The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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made by the cooteoding parties. Superior abilities and va-
a our, have peva' ed over superiority of numbers; and, in
cha•acter as in men, the enemy 'has suffered a lomi which he
cannot retrieve. Ile has been disarmed of his most effective
weapon, his lime, which concluded armies before they en-
; he possesses no more than proud confidence, that
;.I,,dres success. lle has tasted the cup of disgrace which
he compelled other nations to di ink, and whilst threatened
and hated Ei itain rises in glory and power, the hour of his
(1(-ep humiliation is come. Immortal honour to the hero
who has planned, to the brave army that has effected, the
wreck of his pride. Before such united genius and bravery,
the. 'weak, though lofty structures of ambition, must crumble '
iwo dust.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TENTH BULLETIN 0 THE GRAND ARMY.

Wirr et.x, Jur.v 31.--The Emperor of Russia and the Grand Dule
Ciiiistaittitt have quitted the army. and repaired to the capital. On the
filth, the litistilan aro y loft the to:trenched camp sit Orissa, and marched
towards Polotsk n:.d Wuepsk. The Russian army which was at D. isstt
consisted of five corps-d'aritiee, each .1 two divisions, and of bear divi
siuns of amity. One corps-d'arme'e, that of Pi ince Wittgenstein, re-
mained fur the purpose of covering St Petersburgh ; the four other
corps having arrived on the 04th at Witi'psk, crossed to the left batik
of the Dwion. The corp. o (Memnon, with a part of the cavalry of
the guards. put itself in caution at day-break of the tsth, and marched
upon Oitruvno.

BATTLE OF OSTROVNO.

On the 23th of July, Gen Nansouty, with the divisions Bruyere and
St. Germain, and the Bth regiment of light infantry, encountered the
uneasy two leagues its advance f Ostronovo. The action commenced.
tit caral charges of cavalry took place ; all of them were in favour of
the French. The light c covered itselt with plory. The King of
N Ties mentions the brigade Pire, composed of the Bth hussars, and
16th chasseurs as having distinguished itself. The Russian cavalry, of
which a part bet-need to the guards. was overthrown. The batteries
which the en-my opened upon 'our cavalry were carried. The Russian
ilifaiitiy, wh , advanced to support their artillery, were broken and
sabred by our lighi cavalry.
Ott the "6th. the Viceroy marched with the division Delzon at the
head of the columns, an obstinate action to the advanced guard, of from
15 to e 0 000 111./1, took place a league beyond Ostronovu. The Rus-
sians were driven from their positions one alter another. the woods
Isere carried by the has onet.
The King of Naples, and the Viceroy, mention with praise Generals
B De arm, Huard, and Roussel. The Bth light infitntry, the 84th
.and 9ad teginieuts of the line, and the Ist regiment of Croats, distin-
guished theitisulves.
General Roussel, a brave soldier, after being the whole day at the
he d of the battalions, was visiting the advanced posts at ten ut
when a centint I took him for an enemy, fired up,n him-, and the ball
shattered his skull. He ought to have died three hours sooner on the
fie:d tif battle, by the hands of the enemy.
011 the 27th at day-break, the Viceroy made the division Breussier
Egli ..lf in advance. The 18th regiment ut light infantry, and the
brigade of light cavalry of the Baron de Pire, wheeled to the right.
The division B (master marched by the great read, and repaired a
small bridge which the enemy had destroyed. At day-break. the
enemy's rear-guard, consisting of 10,000 cavalry, was pereei% ed
drawn up en echelon on the plain ; their right resting on the Owiiiii„
and their left On a wood lined with infantry and artilery. General
Count Broussier took post on an einieence with the 53d regiment,
waitiug till the whole of his division had passed the defile. Two com-
panies of Voltigeurs had marched in adyance, alone; they skirted
the batik of the river, advancing towards that enormous mass of ca-
valry, which made a forward movement, and surrounded those two
hundred men, who wire thought to be lost, and who ought to have
been so. It happened otherwise. They concentrated themselves with
the greatest coolness, and remained during a whole hour hemmed in on
all sides; having brought down inure than 390 horsemen of the enemy, -
the: .
, two companies gave the French cavalry time to debouche.
lhe Delete) defiled on the right.. Ihe King of Naples di-
rected the wood and the enemy's batteries to be attacked. In less
than it hour all the positions of the enemy were carried., and he was
driven across the plain beyond a small river which enters the Dwina
below Witepsk. The army took a position on the banks of this rivers ,
at the distance of a leagne trout the towns

