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FRENCII PAPERS> NINETEENTH BU3I.LETIN OF THE.GRAND ARMY. PARIS, OCT 3. Moscow, Sept. 16. After the battle of the Moskwa the French army pursued the enemy.upon Moscow, by the three routes, MojaiSk, Svenigorod, and Icalouga 1 he King of NAPLES was on the Dth at Koubin skoe, the Viceroy at Rouza, and Prince PoNlA oWsxt at Fetkiinskoe. The head-ctuarters were - on the; 12th transferred froM Mojaisk to Peselina ; • on the 13th they were at the castle of lierwska ; on the 14th, at mid-day, we - entered Moscow,— The enemy had raised on the Sparrow Mountain, two wersts from the city, some redoubts, which he 'abandoned.. • The city . of Moscow is as-large as Paris ; it is an extremely' rich city, full of palaces of all the nobles of the Empire. The Russian Governor, IlosTArcnitc, wished to ruin this fine city when he saw it abandoned by the Russian army. He had armed 3000 malefactors whom he had taken front the dungeons,; he • also summoned together 6000 satellites, and distributed arms .among them from the arsenal. • Our advanced guard, arrived in-the centre of the city, was received by a fire of Musketry, which Issued truraAhe Kremlin. The King of Naples ordered a buttery of a few pieces of cannon to be Opened, dispersed this rabble, and took possession of the Kremlin. 'We have found in the arsenal 60 ,000 new muskets andl2opioces bfcannon on their Carriages. Themost eompl etu anarchy reigned in the city ; some drunken Madmen ran through its different quarters, and every where set fire to them. The Covernar RdsrArcurg had caused all the iner chants and shopkeepers to be carried off, through whose instrumentality order might have been re established. Mdre than 409 French and Germans `were arrested - by his orders ; to fine, be bad taken the precaution of carrying off the firemen with the fire-engines; so that the most complete anaschy has desolated this great and fine city, and the names ,axe devouring it. We have, found in it con resources Of every kind. ' The Emperor is.lodged in the Kremlin; which is in the centre of the city, like a kind of citadel; surrounded by high walls. Thirty thousand wound-' ed or sick Russians are in the hospitals, abdn'-. cloned, without succour, and without nourish went. The Russians acknowledge that they lost fifty thousand men in the battle of MOskwa. Prince 134 GRATio 1 was mortally wounded. A list has 'been made of the Russian Generals wounded or 1 4;116 if' the battle : it'ainounts to hetween forty fineand fifty. FROU THE ZIONITEII3, OF SEX 4. 29. ARMY IN THE , NaaT/1 O SPAIN. Cha the 27th of last Atignst, at three in the af tenicion, eneial Count CAFFARELLI entered•Bil hoa. The enemy dared not await him, but fled in all directions, Two, pieces of cannon;and se-, Iteral English vesSelS were taken at Portugalete. Tile inhabitants of Bilboa, whom the insur gents had forced to leave this place, returned at tlte call of the General-in-Chief,- who, 'after re- Itaining .there some days, left that town to put himself in communication with Santona ; and con thiCie his ,operations. The same day on which General CAFFARELLI tlltered l3iiboa, Gen. SOULIER marched by Ot:exei) Chiefs f him. General SOUL I E R me t theo ta i ,' Air 5, .aAARQUiSITO and LONGA, near Areta, at Lead of more than 5000 men, occupying, a Y fine position: He :nunediately attacked them the greatest vigour, the position was carried k 'ltit the bayonet. The enemy were completely routed, and par . % ticd till nine at night. They left , 3oo dead - on the t he field of battle, and more than 800 wounded ; b4t officers and fifteen soldiers were made pri %°uers ; 800 muskets were thrown away by the /41 erny, Who abandoned a considerable•quantity of &c. This affair does the more fio ll'ur to General SOULIER, by the Manner in which .bas been conducted ; it cost us but a few men. On the 22(1 August the General of Division 41,1 E, set out with 2LOO infantry, 200 horse, 'and alPieces of cannon, from Pampluna ; he reached in Carrascal. This Chi e f h a d w i t h hi m 411 Ills bands, consisting of five battlions, 450 tll valry, and two pieces of cannon. The superi tY of number and poSition had inspired him the greatest confidence, but the good disposi tions of General ABBE, and the valour of his troops -verearne every obstacle, and rendered the action l u aby glorious to th e F renc h, as 'murderous to t he (twiny. According to the most moderate °lints, the