The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-22 00:00:00

The Prince of Schwartientnirg is in yolh - ynia the fly before him,' . Some Slia:.b Ittrai - rs- i.ave taken- plaCe b'efore to, • the Prussians ,a , have always had the 'ad- Vantage. We have found in this place two Bulletins, which give an account of the actions before S,nio le.nsko, and of the battle of the Drissa. They Lave appeared sufficiently curious to be annexed to this Bulletin. When we shall receive the sequel of • these Bulletins, they shall be sent to the Nikiteur. It appears by their contents that the Editor has prnfited by - the instructions he re ceived from Moscow, " that the- truth is not to be told to the4-`, ussiall people, but that they are to be deceived with lies." Smolensko was set on fire by the Russians. They set fire to the suburbs on the :day after the 'battle, when they saw our bridge established over the Boristhenes. They also set fire to Duroghoboni, to Viasma, and to G hjat; but the French carne up in .time to en tinguish it. This may be easily conceived. The 'rench have no interest in burning those towns that -belong to them, and in depriving themselves •*f the resources Which theY,atforil. ThA... cellars nave been every where fil!ed With brandy, leather, and every species of article that is useful to an 4rrny. It the country be wasted, if the inhabitants 3 ntrtr more than a state of wr warranis, the fault is in the Russians. The army rested on the 2d and 3d in the Ility of Ghiat: It is positively asserted, that the enemy is effil- Floyed in ft:inning an 'entrenched car>ip in:froot of Alojaisk; and has established lines before Mos..- At the battle of Krainoi, Colonel Marbenf, of the sixth light cavalry; wa'swOunded Witya bay het at the bead of his reginient:, in the Midst of a l quare of Russian infantry, which had pene trated with the greatest intrepidity. We have thrown six bridges over the Ghjat.-L-. (lifoniteurl Serjt.ll3.) MUNICH, SEPT. 9.—the following details With t i Fspect to th e events i n Which the Army.of Bava -la•Was concerned on the 16th, lith, 16th, and 2 2 d of, August, have been published in our Ga %cue. ", On the I'6th of August, the 2d arid 6th :long of the Artny Were phtced beneath the orders of the Marshal Duke of Reggio. The latter, which '.consisted of the BaVarian troops, counuanded by the Colo ne l-G enera l o f C u i rass i ers _ Gouvion S t. Cyr, Was stationed at Polotsk, upon the right bank DuniL The General of Cavalry andCmint of ;he .eznpire De :Wreck, Conmiander of the 2d corps tlke Bavarian Arm'irig y, who had had the n Frech ade of light cavalry .de Corbineau, consisting • the 7th and VtliChasseurs, and the Bth Polish : L ancers, previously placed at his disposal; was di 'ected to form a _chain of advanced posts on the t \ ?ads letzling to Navel and Sebetz, The .division lerdi e r was on the left. -Id the rear the first di 7 isiOn of the Bavaria,n •Arlnv, commanded by .the eaeral of infantry Derop, wa - s near Polotsk; sup , - . 6 rted hs the division Le,vanti, the division of vuirassers Demoire, and tile hiigade of light ca . • lairy Casteck. tl :` At noon the adv a nced g uar d o f a di v iSi on o f eneiny7 army; commanded by the Prince de t t i t g - enStein, attacked the.advAnced posts on the Q °a clio Ndv e l ; b u t was quic kly repused by'Major , ; t ; el 'eral C oun t de Beckers; and When 'about fiv e clock the evening the enemy advanced in •:4"eater'numbers to attack a part of the chain of c v anced posts occupied by the division of Ver-; r , be was, iii thiS case, also obliged to retire; t' The sth • and I.lth of the fine, De Kinkel ; ti l ld the sth battalion of light infamtry, De But judiciously led on .by Colonel Baron D'Ha ernialan, w ho commanded them as a Brigadier t t , ol'ulset,' every attack of the enemy with the ut c;st bravery. From the movements of the ene. , r oad s and his reiterated attempts to adv ance by th e of Navel and Sebetz, it was easy to per-. i k i ve that he had serious intentions of attacking h irce