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A I=' t r 1 144 g ' 2 0 4 • PLYIIIOUTIi.,• Nov. 8.---Arrivrcl the San Josef Man of war (flag ship of Admiral Lout KEITH), frorn.off Brest; the Doris frigate, from Ports : mouth ; Castilicni sloop of war 3 and a few mer chantmen troin the East‘`t'ard. PORTSMCAS - TH, Nov. hiS Majesty s tihips Crocodile and Saracen, with the Weymouth and Serapis store- ships, and. the whole. of the out- Ward-bOund, for Gibraltar, Malta, and the Medi terranean. Sailed the Racoon with a convoy for the Brazils ; the Minerva with a convoy for Bermuda and the Bahama Islands • the Atalanta for North America, and the Pickle schooner for Guernsey and Jersey ; the Plaebe frigate on a cruize. Arrived the Savage and Fervent sloops of war f.voin a cruize. The brig Trio remains in the same state : every . thing is covered at high-water. , The crew have left her i and the surf runs so high that no craft can lay alongside to get any thing out.. BULLETINS.Ii USSIA~T SUPPLE'SIENT TO THE ST. PE.II4.IISBURGH GAZETTE OF OcTOBER 4, (16),612. • . OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM - THE AR.7.97• " Lieut.-General Essen informs his Impec ; al. Majesty of the-date of the 22d Sept.- (Oct. 4), that as he did_ not find it practicable to act with an in- , sufficient body of cavalry in the plains of Cour; land, he cOnceived• the deign of assisting the ope-' rations of the army, which, under the command . of General Count Steinhill, had marched out Of Riga on the right bank of the Puna toPruga.- -, At the same time he has transmitted the following account of the obstinate action of the advanced guard of Count Steinhill " On the 19th .Sept: (Oct. 1,) in the morning, the enemy attacked, with superior force, the ad vanced guard under Major-General WeljamenouT, near the inn Garossch, wherethe four roads from Eausk, Mittau, Peterbof, and Eckan Ile was directed to observe. The enemy, first at tacked our farther pickets, which were posted three wersts from the inn Garossen; on tile road to Rausk-; but he was. completely repulsed, and pursued for two worsts by the Cossack regiment of Major Siliwanowk, and a. sqUadron of the. GrOdno regiment of Hussars. In, this attack five - men were made prisoners, and some killed., The enemy opened a cannonade upon, our right flank. Colonel Galathei, who was with this 'advanced guard, took this for a false attack, and judged that the enemy meant to flake his real attack on .our left wing, to possess himself of the road coin ing from Eckau, and endeavour to cut off our ad •Vanced guard. It soon 'appeared that he was in the right. The enemy advanced with his whole, -force against our left - flank; and began - to. ford the small river which was there, in order to possess .hiruseif of the road coining from Eckau. Major- General Weljamenow committed the 'defence of • this flank to Colonel Count Galathei. The first two attempts were soon defeated by. the sharp shooters of the Lithuanian regiment of infantry, And by the Cossacks of the regiment of Lieute nant-Colonel. Loschtchillin. The enemy, who continuallyreceivedreinforeements, at length suc ceeded in fording for the third time, the rivulet, in order to occupy the road from Eckau, but_ was driven from it by our artillery, under thecommand of Lieutenant-General \Tel, by the Cossacks of Lieutenant-ColOnet Lostschillin, and by a bat talion sent as a reinforcement from the' Newski regiment. • They were obliged to repass the rivn let, on which occasion a superior Officer, and some privateS„ were made prisoners. This vin-. •lent attack of the enemy upon the flank, in duced Major-General I‘'elzamintlas to reinforce, -it with two companies from the regiment of Petrowsk. 'j The enemy however passed the rivulet a fourth time, and was again driven back over it. Our flank was then again reinforced with two more companies, from the ,Petrowsk regiment. About evening the fire of small arms began to cease, and soon after began again, and the enemy made another attempt, to pass the rivulet with. a greater number of troops. The Newski battalion, under the command of Colonel -Scheel, and the Petrowsk battalion, under the command of Lien tenant-Colonel Kusmin, now threw themselves upon the enemy's column, and after a heavy fire of Small arms, which continued till night drove them back again over the rivulet, and o4tr troops re mained in their former position without having •Nielded to the enemy a single fOot of groniid.