insurgents, in this affair, lost up s of 800 men; of who m 200 were killed; our s does not ainount to half that of the enemy. tI 4 the 19th A ugus t th ere was anot h er a ff a i r on die side of Burgos. The Adjutant Commandant, " 10 NT, left th a t t o w n on t h e 15 t h A ugust, w i th 40 0 -Inen c-• ' • Ark and twn niproc nr 1"....3171Tirirl 11 rt r, Ohuillos on the 19t1i.:12e was attacked by 4,590 infantry, and 900 Cavalry, under MARQUESITO and SJILAZAR. ,The. Commandant FROItIONT, masked his pieces; for Med thossts",7and waited for the eneiny; when they were within pistol shot, our • troops,cOmmeneed a most liirely fire, which fire, followed by a vigorous charge, put the enemy completely to the route. They were pursued upon Pisuei•ga; . after having more than 360 Wounded; and 120 killed. This affair, whicii does so much honour to the Adjutant Commandant FE6MONT', cost us about GO men. • WARSAW, SEPT. B.—On the 2d inst: h detach:- ment of the 3cl cavalry regiments- of the Guards arrived here from Grodno. This' reglint:lA iS en tirely composed of young Lithuanian gentlemen, and commanded hi- the General of Brigade Ko- NOPKA. It is scarcely six weeks since the decree for the formation of this corps, and-already there are 4.00 men. under arms; well nthin4ted and equipped, who in a few days i gill proceed to join the Emperor's head-quarters. MiNISTRY OF WAIL ARMY OP PORTUGAL. While - the :army of Portugal was collected at ' Valladolid and its vicinity, in expectation of the reinforcements which have been sent to it froth Bayonne, General CtAtrzEL, •w.ho has commanded this army since the wound of the Marshal Duke of Ragusa, knowing that the ,garrison of. Astorga was not . suffiefently supplied with pro -, , visions, determined to send a detachment to re 'victual it. He destined for this purpose two divisions of infantry,,with one division of light Cavalry, under the orders of General FOY, who was besides directed to attack the insurgent army of Gallicia, which it was supposed must have as sembled near Benevente ; but with whatever pi:Jay General .Fox marched, it was impossible . for him to arrive in time at Astorga. The garri-: son having completely exhausted, its means of subsistence, had been compelled to surrender, and had come out of the place on the 19th of AuguSt. General Foy arrived at - Astoria' on the night. of the 20th, without being able to come up with the enemy's rear-guard, except near that place. The- insurgents, compelled to 'fly in haste into Gallicia, marched from 10 to 1 . 2 leagues a day. In evacuating Astorga, they had left our sick and wounded, who were brought back by General FOY. That General hav;ng learnt, ' on his return to Benevente, that General SU.- ftlU:k. ' Was still in tile. vicinity of Zamora, march ed against him by Tabara and Carvajales. Sas.* him regaining in all haste the frontiers of PoY•tugal, but our cavalry could never come up with him. - About the same time, Gen. CLAUZEL learnt, - that the English General ANSON, having fr,ont 1 ; 000 to 1,200 horse, had Maintained. his posts in the valley of ,the Esqueva. His division, composed of the'llth, 12th, 14th', and 16th regiment§ of light dragoons, and of a battery of light artillery, Was at Villa Vanes and Tudela. \ On the 19th of Augusty' Gen:ll,lAue o NB ivas'char,;ed to advance, for the Pitr poe of reconnoitring on the sideof Tudela, in order to compel this cavalry to pass to the other frank of the Doura., - Sorne . cannon and inikketry shot weie exchanged with the enemy ; the dragoons of the 15th charged him at the entrance of 'rudela, and compelled him to repass the river : GeneralANsobr retired upon AldeaMajor, and 'the corps of ob servation of the English army retreated between the 20th and 24th to Olnyed,o, and then to Are vain. VIENNA, SEPT. 17,—According to the latest in telligence from our corps•d'arrnee, the head-quar ters were on th‘e. Bth instant.at liololy, between Kowel and Stockod. The advapf ed-guard, un der the orders G.: General Frolich, :.observed the enemy's position behind the river Slur, from Kelhe to Luck. General Alohr . occupied Pinsk xvith - considerableforces. The seventh corps was near Kesclen ; General Kosinsky near Bablowitz, upon the road which led front Vlading to Luck. The' Austrian army was in the best condition, and had taken possession of these positions without any fresh battles. . _BERLIN, SEPT. 1 6.