the division i n f ron t o f P o l ots k . tell ': it tva.S" in consequence dee me d p ro p er t o eon t -r ate the second French division, and that of : General of Infantry within and around Po esk on both sides of the Pelota, to take post in the villa ge of Spass, situate on the tight bank of . fl ue 1 "olota, half a league in front of the town, iu ear of which tw o b r id ges h a d b een t h rown t 4• er e the rivers. Count Wredc was posted.along Polota, and occupied Spass with the first bat -114°4 of the 2d regiment Of the hilt ; Hereditary 6- th t 'ee., and the Ist company of musketeers of the ti e _leginient o f th e line, Duke Willi am; Major tieeral de Vincenti,was directed to d e f en d the ag e. . e ol kt eight a' c lo c k th e e n em y advanced in deep 117 1 11 _, R ms on the road to Navel, against ,Count t kt ,_ (- "'s-right wing, wh o i mme di a t e ly cause d th e Qtr`ierleS, Gothard and Gravenrenth; to advance tid y u e left of Spass, on a height where. they were b t , 4t4 ageously posted. He ordered Colonel De li le ` .° Y to c over th es e b atter i es w i t h t h e 6 t h o f t h e Duke William, and to preserve the commit jortion with SpasS. He then . gave.Orriers to Ma tvi,l‘Aeneral Count De Beckers to cover the right tt 44 6, with his brigade. Scarcely had the troops • b utteries Commenced their march, when the 44,1 11 Y began their attack, - with afire of musketry a rtillerV. Sp as As the importance of -getting possession o f a i•ct_ s eonld not escape the enemy's General, he di ed his chief. attacks . against that place, but was t,1 5 u1 kt ed by G e n era l Vi ncent i an d t h e troops - un d er rem' lt imand. At lengih, being reinforced, he at- . Ila \ ,„ Dte d to carry the village at the point of the Matte and, in spite nf a fire of grape from the r ies Which were upon the left Of Spass, he L \ii` s ` • • neeeetied in making the Da'lariarktrOOPr, retire to , the church, and the - garden - of, the Castle. The 2d battalion of the 6th . of the Doke William, then retired, partly Poiota y partly beyond, that river, and comMeneed 4 sharp fire of musketry. At the same time Alajor-(;ene7 / ral De Vincenti made 'an impetuous sally,from the garden of the,castle; and, charging, the enemy; drove him from the village with Considerable:loss. NevertheleSs he continued his .attacks upon Spass, and the entire Of the line; and advanced on the road of Selietz againit the French divi'siit. ' 'The . enemy attertipted a second time to take . Spass assault, But was . repulsed. Major- Gene- , rat de Vineenti was wounded on ,this occasion. Colonel Count Sparier,, Who 'was reinforced by two companies- of the sth battalion of light in-, fantry de .Bitttler, then took the command, and repulsed a third Attack with much spirit but as the troops which occupied Spass, were, • the Course:Of a battle of such duration, :arid Supported with so much glory, overcome with fatigue, and very flinch enfeebled by their hiSSes in killed-and Wounded in the different attacks, Count Wiede had the:in relieved by four ogler eompahies ofthe battalion of BOttler, and by two companies of the 11th of the line, de, Kinkel; and committed the, defence of the village to: Colonel Count Bottler. " ettea4, however, continued his attack , upon the whole line with much obstinacy. Col; De nerdy, who hail opposed to hiM the whole of the• enemy'S line from Spass to the point of tlie wood; and who . Was : appointed to - Cover th!:i;bati 7 teries in his .rear, performed prodigieS of V•afc,t . ni: with the brave regiment which he commands bat as his ‘ division Was ekhausted; he was rein= ftirced by A battalion of the . sth and 11th of the line, and with these lie continued the contest till night. " Although the batteries of Gothard and Gra venruth, Which Were well served, mowed down with a fire of ;r,►pe whole columns Of RuSsian troop, they; ,nevertheless; renewed their attacks inCeSsantlY.