— / This action lasted twelve hours, almost without ceasing. According to the accounts 'of the pri .soners, the enemy at the commence of the action, had five pieces of flying artillery, four full squa drons •of - cavalry,, and five 'complete battalions, and in the evening received considerable reinforce -. ments ; but, notwithstanding he was thus twice 'as strong as we were, he was obliged to yield to .the bravery of our troops. The enemy had two pieces of artillery dismounted, and a great number Of men killed and wounded. Our loss, consider-, in the length and obstinacy of the action; N6S not very great. Our troops displayed. unexampled courage, as they five times repulsed the attacks 'of ,•the enemy on our 'left flank. Major General - .Weljan now does full justice to Colonel Cotint Galathei, for the successful issue ,of this affair, and :highly commends ,the distinguished oonduct of Colonels Twitchancow and Scheel, Lieutenant :Colonel Kusmin, the Lieutenant -of Artillery Gerbel, Captain Smykow, of the Minsk regi• merit; and in general, all the Officers engogedin the action. " In conclusion, Lieutenant-General . Essen says, that the sortie from Riga, of the corpS tn:L trusted to the command of Count Steinhill, and the.action, iu which the enemy suffered a much more considerable loss than we did, had for Consequence that the troops of INl'Donald drew from the position they had hitherto occupied, by which means the corps of Count Wittgenstein, , • ••. *bleb *ill iiippoft th 6 'co Ts of Count Steinbill ►iy its co-operation, will be enabled to act with much greater convenience." SUPPLEMENT'TO THE ST. PETERSBURGH GAZETTE Or OCT. 'I (13.) OFFICIAL REPORT FROM ADJUTANT-GENERAL' BARON NVINZINGERODE TO His .imrERIAL MAJESTY, DATED SEPT. 26, (OCT.FROM THE VILLAGE OF DAVYDowsKAc " I haVe most submissively to inform your perial' Majesty; 'that every thing is well with the army,:the watt-guard,' the • detachthents, and the 'advanced posts. The, enemy has pushed forward on the Whidesmer road to the village of Kosowo, 30 wersts froth MoscoW. Tile 'piquet of CoSsaCks, 'Which was .poSted on that road, and which con sisted of only fifty men, • has fallen back on that road, . No, movements have been observed to be made by the enemy on the Jaroslaw road, and the piquets reinain in their former. positions. The enemy did not push further forward on the Bientrissen road than to thevillage,of Sucha rewja') he has plutidered the church and village'af Martino; and burnt it. lam perpetually disturb ing this corps on its flanks by my parties. I have again renewed my communication with the law road. ''Nothing has - occurred on the St. Petersburgh road 2 —.priSonerS are daily brought in to me from Weskussensk. Major-General Binkendorf has in forined thethat - Lieutenalit-Colonel Tschernosu bow_; 8, has penetrated tothe Smolensk° road, 18 wersts distance from Mirshaisk towards Gshatsk, and „has likewise been near to the monastery of Kolozki„ where . there is a French 'hospital, most ly filled with wounded, from the battle of. :Near to this monastery a 'regiment of ca valry advanced against Lieut.-Colonel Tscherosu , bow's 8 d. , _-.tachtnent,, whose detzlchment has sent - in prisoners t: - .•.ree officers, and 18(i men of lesser rank. According t.•. - . 1 the prisoners' reports, there die daily in this h05p1 . :..!41 1-50 men for want of provisions Acccrdthg to I;l l ,the accothits that I have received, the greater a part'. of the enemy's fOt ce has drawn against our main :',..ctive but in Moscow: itself', in the canip..neilY to the Petrowitsch Palace, and with all the detachments : - which stand opposed to .:ny corps, we may es mate there are from 40,000 to Xo,ooo' men.. " This day three Westphalian 'Officers, and 29 Westphalian. and Saxon privates, wii6 . have been made prisoners, have informed me of _their *kit 'to enter into the - service of his Imperial Ma jesty, and to serve - in the German Leg - jail, Which `is now raising. I haVe sent them off to Twer, and have directed . to keep ,the there until further orders:' otracaAC'aEPOßT FROM THE SAME TO THE SAINTE, DATED 24TH SEPT. (6TH OCTOBER) FROM THE VILLAGE OF -DAVY- DOWKA. " I have most submissively to inform your.lm perial Majesty, that every thing is well, with the corps, the vein-guard, the detachments, and.' the actvanced posts. .‘ On the Garvelau road, from the 16th to the 22d of Seuteniber (28th of September to the 4th of October), the enemy has not been perceived to make the least movement. The Cossack patroles have taken 131 privates and two officers prisoners.., On the Wladesmer road the enemy advanced the 21st of, September (3d of October) ,twenty wersts from Moscow. I believe that he has made this movement the better to facilitate his forag ing; as the enemy suffers great Want of provisions and forage.. " Pn the St. Petersburgh road,. no movement of the enemy has been .perceived. Our patriots .have taken some prisoners,. who confirm that their troops. which are at MOSCOW, likewise suffer ,greatly from the want orprovisions. The