—We are assured the Dui.e of Belluno has joined the Grand Army. The Moniteur of the 29th Sept. is almost filled with details of the operations of the French army in the' South of Spain, during the month of May, 1812. The papers of the 29th contain no intelligence from the army in Russia. Yesterday a Court of. Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Hughes was sworn info the command of the Bridgewater, do 7 stifled to Madras and China. The Court adjourn ed at six o'clock till Wednesday next. Major Woot,roE, who was wounded with the Fusileers, in VOrtugal; is appointed an Assistant Adjutant-General in Ireland. • , The West. Gloucester Local Militia, commanded by Lord Ducie, were on Friday inspected ofi Duni ham Down by MajOr-General Gordon Cumming, who expressed himself in the highest terms of ap probation of 'the superior state of , militaq disci pline to which this fine body of men has been trained. On Tuesday last the Duke, of Beaufort honoured the ,mess with his 'company at Man • tR(11c1. THE' LONDON GAZETTE--EXTRAORDINARY- WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 ; 1812. •- Foreign gffice,,SApt. 7, 1812. A dispatch, of whieli the follo , xing is a. copy, was this, day :received bi - Viscount Castlereagh, Ins MaieSty's, Principal - Secretary Of *'-61 . :6 reign Affairs, from his E'xcellencv Viscount' datil cart; his nilesty'4 A mbassador VixtraOrAnerv:aild . Plenipotentiary to the tourt of the Emperor of Alt the Rn ssi as . , . MY LOiLD, St. Petei'sburL:th, Sept.:l.7, / am most happy In having to h.:!ri Lo!-- 1 - espondence from St.Petersbargb, thilt the arms of his imperial Alaje.t‘' , have Len. victorious in t most ohstinate gelierul action, fought 'on the 7th September, at the.:viliage of Borodino,' between Mojaisite and .Tjate, and on the great road from Smolensk to Moscow. It appears that Iltionaparte had concentrated hiS forces. fter the affair of Suldlenlz: . . Prince' iiimtousoff, on his.part . , had selected a position, and ,had established his forces in its , vicinity. On the 4th September the enemy nylcie„a re connoissance in force, and was driven back with lass. On the sth September, the French attached the left, and were repulsed with considerable shir.gh ter, both in'the nl and in the retreat, aud.with the loss of seven or eight pieces of 'ol.4w:race. On the„6th September, nothing of conseque,nce took plaF r e ; but Prince Koutonsoff brought up his reseryes, completed his dispositions,. and added several entrenchments, and batteries on his eft., , • 011 thel7th September; under ,cover o f a thi c k mist, the French .attacked the left. with gr'eat impetmisity", and with all the means and successions of fresh troops that they htive hitherto employed, in • their ipOst desyerate exertions. . • They were receilred-,hy the divisious of gre nadiers:,belonging to • the left wing, commanded by 'Prince 13agrotion ;- and the centre of the Russian line : having in its. turn, attacked the mass directed against the left, the affair became general. • • • • , • Prince Ko n t ouso T dates his disp a t c h f r o n . he field of battle. • . , ine enemy are st a ted t o have, covered their re treat by the AVirtemberg infantry, and by large corps Of. cavalry. Geptrif Platour, however, with the COssacs followed them, and killed or took great numbers. he enemy 'retreated upwards of 13 wersts. I have detained this dispatch two days, in expecta 7 tion of further events, and of a more detailed re port, but as letters -have been received as late as the 9th Septeml)er, l.have thought it expedient, to transmit in its preFrnt form, the account of an -affair which must for ever add lustre to the mi litary andevemeats of this empire, and which, though it may not be decisive, must at least prove,a most important featdre in the history of this war. I have seen letters from distin7uished officers of great experience ' they consider till's as by far the most dreadful and destructive .engagement they ever witnessed, infinitely beyond that of Prussian Eylaw. Several General Officers have • been wounded, besides those named ; and the loss - of Officers of other ranks is stated to have been in proportion to that of the: men. I have not heard the Rus'sian loss estimated at leSs than twenty-five, thousand The lOss of the . French should be infinitely greater, because of the pursuit, and because the fire of their artillery ceased at an early hour, while that of the Ritssians continued as long as the guns could be brouirlit to