•. At length the part Of: the village nearest the enemy was Set on fire at sik o'clock in the evening by the grenades, and 'they were, in cori - Sequenee; obliged to desist from their attacks on that _ _ . " Marshall the DUlte of Reggio having, beet then Wounded, Count Gouvioa de St. Cyr, who had " himself been pi•eViously Wounded by the re-: hound of a ball, took the chief 'command of the 2d . and 6th corps. .‘‘ At nightfall, the enemy ceased firing, and oc cupied themselves in removing the killed and wounded, the number whbm was- very great. Prince Wittgenstein liked hiS . ,head-cluartets at Przesithience, which iS only a quarter of a league froth ,-;pass. _ At four o'clOck on the morning of the 18th, the corps, of Gen. Derov relie'ved, that of General Wrede, ,which had been much esthattsted by the battle of the f or m er ' days. The - enemy r ema i ne d quiet during the morning, but Gen: Count de St. Cyr, satisfied that they would soon renew the at tack, resolved to anticipate them at four o'iClock in the aftqnoon, and made his dispositions accord ingly: The enemy had collected theii forces .dar ing- the night of the 17th, and had increased the number of their guns to 100.. Between three and four o'clock on the 15th, a battery of - 51 Bavarian guns was established ,on a - height near the village-of Spass - , and the signal for the attack was .to be a shot &out a twelve pounder. As son as this was given the battery cDnlmenced a- destructive fire 'of grape, which reached' the Castle of Przesiniience, Where Prince Wittgenstein had his head-quartcrs.7 " When the enemy's advanced guard Was rout ed, the Russian artillery, posted upon the heio - 6 hts 1 • of I rzesinnence, began to play. Then the 3d and 7th Bavarian regiments of infantry of the line, :comManded by Major-General Count Beckers, rUshed upon the enemy with charged bayonets. The battalion la Roche took the 'village of I-la ' inernia; about a league from Spass, in order to menace the enemy's left wing. The battle becanie general. General Raglovich wits wounded verely; and Zollern succeeded him in the command 'of ltis brigade. dentral Peroy, after he had directed several battalions to attack the idetrty at the point of the bayonet, was wounded in the lower , part of the belly by a musket ball, and carried off the field. The fire becathe 'every moment more violent, and did much execution on both 'sides. Count Wrede took the command of all the Bavarian troops. He sent the brigade command ed by General de Siebein to support the division of General Legrand. Gerieral Siebein and Colonel de Zollern fought with the greatest bravery. The 9th Bava rian infantry regiment of the line attacked the cas tle. of Przesimience, defended by infantry and ar tillery, by. order of General Ctiuut St. Cyr.' The e9emy was driven from it, and baying beon.to retreat, about eight o'clock in the evening, the victory was complete. " We took 21 guns, many baggage and amnia-. nition waggons, and 1,500 prisoners : 4,00 kill ed and wounded remained tipon the field ; but so many wounded and prisoners have been brought . in since from the neighbouring forests, that -lie loss of the enemy may be computed at 17 or 18,00 men. General. Siebein was detached in pursuit, but was wounded. Colonel Baron de Schoeke succeeded burn, and continued the attack with much bravery and presence of mind, and the erie my was driven from a defile, where be seemed id- cllned to take up a position. " Thus the brave Bavarian warriors have, on the banks of the Duna, elected their banners with laurels." In the plains of Polotak, they have au.- swered the expectations of the greatest hero'.of the age. This brave army is the pride Of the, nation, which' might loudly - express its joy . , if that joy Nvere not adulterated by the grief necessarily at tendant on the loss of so many brave men who have fallen t in their country's cause.' " The number of killed in the Bavarian army on the 16th, - 17th, and ilitli of August, amounts' to 144; that of the Wounded to 1136 ; and the missing to 715. _Among the killed there are two Generals, two Colonels - , and a Lieut.-Colonel two Geileials, three Colonels, two Lieut.