rosti' about thl - ei leagues. from Bauske, and ea - illy tiro ve them 1.). , 1ck but observing: - they: had forces behind /•!, intbrined 3enera.l Ganwear of it, and, at r i '7. same W : l3C,' demanded two syr , ,drats and 0' a battpry Of, hors,e artillery 5 but , I,reviinis t 4 their asrivat, the e enay, who, ir-;in a heft-010 had been able to convince hiniself of the ‘l, Ness of Colonel ROEDER'S detachment, upop. bin ; he valiantly defended himself, io-cr der not to lose the advantageous .pasition,ll e occupied • •• This illegal comhat•hecame more critical ~ti lively, wren Major STIERN, with the kst 'of dragoons arrived. This brave - o'.f,c'er' Vig‘ i " rously charged. the enemy's - tavgli-v-, overthi . a, .1)114i pursued it to th e y:ood, where its-was cifecke'l by flie enemy's: infantry. In this charge: kilkr enemy - had many men killed,, ad an offi nic1,2 0 7 naea - ,.. taken prisoners. The krttssiaus b !(1 ifo c man killed and.2o wounded, three. a whom Svc*" among whom is Count BRANnExauRGE'' • . r 0 The -prisoner's takerith this - al - tau unanimously de". dare thaf,the-preceding evening considerable re,"*. inforcements had arrived. at Ekau, upon the'eneiny advanced four battalions, some sqtYl drons'-of -Uhlans, a poulk of Cossacs, an sow° oannort ;• and, besides, concentrated theinsetve * with - very superior, forces, with a battery of te° piereS of cannon, in Unit. - General GRAwi - riTheinginfarmed or this, deter" mined upon sending Orders to (.3.tneral that hya.first. disposition I had sent'to 'Kunke l and Drakin, upon the hi g h roa d f com _Herber' gen to Riga, to march by the right river of Liii o d to take-the enemy i n fl a nk an 'rear, whilst I le made dispositions , far attacking them idfront- General GeAWERT inarchcii upon Ekau, rtrort all the 'enemy's tropps from the right to the lef t banks •of the ri ver - Flail, With his cavalry ticalleurs, and in an ad . , , autageous'position, ed the arrival of Gen. K c.n.ls'r, of whose. arro . ' l ' as soon as he was iL.fOr;:leri by tle first discharg e • •of cannon, he approach - e~ tine enelnv, passed defile with the car . -lry, tile aitpiery, and the Cr: alleurs, and shpperied that atti.:k by a part u 1 his infantry, Whilst the other aLvatiLed to guard the defile. • General KLEIST vigorouSly. attacked on Lis ii. lo / his left leaning upon Elkin. The. combat wc l : * long and murd erous ; th e A nss i an S d e f en d e d their positions to fo o t ; e ven ' a detachtheat ~ vbicA, " was cut off fought.to the last extremity.' Nevertheless the bravery of the Prussiantino l , rfitwithstanding: their infei iority.in number, : 11 !. of e good conduct of the ,Chiefs and Officers, tri g thisphed over ,the Russians.. At 8 in th e e ven alt.. they were forced at all poi n t s , an d p u t to flio ; t *. The result of this d a y i s . a flag taken, and s'" e !;' ral hundreds prison ers . The enemy lost a Coo s ' derable rintreser of men in killed and wounded• [there follow the names those Officers 0 41° diStinguished themselves.] . • General GRAWERT supposes the enemy . take a position between Eknu and Rica, fr°:''' Whence he reckons upon driving them vv.th' Lity, as th• Russians are discourage i by the ac" Of the 19th, whilst the Prussians are, full of Co il , • fidende. Gen. GRA - WERT adds, that the 19th bas bee glorious day f or the Emperor and the Pruss', (Signed) The Marshal Duke of toti°7°.