bear. • The new raised troops from Moscow were broiTcrht nu, and appear to b e p er f ec tly erlAcient. ,- tflitise" , ,vho were engaged behaved well. The right, wing was not much called upon ; and of the 'guards on e hattaliOn only is stated to have sustain ed any I,iss. Reii ,, rts have been received-of - the junction of the head of the army from Moldavia with General Tormazotf's corps, xviiich, arvlther corps, consisting of several divisions, which has joined that officer, will amount to an army of eighty thousand men of the best description: .The corps - of eighteen thousand men which embarked at Helsingfors, has landed at Revel, and is by this time near Riga, which will lead to an immediate reinforcement of General Witgen stein's corps. • Too much praise cannot be given to the national spirit which animates all ranks of the Russians, especially those properly so called, and the most sanguine expectations which were formed of their conduct have been exceeded. It appears that much reliance was placed •hy BilOnaparte on the effetts, of his. attempts to intro duce Vrench nrinciples and a popular cry of eman cipat:on and liberty ; but that they have been re— ceived as an artifice to destroy their 'liberty and their religion ; and it is very confidently asserted that he haS given very strong marks of indignation against those upon whose reports of the disposition of the people he relied. ' , I have enclosed herewith translations of the bulletins of the affairs' of the .sth and 7th Septem ber, new -style. • The accounts oi= the battle of the ith reached the rnperor early On the morning of his name dayi which is always celebrated with religions and . other ceremonies,, and illuminations. His impe rial Majesty immediately sent an Aide-de-Camp to notify it to me; and after divine worship in the Cathedral, in preFence of their Imperial Majesties and the whole Court, an officer was ordered. to read►the bulletin -•aloud, which gave the populace an opportunity of expressing their exultation. A corps of - ,militia, of ten -thousand ,men, re ceived their ,colours this morning, and are t o march' in two (lays from hence. , , I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed CATHCART. (Translation.)—Bulletin, ;No. 1. Prince Koutonsoff, Genel•al of Infantry, Com mander in Chief of all. the armies, reports to his Imperial Majesty, as -follows, from the village of Brodirio', under date of the 6th September : After mTlafit most humble report to your Im waiting the attack- of the enemy -in the position of file cire Led • • I a very s) - ro'n.; Cow:nen:led by Prince B.,lgratipn: Observing the . with ‘ybielrthe - Inain fo:(11 co; _he enentyth re:7, tnenise!ves;on this -point. I in .Jed it neCessar_y, in order to fix his attack, to dir2ct it against the neights,,, which) had been' previously fortified. The engagenient *.,.isted'.with great ob stinacy, froth two o'clock until very late at night :' and yOur Majesty's troops displayed on th; , :t - day,. the 'bravery I Ii v! obsevvtd front; niy 'first jOining the ar . r.r.w. The - second rasiers .- b eityr• o to second: attact in the dusk, par4. - leult.rly . distinguished . 4 - self, and in general all the traons, so far froin losing an inch, - of . ground; defeated-the enemy an every side, with Math greater loss ;'lan thpv.sustained themselvei gun-were taken, of x'v- - hie ! ) three, being reri- - qt.red totally useless, - ete left on the field. Manv - Oflieers deserve to be individually-nanicd. to-your - Afejesty, a list of whom' shall forthwith - have the happiness of transmitting ; the pre,- sent I confine myself . to giving . your Majety's short precis. . (Transiation.)—Biiiletin, N 0.2. General Pr : , lee Koutonsoif, Commander in Chief of the armies makes most respectfully to his Im perial rslajesty the following-repyrt from the field of bAttle at the village of Bro:lino, the Sth of,t;ep- tewber. . • Since my report of the attack which fi.e enemy hid math: aa the (.itiLinst?nt, with a:considerdt&t, force opont. i nc left flank of on:. army, nothinv importance 'was undertaken againq durir!g the vehole of ,the 6th. But yesterday, at day,hre.,i4,' that is tp say, about four o'clock in tee the eacoiy avaiiing him-self o:.the foggy. vciathe;-, again directed the . whole of his force s our left fia.nk. The batile became ,gencral, until night :.the loss on both sides is great ; that of the, entlifiTrifijinigefrom his terrible attacks upon our. fortified ATeition, .must: greatly have surpassed ours. . 