posts .which are at .Woskressensk•have sent me .8,4 pri soners, who, after their recovery, were coining from the hospitals at MoScow-. " From all the intelligence that I have receiv ed, it is to be concluded that the joiutforce. of the enemy iS at Moscow. ,The enemy, who ,has quently suffered considerable loss from the detach ments of my troops, forages under eseort, and with gt eat circumspection. The detachment which is at Woskesscnsk, 'was reinforced by me on the 21st inst. (3d Octo ber), with 100 Cossack cavalry, 'from the district lof 'l‘wer, under the command of Major Figleu, who - formerly served in the Hussar regiment of White Russia. Together With the post entrusted to him, I have likewise given him the command of the detachment of Don cossacks - now lying there, The measures taken by Major Figlcu, give proofs of the extraordinary abilities of that Staff Officer. " lie informs me that on the 2d September, (Oct. 4 3 ) he took 39 men. prisoner's, 27 of which were in' the village of . Pawl&wsh.-.These last were ; taken with theirliorses and all their ammunition. In these skirmishes' the mounted Cossacks of the ri'ly Q r District Were used, and who fought with the greatest zeal and valour. " Or the 23d September, an enemy's detach runt of 3000 men, infantry, anq three regiments of cavalry, - and six .pieces of artillery, advanced 30 worsts forward from, gbseow, on the road to Dalitregew, and took possei-.-sibn of the village of Sucharev. , a, and the church village 'of Merferio.--- Cossack posts.which Were in Sucharewa re tired intp.the'village of Oserezkaia. The enemy proceeded no farther, but by this movement he has . stopped my communication . with . the Jaroslaw road, which I intend to renew by the town of Dmitrow. I cannot yet positively say what has forced the enemy .to make this movement, but be lieve that he has . done it for the purpose of being better able to forage. I have as a matter of prudence deemed it needful to give notice of this movement to Lieu- . tenant . -Gen: Tyrkow, and to the Civil Governor of Twer." • General SARRAztrr, who lately left this country for Heligoland, has hired a vessel at that .place, for which the Captain is to receive 1501. to land him in Swaim. Bra :AD.—To-day there was no Court of Alder men held, but the Lord-Mayor, after examining the returns, ordered the present price to continue. TREPORTS AI:NtN:I 7 . - 7 . 5 TO THE TWENTY-FOURTH BULLETIN REPORTS RESPECTING THE BATTLES OF KRASIOI', .SIkIDLENSk", AND VALONTiNA.. REPORT OF THE DUKE OP ELCHINGEN Td TUE )+J OR -GENE RAL, RESPECTING THE lIIVOUAC OF KAI:MS/kVA, SEVEN LEAGUES FROM 3:IOLENSK, 14TH AUGUST 1812, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. MONSEIGNEUR a I have the honour to acquaint your Uigh ness that the sth Corps d'Arrnee deployed this morning from Karasinim, by the wcoden bridge over the Dneiper, near Khonino; in the direction of Krasnoi. " Having received orders from the Emperor to proceed rapidly towards that town, where, ac cording to a report received by his i\l'..jesty, the enemy had a regiment of infantry ; the head 'of my column arrived there about three o'clock in the afternoon. The 24th light infantry, supported by the remainder of the 10th division, attacked the enemy with a wonderful degree of boldness, and Krasnoi was carried by assault Without any hesitation. " The enemy, whose strength amounted to nefirly ow infantry, 1200 cavalry, and ten pieces of cannon, had formed in echelon, and assumed a threatening aspect behind the town ; hut the in fantry attacked them so vigorously, that they were forced to retreat, which they did in good order, under the protection of their artillery, which waS very well . served. " At half a league distance from Krasnoi the - cavalry commanded .by the .King of Nlples also attacked and pursued the enemy ; the Russian in 7 fancry which had been Abandoned, by their cavalry, formed ,at first two dose colunius, and afterwards, a full square, which though surrounded on all hands, Continued to retreat With promptitude, continuing always fighting. Our light cavalry made More than 40 charges on this infantry-. • ° Several squadrons from 'into the square., and cut off battalions from it ; but the enemy was savedrom - a total loSs by the force which.their mass opposed, much more than by the effeet , ,of their fire, which though it .made much noise - did very little mischief. The Russians were pursued till night and as far as the defile , Of Kanosava. We took; from them eight pieces of cannon and about 809 prisoners, and killed at leaSt . 1000; •so that. this oiision, which is the 27th, composed' of four regiiiientS,nf musquetiers and two of chasseurs, under the cumand of General Newierowski, must have lost 1T10 . 