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' The enemy displayed in the plain 15,000 cavalry, add 6i,uu,► in-
fantry. A battle was expected next day. The Russians b ,a,ted that
they wished to give battle. The Emperor spent the rematisd..r of the
night in reconnoitering the field, and in making his diipositanis foe
next day; but at day•breek the Russian army was retreating in all
directions towards Smolensk.
The Emperor was on an height very near the 200 Voltieeurs, Nltu
alone on the plain had attacked the right of the enemy's cavalry.
Struck by their tine conduct, he sent to inquire what corps they h'e.
lunged to. They answered, "To the 9th ; and three fourths of us
" are lads of Paris." " Tell them," said the Emperor, ' that they
are brave fellows; they all deserve the cross I"
The fruits of the three actions of Ostrom* are 10 pieces of cannon
of Russian manufacture taken, the cannoneer, sabred ; 20 eaissou s of
ammunition ; 1500 prisoners ; 5 or 6000 Russians killed or. wounded.
Our loss amounts to •100 killed, 900 wounded, and about SO pii•niters.
The King of Naples bestows particular praise on General .druyere,
Pire, and Ornano, and on Colonel Radakill, commandant of the vth.
Polish lancers, an officer of singular intreuidity.
The red Hussnrs of the Russian guard have been cut up They
lost 400 men, many of whom are prisoners. The Russians had three
Geuerali killed or wounded. A considerable number of Camels and
superior Officers of their army remained on the field ut. battle.
On the 28th at day-break we entered Witepsk, a town of 30,000
inhabitants. It has go convents. We have found in it some maga-
x.nes, particularly one of salt, valued at 15,000,000.
While the army was marching v Witepsk, the Prince of Eckamahl,
was attacked at Aluldlow.

Bagration passed the Beresina at Bobriinski, and marched upon
Novei-bickow. At day-break on the ?3d, S,OOO Cossacks attack,d
the 3d regiment of chasseurs, and took 100 of them, among whoa► were
the Col..nel and four officers, all wounded. The generale was beat;
an action commenced. The Russian 4etieral Sicverse, with two select
divisions, began the attack. From eight in she morning tilt five in the
afternoon, the firing was kept up on a strip of wood, and at a tirioge
which the Russians wished to force. At fie, the Prince of k.ckintitil
caused three chosen battalions to advance, put Isioesell at their bead►,
, overthrew the Russians, carried their positions, and pursued theta toe
a league. The loss of the Russians is e,tinsated at 3,000 killed alid
wounded, and 1,100 prisoners. We lost 700 killed and wounded.
Bagration repulsed, retired upon Bickovr, when: he passed Is,.
Botysthenes, to advance towards Smolensk.
The battles of Rfohilow and O,trovtu► have been bri!liant and ho.
pourable td our army. We never have had engaged more than the half
of the force which the enemy presented, the ground nut being suitablc,
for greater desclopeinents.

PROVINCIALS.

RIOT AT SHEFFIELD.

Frrtrt.D. AVG. 18, EIGHT tti THE EVENING.--This day our town
has been in a state of confusion and riot, which has not yet ceased.—
Lord Milton, the Earl of Effingham, Messrs. Wortley, Parker, and
Corbett, Justices of the Peace, are all now here. The horse huldiers
are parading the streets, and the militia are under arras. The pupa.
lace have drawn up a paper, which they have called open the. door.
dealers to sign, engaging that they will sell flour at 3s. per stone ; and
threatening them if they do not, to destroy their premises. 1 believe
most of them have complied; and there have been some hundred sines
sold at that price this afternoon, in all parts of the town. Some 9 11,
dealers have certainly lust this day hundreds of pounds, by their being
obliged to sell at reduced prices. Lord Milton made a speech to the
populace, and told them they must endeavour to wait until the harvest
was got in, at which they were much infuriated. The mob threw several
stones at his Lordship, but the military protected him. Some of ;hem
Ihreareited to proceed to Wentworth house. What seems m-r .rin.
ing is. that every night there are meetings of the mob in the via its of
the town : I trot, however, all will be settled peaceably. It is now
ten o'clock at night, and the town seems tolerably tranquil, nurse of
have has sold fur seveu shillings per stone, nearly treble to what it is
sold for on ordinary occasions.

On the night of Thursday the 3oth ult. Samuel Crabtree, a cotton.
spinner, of Newton Heath, near Stockport, was shot by some unknown
villains, and afterwards burnt and (Imbrued so dreadfully, as to tauter
it impossible for his friends to identify him by any other means than
the watch which he had in hia pocket. The deceased was only in his
180 year, and is supposed to have been connected with the detutied
Luddites, and to have fallen a sacrifice to their teats and suspicions.
W hen discovered, he was lying on his face; and it is somewhat re-
markable, that at the distance of ten yards (stitlayugb lIIt relatives could