2,1: - .•jesty's troops fought with incieV•ible va10ur..., - The.batteries passed front the posscssion of, one party to that of the other, and the , result was, that.the enemy with his supe rior,force, has, in' no onc.,part, gamed an inch of of ground: I remained at night master, of the field' of battle. So soon as.. I shall-have recruited Limy troops; supplied my artAlery,- and : augmented niv. forces by reinforcements •from Moscow, .1 shall; trusting in the assistance of the Almighty, and the incredible valour; Of,the artily, see what Vs, can undertake against the.cnemy, • Prince Bagratioa, to our. great regret, has been-- ; \minded in the foot by a ball. . Lieutenant Geue,, rats Toutschkoff, Prince, Gortschakolf, - 1)1c.n. 7 Generals Baehmstielf, Counts Woronzoff. and Kretoff, .have been wounded, WO have, taken from the -enemy some prisoners, sonic guns,.and a , (.4enetaLof Brigade. it is still night ; and 1 hstve not been able to-procure any more details. His imperial - Majesty,-- in aCknowledgment,of, the diStingnihed services of the .Generatoflnfai try' Prince Koutousoff, has been Tleased to ap- . 'point him Marshal General,. and ta.4 - rant to hint ; 100,000-rubles, and also five roubles to each sol diet who has had a share in ibis memorable battle. THE THEATRES.—As we were obliged to with draw what we said yesterday of the new dramatic Romance .at Covent-Garden Theatre, entitled The Ethiop, f,:,r Child of the De3art, in order to make room for the Bulletin respectinz Russia, those of our Reaciers who did not see our Corn ments"rnay ey,pect us to recur to the subject. We have only to repeat that the piece is very magni ficent in . seevery, that the music is pleasing, and that the acting is excellent, and that as to the intrinsic, merit of the piece, it is fitted for the de, prayed state of the public taste at present, but has very slight pretensions, indeed, to critical com— mendation. If;cEum,---The entertainments. concluded at -this place last night, after a _season in which the_ zeal and assiduity of the Man.igers, and the aility of the Company were ( - :onsp;cuous, with an propriatc' Address.._ ye may jud:r.e of the :intrepidity and patriotism of Major CARTWRIGHT from what .he said at th© Westminster Meeting an Monday, when. be de . clared that he had, as. an Officer, declined going neon service abroad, because bethought he couA. serve his country better at ,home. ,Obedience is the duty of a soldier, and if every Officer employe d in, the naVal and 'military service of his country were thus to .follow his Own opinions, what wo u ld . become of the . two branches of our national de 7 fence, and, consequently, of the. :independence of the country We do not approve of the political opinions of Lord Coo HEAN E but to require him . to give a pledge that he would refuse to quit Par liament when ordered upon national service, was 'to wish him to sacrifice. his professional charac-. ter, and indeed to ,devote himseifto infamy. . But Lord -CocußANs, in our,opinion, appears to most advantage whea.he is on,his proper element, the sea; and instead of requiring a pledge from hint that he will disobey occiers from his superiw s, the Electors of Westminster ought rather to entreat him to devote his mind to a profession in wilich he might be of service to his country and do ho nour to himself. As to Politicians, with inch opi nions as abioK CARTWRIGHT aVorrs, and ,after such conduct as he has acltnOwledged, it. is evi dent that, if such Politicians could, obtain an as cendancy, the whole ..frame , of society would be_ subvert: d, and civil discord would prevail, tall the State became a . prey to a foreigu potVei, who would find: our soldiers to.o much of :Politicians to be able to defend their country, even if eiiey were disposed to turn their - thoughts front theory to practice. Tail Coach Robber?! ,---The Galway NI .wbich left Dublin last night, stopped by a numerous band . of raob.ers, neqr Kilcock, and completely pluncie: ed. The robbers, before they stopped the coach, firecl.a volley, .by which the guard a”:.1 one of the passengers were killed. They ,thee plundered the coach, which carried,iz is said, property to a considerab!e amount for the Fair of Ballinasloe. The . .I%lail-coact; corning from (.al way fortunatelv stopple" for several hOurs L) 1- beggan, on h: and the atrocious stance, and . thas avoided' a ,simllar