7e . than the half of its numbers in killed, wounded and priSoners - . " According to the mo; - t general account, .it ap pears that the niunbers at- Smolensk are not great ;_ and it would seem that .the enemy is march ing towai ds Porietche .to appear with a strength of cavalry on the Dwina. - • , . - " The loss of the corps d'arinee is nearly. two hundred- - killed and wounded. I shall request fa vours from the Emperor, for those oflicers and sol diers who distinguished themselves the most. " I have the honour to be, &c, (Signed) Marshal the Da'ke of ELCIIINGEN." REPORT OF THE .IWIC,E„ ELCHINGEN TO THE MAJOR-GENERAL, RESPECTING THE BIVOUAC -EEFORE S!..IOLENSK, NEAR DIEXOWO GOL.O MISK, AUG. 16,1812. MONSEIGNEUR,—I have the honour to ac quaint your Ilighne.ss, that the : troops of the 3d corps d'armee put themselves -in .march this morning, frdm their position of Louhua, and the environs in the direction of Smolensk. The enemy defended the exterior of the town obstinately,with dragoons and numerous pullo of Cossacks, so that we were Obliged to employ infantry to drive them oil, which was executed notwithstanding.a very brisk discharge of artillery from the place. A battalion of the 46th displayed such ardour, that I allowed it to advance at a charge against one of the bastions on the height, that Imight by thii means discover the force of the enemy'. " All the Russian infantry who defended the covered - way, was forced to fall back into this city,. in disorder, .with great precipitatiOn.• I then or .dered a-second battalion to advance, not so much for the purpose of-supporting the first, as to pro tect its retreat ; the enemy kept . up a fire of ilr-• tillery and infantry on this battalion, which did not give way till masses of infantry sallied out against it. It effected -its retrograde movement in' the greatest order,•the enemy not daring to pas's the fosse in its pursuit. This victorious attack of-one battalion against more than 4000 infantry, protected by 60 guns, -was one-of .the most va.tor 'ous achievements which I have ever seen, since was a soldier; I t will certainly inspire the enemy with a high idea of the courage of our. roops. ati), &c. Marshal the Duke of ELCHINGEN. " REPORT OF MARSHAL THE PUKE OF ELCHIN GEN TO THE MAJOR-GENERAL, RESPECTING THE BIVOUAC BEFORE SMOLENSK, THE 17TH OF „‘,.. AUGUST, laritz, AT 11 IN THE EVENING: • MONSEIGNEUR--1 have the' .honour to ac quaint your Highness, that the enemy has inces santly, from five o'clock this morning till three. in the afternoon: sent . out .successive detachments of . the.troops of the place of Smolensk, to attack our posts. ” Agreeably to the order which I received, to second the attack made on the right of 'the town, by the troops of the first corps, and to attack the bastion, which was attacked yesterday by a bat talion of the 46th, I ordered the same regiment to march, whiCh forced the enemy to evacuate its position: - - " The 25th division, in like manner, did not cease to fight during the whole day.: . " It was remarked,„ that some time after the commencement of the attack against- the place, the enemy's columns, which were seen to disap pear in - the morning, retraced their steps, and deployed themselves on the heights of the right batik of the Dnieper, so that the position of •the enemy this . evening appears to be the same as it waS yesterday. - " I am, &c. Marshal the Duke of ELCHINGEN." REPOF.T OF THE MARSHAL THE PRINCE OE ECKMUHL TO THE , MAJOR-GENERAL, 30TH AUG. 18,12. " MONSEIGNEUR, " Agreeably to the orders of . his Maje4y, the 'hi corps o th, 4A.- foreSinoleilA- oil. - the 10th of this Month:i:e following order , The third di vi , 3•on repairel to within GOO toies of th'e place, supported its left On the I. 7 knls: *-here it joined the- third c'oi'ns:. 1' extended as far aS the Windmill o;) the :Itohilols; road. . . • _ . " ; The Ist divisiOn occupied the Wi idinili with its left, communicating by its r:i.ht «•;th the sth COMS. .•‘‘- The three . otbor diviSiOns were posted behind at a short dista,nee, the darkness not 1:;1I - in.