-Colonels, and eleven Majors,.were wounded. ‘f Tlie Russians had a &teat nuniber of Generals $El4.r. 10,--The infantry General Deroy has since died of his wounds.,"., • . . , . . 'rile following are the Russian articles alluded tt in the - 17th Bulletin : . - AIILITARY INTELLIGENCE.. , . On the 4th (16th) of August, the Emperor Na, poieon, at the head ,of his whole ermy, 100,000 strong, made his appearance before Sinolensko. He was received about six wersts froth the city, by the corps of Lieut. Gen. Rayewsk y. The battle coin - inenced at six - o'clock in the morning, and at iitidri became most bloody. The courage of the Rusaans'Oyercame numbers, and the enemy was overthrown. The corps ofGCR, Doctor° w, which had arrived to replace that of Rayewsky, at tacked .the enemy , on the Sth (17th) at day light,. and the engagement lasted till night fall. The enemy was repulsed at every point ; and the Russian sOldiers . „,' full of that courag e a n d intre pidity which =Mates them in the defence of their country, fought With desperacy, invoking' the as sistance of the,Almighty„ . liut during this time the city of Smolensko was a prey to. the flames, and,our troops. took a posi tion bet Ween the, Dnieper; the village of Peueva, and Doroghobgni. The dapture of Stholensko, which„ was rednced to ashes by the enemy, cost. them more than 20,000 men. The inhabitants. had, all left-pre rions to the'battle.. The loss in killed and wound ed on our side amounts to 4000 men. The brave - Generals Skalen and Bala are amongst The ftin:aer. ,••-- - . - P We have made a great number of prisoners, . and. yvhole battalions . pt the enemy's army were obliged toJay down ,their arms in order t o e sca p e death. Three regiments of cossacks and three of cavalry oVerthrew sixty sCpiadrons of the enemy's horse, commanded by the King of Naples,. ILPORT OF. LILT:T.-GEN. COUNT WITGENTEIN TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OSWeC, July:3l, 0.), 1812. " 1 have 'received information ffom my advanced posts, thatthe enemy was'.making-every effort from Polotsk to carry them, an by prisoners and de- Serters, that the Fre;lch Grand Army was con- Staritlyreceivhigreinforcements of Bavarian and Wirtearburg tfoops . I received at the same time from the Minister of War, intelligence of the junction of the two ar mieS, togetherwith orders to attack them imme diaiely in flank. I accordingly detached four squadrons under the cdrnniand Of Major ledragni, whom I directed to observe every movement of 3.llcdonald's Army and give the notice thereof. I advanced against Oudinot's corps which I met on the evening Of the 29th, four wersts from Rochauowa. " Having immediately made the necessary ar- rangemeuts, I yesterday vigorously attacked him, with the help of God. " After eight hours constant fighting, th:: enemy was routed and pursued, till night came ort, by his Majesty7s brave troops. '" We have taken three Officers and 250 sol dierS. The loss of the enemy in killed and WOund- O, has been consider4ble. Their cuirassiers, par-. ticularly, have suffered 'nisch, in consequence Of their attemptc to take our guns. I cauSed them to be pursued by the Hussars of Grodno, who dis-, tinguished themselves on this occasiori. We have lost 400 men in killed and wounded, amOng'whom we have particularly to lament the death of the gallant Col. Dennissen, who donimanaed the 25th regiment of chasseurs, and who was killed by a cannon-ball. " 1 mean to pursue the etiiiny'to the Dwina." PARIS, SEPT. 16.—The, last letters from, the Grand Army are dated the Ist of September.— _The head-quarters had left Viasina, and advanced. IVILkA, SEPT. 1.