The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

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Ileum 'rut. FIRST Hr.PoRT.
"After having assembled my detachments, and having at midnight
arrived at the village of Scharapow, on the road to Borowsk, f te-
ccieed information that a great quantity rt. haggage was coming en the
road to Smolensk : 1 therefore detaebed a. party of Cossacks, consist-
iv of id men under the command of the S.:liiik Tafien, to procure in-
it :termed me, that he had di•coyered the
relation ; mid be harm:
eminly's baggege under it strong escort, In the village of Pert:butt:in°,
1 imieedisto-le sent hi:a a reinforeenieut of '2OO Cossacks arid two
oirLitlroos of the ; but this brave officer, wit item waiting
fur the reiniore,!meot, pu-hod on to the village by break of day, cut a
cuesideraale number down, mid took two captains, five officers, am: 9:
men of lesser rank. prisoners, and as several of them took shelter in
fie barns to detend themalvea, lie set them on fire, and blew up :36
car lagos with artiliery ammunition %vegans.
‘: The vim& road to Borowsk is full of the enemy's marauders,
naiiisi a ham lum taking ail necessary m.assures. By the prisoners'
re; 0.15, We ;mow that the Bth corps is po-ted at Moshaisk, and that
6rocral Denshrowskji is Lisa:patched with his division from iNlaskiva,
on j
read to Berowsk ; but of which I shall eisdeavuur to obtain inure
cerrain imtelfgence.
" A dcl:lch!otrut %slick I had sent out, wider the command of Col.
Sievers, consi.sioa Of 150 Cossacks, and two squadrons of the Body
Dragoons, has attacked the rearguard, which covered the park of ar-
tillery, and tai.en six officers, end 97 men, prisoners; the rest they
tut clown, and blew up above .z 0 carriages laden with cartridges.
"A party of the hussar regiment of Elizabetligurod, which was sent
e.:t on 01,2 Borowski road, towards Moscow, Ilas likewise taken fifteen
men prisoners."—(Peteesburgh Gazette, Oct. 6.) .
Fieuxt TIER st•coNn RFPORT.
" The same detatchtnent, under Colonel Sievers, supported by some
hussars, has attacked a commando on its way to join the enemy's army,
la whom they cut a number ea pieces, and took 111 men prisoners :
they have also, on their way, taken Ney's Adjutant, and a Quarters
Master, hearing the rank of Captain.
"By many ensi;ratieg inhabitants, I have received positive infor-
m:A:ea, that the enemy is drawing ie great numbers on the road to ro-
dohk.
‘` The corps of General Lannsse, 5,000 men strong, has been disco-
s...re:l, havoc; taken Isis night quarters at 15 vversta' distance from tee ;
should arty imprietence on his part put it in my power to make an at-
tempt at: hint, I shall not suffer the oppoitunity to slip."—(Petersturgh
Canoe, Oct 6.)
Lieutendnt-Geeeral Essen reports to his Imperial M.ijesty, under
date of Sept. 18, (to), from Mateu as follows :--
"dater the purl being formed for the attack of Mitten, the enemy
multi not resolve on accepting a battle, but before the arrival of your
Iniperial Alak'sly's trosps, retreated by the road of IVinzau to %aids
Batisii, whither he was pursued by the cavalry ; fifty men were taken
prisoners, and the enemy left 190 men behind them in the hospital.
We have likewise token tour pieces of brass cannon, considerable quan-
tities of ilifferent kind) of provisions, and a great number of pelisses,
tc,en in Courhend uc 'he enemy on requisition, of which I have the ho-
nour to inf..riti your Imperial Majesty, I shall not negls et forwarding
the particulars ul this atrair."—(Petersfniega Gazette, Oct. ti )