- fowed theiv. to occupy the different points assigned them. • • _ "The 17th, the 3d,:and the Ist-diviSion remain;. ing in the same: position, the 2d inclined .to the left of the .Ist; .the4th remained in the ravine be— hind that division', and the e sth occupied the plain of ---. • His Majesty gave orders on . the lit.b to dis lodge the ,enemy from their positions;, and to drive them j ilt°. the place the I st, 2(1, and 3(1 sions, Who were in the first line, received the oi ders to . attack at the same time. It took place to wards mid-day. After shaking ai r : enetily by a_ discharge 'of artillery, which was answexed from the place and the redoubts, the troops adVanced, and - at..;icked every point the enemy's troopg, opposed to them: . " The attack'was, very, keen,_ and the defence. obstinate ; however, every timing gave Way to the . - btavery of his -Majesty's trooo. The redoubt. were carried, and the barricadoed houses were . forced, enemy was pursued and driven into the place, where he took refuge after a great loss. "I cannot praise too the conduct of the oops an this occsion----denerals, Oliicers, and . solders pf all descriptions, were eager to risen' carte another in zeal, bravery, and devotion to the ser vice of his :Majesty. - " The 127th Regiment of the line, which stood fire . for the first time, behaved in the most liant manner; I' ,beseech his Majesty to bestow an'eagle on it, which it could not better have served. . • :intist. above all; mention in the warmest terms , The 13.0' TAght • Regiment, which mounted with the..,greatest bravery, the plateau which 'it Ewa§ charged with attacking, notwithstanding the grape-shot-and - discharge of musketry with which it was' assailed. General Dalton, who led this at tack, conducted it with the greatest bravery.— We have to regl'et that he . was disabled by a shot towards i the,end oLthe bUsiness. General Friant was struck bya spent ball. • Our loss was very in considerable in comparison - with. that of the enemy. " The Gen rats of division, Aforand, Friant, Gndin; .. gage in this affair new proofs' of their ta lents and their valour. I have the honour to address to you, their par ticular Reports, as well as the accounts of the soldiers who distinguished themselves, and for whom they solicit favours from the Emperor. I beseech your Highness to by them before his Ma jesty. , ' " I must join similar.. demands in favour of several officers of 11.4 staff who displayed much bravery, and who serve with the greatest zeal. I have the honour to be, &c.' . (Signed) The',Marshal Duke of AVERSTADT, Prince of Eciodunt.. REPORT OF MARSHAL THE DUKE OP ELCIIINGEN, TO THE MAJOR GENERAL, AUG. 19, 1812. ‘‘ MONSEIGNEUR-The 3,1 corps passed on the right of the Dnieper this morning at four o'clock, climbing the heights where the army took a po sition yesterday. The small posts which the enemy had placed near to the Convent, were forced to fall back ; a few cannon shots also made the Light Cavalry retreat, which occupied the table I:and. (plateau) In proportion as the reginrents fanned, I directed the columns on the road to Moscow. At my arrival near Valontino, •on the &alma road, I found the rear-guard of the enemy in position : it wai,..the corps d'arinee of Baga vort; the business began with extreme vivacity, and the, battle was prolonged till near two o'clock; at - length after several disclorges very destructive for the enemy, he: retreated in great disorder, and only spewed. his Cossaele.s afterwards The Em peror being arrived on the field of battle, gave orders , to,'.march forwards. in the direction of Moscow.. ." At nearly a league and a half distance from Suiole'nsk, I fell in 'with the rear-guard of the army of. General Barclay de 'folly The 11th division, which opened the march, overthrew the enemy without any hesitation, as fir as the posi tion of ----- —, where I' found a great part of . the Russian army in battle order; I then ordered this . divisiOn to take a positiOn, and wait till it *as joined by the 10th and 25th. The enemy, however, seeing they Were no longer 'pursued, began to act upon the olfensive,and used every effort to drive me from My poSition, but they were always repulsed ;. and it is impossible to express in strong enough terms, the fervour displayed by the troops under niy orders in this conjuncture: . " About five in . the afternoon, the division of General Gudin arrived behind me. I made in, stantly the necessary dispositions ,for the position of the enemy. The divisions of General GUdin and General Ragout were charged with the attack ; and those of Generals Leduc and Marchand remained in reserve. This attack and the defence of the enemy - Were terrible. We. became masters of the pain, and the position of the euemy; "This affair may be considered as one of the most desperate battles which .it is possible to fight. It Was highly glorious for the arms of his Majesty, as General Barclay de Tolly, who commanded in person, had the half of his army in action, while, during the hottest of the combat, there, were ne ver more than two french divisions engaged. "I cannot praise to highly the .codrage of the troops, and the admirable zeal of the officers ; I shall have many favours to ask; and I shall has ten to address an account to, your Highness, as soon as I'shall have a detailed statement from the Generals Of division and heads corps. • I am, &C. • "'Marshal the Duke of ELCIIINGEN," (To be continued.) a ~,.