--Cvery day numerous corps of the army of reserve arriVe. This continual passage gives the town a very animated appear-. On the other hand, the levy of the Lithua anian' regiments is pursued with success. . The Duke of Rez . gio, wounded at the affair of Polotsk, has arrived here. The wound which he received in the left arm proceeds well ; it even ap pears, that in less than a month, he will be able to resume his duties. WARsxw,Au the taking of Smolensko, the Polish troops gave fresh distinguished proofs of that bravery which characterises them, and have merited the eulogiums of, his Majesty the King of Naples, who commanded the cavalry in this affair. In 1654, the fortress of Smolenskko was in the power of the Poles, and only taken froth thein by treason. Yesterday a considerable number of Russian prisonerS arrived here. The district and town ofßobrvrisk has just sent in their accession to the general Confederation. VRAIsTCPORT, SEPT. 1.2.—n1e first transport of Russian prisoners arrived here this morning-. CONSTANTINOPLE; AUG. e first 'Drago man of the Porte, Prince Ponyteki Morusi, deposed on the 7th of August.. This,, event has pruduced some sensation htie, because be was thought to be devoted to the intereth of Russia. .His Excellency General Audreossi, Ambasiador frost, France,. has arrived here. We are assured that he has already had a private audience of the Grand Seignior. COPEN IiAGEN'i SEPT. 7.—According to the last intelligence from Petersburgh, the greatest con sternation prevails in that capital s As a proof of the want of resources and•money, an appeal has been made to the. Nobility, and all classes 9f the inhabitants, to engage them to make patriotic of ferings. EXRACI OF A LETTER FROM THE CAME OF DUNA. " WARSAW, AUG. 29. , - 7 —The 10th regiment of Polish cavalry continues to conciliate the .esteem of the French Generals, as well as that of all the allied troops. They designate it by the title of the brave regiment; it always forms the advanced guard, and hitherto there has been no action in which it has riot supported the honour of our arms. r; This regiment meeting an enemy's column of infantry and cavalry, overthrew it, after a long, a very long and warm contest, obliged the enemy to fly in the utmost disorder, and took a great number' of prisoners. This corps is well mounted and in the best possible state. Several of its officers and soldiers have been proposed for the decoration of the tcg,ion- ol*-1-3onar. • " The General of D: vision, Sebastiani, whose orders it serves, does, in his Order , of the Day, justice t o its bravery." _ . NAPLES, Atlo. 22.—The Legioneers of the Lit toral continue to distinguish themselves in repuls ing the enemy. • On the.3d, a frigate having sip peared in the Gylph of Policastro,•to procure wa-. ter and provisions, these 12rave meafrepn crew with their accustomed valour. 'fhc fri after having uselessly consumed het gr,pe:hot, was obliged to give up lied project and stand off. The enemy having attempted to water at a:;c)dier point of the 'coast, were put to flight by another detachnpnt of troops of the flue. LEIPZIG, SEPT. coilthille to receive fa 7 voufable accounts from our ti•oops'; they distin guish themselves by their bravery and good - disci pline. We are assured - that they have again ad vanced, and that they arc pr epar i ng to attack the Russians, if they attempt to maintain the positions which they hare taken behind the Divin her • - • IMPERIAL . DECREEI " Head-quarters,, Slakovo, Aug. " Napoleon, Emperor of the rxench, &c. &c. • " We have decreed, and do decree as follows :-- " The General of Division, Count Gouvion St. Cyr, is ap pointed a Is/hush:a of the Empire. Our Minister at War is chargLd with`the execution cf the prescht Decree. • (Sigucd) " NAPOLEON." NITREMBI:RGi SEPT•Ate cornmereial let ters from .13;•ody announce, that the Russian troops in, liTetcrn WaLlachia have struck ,their tents, in consequence of an order (MT the part of the Gene ral in Chief, Tschitschagotf. JAMAICA- KtsosToY, AUG. S.—Al General Court-Martial lately ; asembled at the Barracks in this city, 'and continued by adjournment for several days, for the trial of Lieut. Frederick St. Albert, of"the York Light Infantry Volunteers - , charged with _ungentlemanly . cOnduct in combining and confe .derating with souse privates of that regiment, to write a letter to the Magistrates .and Vestry of St. Andrew's, giving information relative to an unfortunate reucontre„Which took place at Stoney Hill some time ago ; and with having- also denied the letter or any knOwledge of the transaction, when questioned. on honour by his,Commanding, • Officer respecting the same, together with other matter equally reproachful - to, his character.