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The Adjutant-General Winzingerode reports to his Imperial Ma-
-leslY. under date of the 9Ath of September (Oct. :3), from the village
of llawydowka, as follows :
" I have submissively to report to your Majesty, that every thing
is well with the corps, the detachments, the vanguard, and the ad-
vanced posts. On the roads to W ladimir and proslaw, on the 18th
Mil) instant, 93 men were made prisoners, and sent oil to Jaroslaw.
The French van-guard remain in their firmer positions on these roads,
nanlely-, in the vicinity of Swerinez, on the road to Whittimir, and
in the village of Alexcjeuzk, on the Jaroslaw road.
" On the road to St. PetersbuNli, no movements have been made
by the enemy since the last Reports laid before your Imperial Majesty,
of the 15th (9.7t11) of September.
" In the last night, we have taken prisoners one officer and 94
privates of the fifth division of the &st corps. This fifth division is
stationed at Moskva ; and the detachment before-mentioned was sent
out from Moskwa, to collect provisions. The Essaul Goroejew,
who is stationed in the town of Waskressenek, has yesterday sent in
i 9 French private soldiers as prisoners. The most of these had been
wounded in the battle of Borodino, and were on their way to the
hospitals at Moskwa tor their recovery.
" His Imperial Majesty's Adjutant-Col. Benkindorf, is posted
With his detachment between Wolokoiamsk and Moshaisk, near the
village of Spask. He, ,Nith his detachment, has caused much loss
to
the elm close to tne towns ot RUS3 and Nloshaisk. Two
s_quadrocs had been pushed forward by the French to discover his
detachment. Colonel Benkindoo sent against them a conjoined party
from the body regiments of Cossacks, and of the Don-Cossacks,
hlowaiskji 4, and l'schemosubow 8, not amounting in the w4ole

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more than WO men. These two squadror:s %vete wt illy defeated, and
,ve took prisoners, one captain and 152 men, with their horses. The
I:,intliadet of the /much detachment WAS killed. I shall h ,ve the
.6.. ppirehs u make a report to your Imperial Majesty of all those who
have :,:gatalised themselves in those engagements."

FRENCH PAPERS.
P.sa is, Ocr. 29.—Private letters from Moscow, of the 10 h,
communicate the agreeable intelligence, that tile Emperor er.jo,,s
best possible state of health.
A considerable degree of curiosity hat been exited by the Gen: de
la tic.ence attache: to the Grand Army, to be made acquainted with
the principles upon which the grand aerial machine was made, with
cvnieti the wretch Rostopschin undertook to :hinilulate the French
.truly:—it was no lass than a balloon, which to carry up hito t. e
kitty men, with fock% t,, hane.4renad,es, a; d;:anister AA, which
they vvere to pour down upon the troops : but ail ex reriments totally
k•or the invention of this wicked, but ridiculous device, the
auss:ans were, as usual, indebted to their allies, the English—and
perhaps the English General Wilson, who was lately in Moscow,
waa the Engineer. The following arc the particulars of this bu-,inesi,
as communtcated to the /Amperor :
In the first week of June last, there arrived at Moscow a person
who called himself Schmidt, and said he Was a native of Wuftzburg.
This man, who, there were stecing reasons fur suspecting to be an
Englishman unkr a feigned name, was accompanied by an Aide-de.
Camp of Prince Oldenbourg's, who had also assumed a fictitious
name. Both estabiished themselves in a house at Werozow, four
wersts from Moscow, on the Kal.higa toad. A few days after their
arrival, upwards of 500 workmen were sent to theta from Moscow.
Guards here stationed at all the grates leading to the place, and no
',Jerson except those actually employed was allowed to enter the
premises.
The Directors of the Establishment then made a demand of an
enormous quantity of iron filings, and gave an order on a merchant
in Moscow, of the name of Preitrel for 45,0J0 roubles worth of oil
of vitriol. Preitre speedily made his first delivery, and hnnediately
received 20,000 roubles in ready.money. His second delivery, which
consisted of 1,500 pounds, was found at his warehouses about 4J
wersts from Moscow ; it was at the disposal of the GoYernor Ros-
toochin : the latter, on the 4th of September, published a notice to
caution the people against being alarmed at an explosion which was to
take place next day ; it was, he. said, the trial of a machine which
was to exterminate the French army, and he made hiniselt sure of
success.
The machine was not ready until the Bth : an experiment was made
with it on the same day, but it would not leave the ground. A report
was then spread, that some alterations were necessary ; but a few
days afterwards, Rostopchin andhis associates renounced this mighty
project, in order to manufacture the fire-works, with which they set
fire to the city when our army entered:
I t appears, that the above named Schmidt had arrived from Vienna,
furnished with passports, to enable-him to enter Russia, and wish
letters of credit, all furnished to-him by the Russian Minister at the
Imperial Court of Austria. He did not leave Moscow until two or
three days after the entrance of the victorious French army into the
capital.