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LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDIN,IIIY.

SUNDAY, JAN. 17, MS.

FOR/LON OP-EICE, J AN. 17, 1813.
Dispatches, of which the following arc (copies, aed an extract, have
!seen received by Viscount Castlereagh, his Majesty's Principal Sucre
taoy of State fir Foriegii Affairs, from General l'iscount Cathcart, K. T.
bits filejesty's Ambit-eulor Latreoruinary and Plenipotentiary at the
Court of St. Petersburg.
St Petersburg, Dec. 12'.
My LORD-4 how avail mvselrof a Swedish courier to for ward trate la-
tions Of twe bulletins, viz. elle from General Count hunts-if, Aide-de-
Camp General. of the 2d December, trod oue lions General Count Witt•
generein. of the 4th December.
Your Lordship will perceive by their reports, that the passage of the
'Bereeyna has cost the French upwards of twenty thousaed men, killed,
wounded, drowned and priertiers, and dee the remains of linonaparte's
army, with which he is still present, are endeavouring to proceed towards
Veleika, while General Wittgenstein's eerie+ tS movine upon its right,
and with every espeetation of getting before it ; the Moldavian :rimy
upon the left is moving upon Molodetelmo, and the main army, under
-Count Tormazoff, is moving in a pairallel direction to that of the Molds-
elan army, at no great distance from it, while Count Platoff. with a strong
detachment of Cossacks, light cavalry, nod light artillery, with the infan-
try, under General ErmalufF, is understood to be in front of the French
'in the very line they are pursuing.
The French force, us stated by the Admiral, is evidently miu.h over-
rated.
The last plate named by Count Wittgenstein (Neruentehina), is one
.or two stages north from Walla.
The Russian patriotic levies continue to come forward with unabated
.seal, and anew army of 50,000 infantry and 20,000 cevaliy, from Some
of the southern provinces,- is repotted ready for service and assembled.
The French march at night, end halt during the day in hollow
squares; surrounded as they are by *Cossacks, 'their supplies must be
very precarious, and numbers said to be found dead of cold and fa-
mine on every ground their army quits.
The Field-Marshal is with the Moldavian army.
Marshal Macdonald is reported, by the Commandant at Riga, to oc-
cupy an are, cutting oft' the angle formed by the Dwine ss itfi the
Baltic ; his right at FrederiCksham, his left at Tukuma, and his
centre at Eskay.
He menaces Riga, but probably with intention to prevent inter-
ruption to the supplies he wishes to send to meet the }Gamete army.
I have tumour to be, &c.
CATHCART.
St. Petersburgh, Dcc. 17, ISI2.
MY LORD—IN my dispatch of thc I.2th inst. your Lordship will
find bulletins, containing reports of Major-General Kutusuff of the
t:d December, and of Count Wittgenstein of the 4th December.
These reports described Bonaparte, with thc remains of his army, as
Marching from Zembiee upon Wilma, through Vileika ; the Admiral
and General Count Wittgenstein moving upon the same voila of
‘Vilna, the former through Melodetchno, the latter by Narotch and
Nementch;na.
In this part of the pursuit the Russian corps have stuck very close
to the enemy ; but the light troops .which .got before him, were not
'of sufficient tome to stop hum.
His course was wtered in consequence of some of the flank attacks,
.arid he arrived at Molodetchno instead of Veleika; and having gained
uonte time by destroying the bridge, he continued his march through
Srnorgonu to Wilier, which place he appears to have reached on the
.10th December.
The advanced guards of the several R ussian columns arrived in the
neiehbouritood of nearly at the same time, and the retiring army
was compelisd to coptiAtue its retreat Dom that town, almost with-
out a halt.
It is said, that an Aidesde-Camp of Marshal Davoust was sent to
order the rear-guard to defend itself before Wilna as long as possible;
but instead of the French rear-guard, this officer found the Russian
advanced guard, inch made him prisoner, having already demo-
lished, or sent to the rear, the whole of the l!rencheenr-guard.
Thanksgiving and Te Deism will form part of the church service
to-morrow (being the festival of St. Nicholas), for the defeat of the
French army, the capture of 150 pieees of ordnance, and several Ge-
neral Officers, together, with the' ccupation of
I have the humour to inclose three reports, being the journal of
eniP 'ary operations from the 20th to the ttith of November, old style;
14aesital Prime KutusofF 's report of the 25th of November, from
hadeschkewielt, and the intermediate r: port of the occupation of
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Two General tinkers were taken in activity. The one I under*
stand to be Gen• L. Fevre, who was a prisoner of war in England on
parole, the other an old Polish General.
The apparent direction of the-enerny's retreat is tomtits Kovno ;
perhaps a column may take the road of ()lila.
From the state of the weather, it is possible the Niemen may not
be passable, in con-a-quenre of. hearing ice.
The Commanding Officer at Riga reports, on the 12th December,
that Marshal Mactionalti has made no variation in his position.
lam not sure that the number of pieces of ord, mice, mentioned in
the notification of the Te Deurn to foreign, Ministers, refers to what
was taken at \Vilna exclusivel‘, or whether it 0.-es not include what
has been taken since the last general statement !hat wls published.
I have the honour to be. &c.
(.‘ ATHC ART.
Id- Marshal
e 12th De..

(Signed)
Rcnort of the Commander in Chief of the Russian
Pr;nee Kutroof ,Sniolesisko, to his Imperial •

cord ter. 181 2.