— These charges were supported by the evidence of four privates of the regiment, When, at the c,:n elusion of the prosecution, there was but one . sentiment as to the guilt of the supposed offender. After a most minute investigation on the defence, iu which the moderation acid anxiety of the Court to investigate the true merits of the case were very conspicuous and highly meritorious, Lieut. S. Albert succeeded in establishing his, innocence, and out of the mouths of the witnesses them selves, by proving them conspirators against him, for the base purpose of obtaining the reward of- - fered by the Magistrates and Vestry of St. An drew's, for the apprehension of -the person Who killed the Officer in the duel alluded to. We have therefore the pleasure of stating that he was most honourably acquitted. The following General Orders have been issued by the Comthander of the Forces in Canada • " Quebe,c; Aug. 611512. " His Excellency the Commander of the. Forces announces with great satisfaction to the troops under his command the capture of Fort Michili mackinac on the 17th of July last, by a detacht . ment of the 10th Veteran Battalion, aided'by a party of Canadian Voyageurs, led on by some Gentlemen Of the North West Company, the whole under the command of Captain Roberts.— This service has been, effected in a manner highly creditable to Capt: Roberts and the Officers and men employed upon the occasion, and without the loss of a man: " The Commander of the Forces takes great pleasure in also announcing to the troops, that the enemy under Brigadier-General Hull have been repulsed in three attacks, made on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of last month, upon part of the garrison at Amherstburgh, on the river Camud, in the neighbourhood of that place, in which at tacks his Majesty's 41st regiment have particu larly distinguished themselves. In justice to that corps, his Excellency wishes particularly to call the 'attention of the troops to the heroism anti self-devotion displayed by two privates, who, be ing left as sentinels when the party to which they belonged had retired, contrived to maintain their - station against the whole of the enemy's force, until they both fell, when one - of them, whose aria had been broken, again raising himself, op 'posed with his bayonet those advancing against him, until he was overwhelmed by numbers. An instance of such firmness and intrepidity deserves to be thus publicly reeorded„and his Excellency thinks it will not fail to aniwte the troops Under his command with an ardent desire to follow so noble an example, whenever an oppOrtunity sh ill hereafter be offered to them." The latest accounts from General Hull's army are dated July 19, 'and relate Merely to a trifling skirmish, about four miles from Fort Malden, in which our ( troops 'are said to have had some killed, nine or ten wounded, and two taken.— The American army, it appears, had begun to feel the want of provisions, and the General had written • in the most pressing terns for a supply. Most of the Indian, tribes within t . ';e American frontier hattengaged to remain neutral. The Americans *e building 150 'gun-boats on - Lake Champlain, each capable of containing 100 men. They were likewise erecting barracks at Thirlington. It has transpired-that an aftstk• was meditated upon Montreal. Ten gun-boats have been recently launchtil at Washington. They each carry two long tweritty four-pounders, and are ordered to reinforce the squadron at Hampton. l Last week was committed to York Castle, James Starkey, carpet-weaver, charged with having con spired, with several others, to blow up and des troy the cotton-mill of Mr, Wiltqlp - i Cartwright, at Rawfolds.