After a slight resistance the enemy was Ohligei. y . aban-
don the city (-f %Vilna, which the troops of your 1 • •,,sty
under the command of Admiral Tchicl .igott, unnaNtiale • -Is-
session of. The enemy had not had time to destroy Ihe t.i•'.'. - ble
magazines which he had prep.nred there; we have tal:,:n lr,rn • '-• a
quantity of cannon. The advanced yuard and all the army to-dcr •'•tl.
miral Tchichagotf are in pursuit of him. I am myself at the c. s-
tance of twenty versts from \Vilna ; but 1 will not tail to transnll to
your Imperial Majesty a detailed report, as soon as I shall arrive there.
Extract of a Dispatch from General Viscount Cathcart, doted St. Pam-

burgh, Dec. Vi , 18
1 have the honour to transmit herewith translations of the confirm•
ation of the journal of military operations from the 13th to the 19th
December, and of Marshal Prince K utusoff Sinolensko's report, dated
I.lth December.

Continuation of the Journal of Military Opciations front the Bth to the

lSch lA:reinter.
DECEMBER 9.—Admiral Tchitchagolf, in his first report of the sth,
states, that Major-General' Count Oiuurka had pursued to Mole-
detschno, taking five hundred prisoners and eight pieces of cannon.
By his second report of the 7th beceinher, it appears that his van-
guard, under the orders of Major-General Tchablit z, had pressed so
close upon the enemy's rear, as to carry off his piqucts, and subse-
quently entirely to destroy that corps near Smorgom, at which place
their main body halted, and were not a little surprised to see our Cos-
sacks appear, when they immediately tied with such precipation as to
leave all their magazines. The enemy's loos on this occasion amount.
ed to '23 pieces of cannon, and fiooo prisoners.
HEAD-QUARTERS, MOLODETECAIO:4O, DEC. 9. The enemy was
Hpursued from this place on the 7th by Count Orourka as tar as
elitzi, with a loss of nine pieces of cannon, and abrive one thousand
prisoners, a great number of tumbrils and other carria,-,es. In conse-
quence of the extreme cold, and the great want of provisions the ruin.
bers of persons perishing along the high roads have considerably inrrtas•
ed, amongst vy horn are noticed mans of Napoleon's guard.
Aide-de Cittnp General Count Oscharolfsky reports, under date
Woloschna, Dec. 7, that oh that day he arrived there, and proposed
following the grand army in a parallel lin:, endeavouring at the same
tune to cover its left flank, and to observe the movements of the corps
under Prince Schwartzenberg. Admiral Tchichagoif reports on the
Bth, and his van guard, commanded by lilajA••General Tchaplitz,
continuing to pursue the coctny and to press him closely, had corn.
pelled him to abandon 61 pieces of cannon. Colonel Moidegnasse.
Aide-de-Camp-General of the Staff, the Aide-de-Camp of Marshal
Davoust, and 2000 men, were made prisoners in this afLir. The
whole of the road from Smorgoni to Oschnisany was so completely
strewed with dead bodies, and dead homes, and so covered with artil.
Iciywaggons, turnbtils, and carriages, that it was rendered almost im-
passable. •
The dissatisfaction amongst Napoleon's troops has increased to
such a pitch, that they with one voice charge him as the author of all
their misery.
HEAD-QUARTERS, SMORCONIE, DEC. 10.—Colonel Knotting re-
parts, tinder date of the Bth, that he detached some squadrons to
watch the enemy's motions on the side of Novaswerskena and
Stalbzeff:
General Count Wittgenstein states, that keeping with his corps to
the right of Tehichagotrs army in a parallel line e • he was on the 9th
at Nestawischkach. His van guard at Swiranke, and his cavalry
under the command.of Aide-de-camp General Kutusoff, and Major-
General Borosdin, at Nementschine. _ _

DEC. 9.—The partizan Colonel of the Guard, Sesslavin, reports.
that having 'come up with the enemy's cavalry he immediately at-
tacked them, 'he. overthrown, and he entered \Vilna, as it were
:n this attack he took six pieces of cannon and
terwards joined the detachment under Major-
attempt was made to carry the town itself
es too weak for the enemy's infantry, dispersed
%, they were under the necessity of waiting the
guard of Tchichageftis army.

" N, stud Prince Kutusoft's report of the 25th of November, from Dy.c. he partizan Colonel of the buarti, aessiavnt, rcrui Ise
„. itadaielikewich, and the intermediate r: port of the occupation of that having 'come up with the enemy's cavalry he immediately at-
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,t7l,Vili;a, and coMinuation of the purusuit of the enemy, tacked them—they were overthrown, and he entered \Vilna, as it were
lie further report is not yet arrived, but I understand the maga. on their shoulders. In this attack he took six pieces of cannon and
zingb of all sorts to have been well stored, the quantity of ordnance to one eagle. Having afterwards joined the detachment under Major-
;save bean considerable, and tli4t among the pitsoners (not less than General Landskoy, an attempt was made to carry the town itself;
twenty thousand, many of whom are sick or wounded) tnere are seve. hut finding themselves too weak for the enemy's infantry, dispersed
NI General Officers, or Officers of distinction, who were under cure, A throughout the houses, they were under the necessity of waiting the
and could nut be moved. • arrival of the advanced guard of Tellichageft's army.