The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RtdISTER.

On the 4th, timbal the. Duke 0 lerentum setmout.lrorp he, head-
quarters iq Itosseieti, 'the eapitel'OC nap of the.ltandsornest
and most fertile Provinces',M,Polad ;.:the _General of Origin/es, .Baron
Ricard, with a part of the 7tif trt, march upon,Ponicorie.4 ; the
Prussian General Kleiot.hec,l bfro.sent lir Chawle ; and the•Priissisit
• Brigadier de Jearerali...with
,another rrusian upon Tacit.
Thee three Gettetatt• liayf.irtiieCat their peitinati,as. Gen. Kliest
•wes only able i4'reaelt Ittissidn: Ole euetuy%having
Intstily evasuelett.Gliawle„ after .setting.the magaFines on fire„
Gest. Bicard mit ed:par,l)t in Otemorning-of the 6th-at Poniewiez.
.He had The good ferttpte of sacipgkthe magazines which wera.in it, and
which containe(l4o.ooo quintets of meal. He took .160 pkisnners,
among which were fourefficers.
..This expedition 'does the greatest ho-
nour to the detachment ef..she.,Prussian deathtitussars, who' were
charged with the execution of it. His Majesty has bestowed the Le-
gion of Honour the Commandant• of it,.: to Lieutp,de Revert,' to Sub-
ollieers IVerner and Poruineroit, and Krigadier.Grshousii, who in this
affair distinguished themselves.. .
The inhabitants of the Province of Samognia are distinguished for
their patriotism ; they were free, their country was ricb,:bet their 'des-
tinies changed with the fall OP-land., The better and -finest parts of
the country were given by Cathetine to Souboir•-: the-peasante, free as
they were, were compelled to- bet:owe slaves. The! flank qettvernent
made by the army.upon \Vilna having turned.this fine provvinee, it will
be of the utmost 'utility, to the army. Two-thousand• horses are their
march to repair the` loss of, the artillery. Considerable magazinei hats
been preserved. The, march of the army from Kowno upon' Wilms;
and from %Vilna upon Dwutbcurg and Minsk,.. hitt übitged the eneiny to
abandon the banks of the. Nieruen, and 'rendered this- river free, by
which numerous conveys arrive at Kownw.. - •
We have at this moment more titan' 150,000 'Or, tries',
'2,000,000 rations of biscuit,' 000`0(10-cplintalsbf rite, See 'The cOn.
voys succeeds each other with rapidity ; the .Niiiiited ii'coirdiect with
boats.

The passage of the Nienierfiriok Orite on the 24th. and the Emperor
entered Wilna on the '2Bth. , The Ist army.of d 4 commandedwest, commande
by the Emperor Alexander, .is composed of nine divisions of infantry;
and fonr of cavalry : .driveti front post to p6st, occupies ilte ens
trenched camp at 'Drissa, in which the Kiiig of• Naples, with the corps
of Marshals the Dukes of Elchingen and Reggio, several ,divisions of
r• the Ist corps. and the cavalry cr.epz.of Counts Nansouty and .Montbruh,
keep it. The 2d army, commanded by Prince Bagratiuti, was on the
Ist of July, at Kobreti,_ where it had collected. The 9111 and
.13th di-
visions, under Gcn. Turmazow,, were still farther of. the Ist in-
telligence of the pessagetof the Niemen. ,Bragation put himself in mo-
tion to march upon Mina"; he effected his junction with Platnirs
cossacks, who were opposite drotitni. 'Arrived slynti the tip of the
Ivie, he learned that the road to.Wilna was abut against him : he dis-
covered that the'exeetilion of the orders he. had.receivedWould Ix rush,
and cause his ruin. Simbouthicki, Trohouy,'Witchuctv,
occupied.. by General Or9ucliyab :General Baron PagUl,.. and the
Pi ince of Eckinuhl's corps; lie tberebre retrograded, and took the di-
rect ion of Minsk : but, arrived raid-way towards thattown, he learned
the Prince of Eckmuhl had entered it; he again retriigradkA : from,
Nevr:g he marched upon Slousk, and from thence upon Bobreusk, from
whence he will have no otherresource than that of passing the Bor.'s-
thene!. *Thus the two armies are completely divided and separated,
there being between them a distance of an hundred leagues. Prince
Eckmaid hes seized upon the strong place of Boresou, upon.the Bere-
, sins : 60,0001 b.. of power, 16 pieces of besieenti4 artillery, and some
hospitals, have fallen into his power. Considerable magazines were
set on fire.; a part was, however, saved.
On the 10th, General Latoui Maubourg sent the division of light ca.
Veity, commanded by General Roan,eke, adv Inced towards rler. It
met the enemy's rear-euard at a short di-tatice from that town. A very
brisk engagement took place. Notwithstanding the inferiority or the
Polish division in number, it remained master f tote field._ the fiesieral
of Cossacks, Gregoriow. was killed. a ,r 1 1500 Russians were killed in id
wounded. Our loss, at the titni,i-t, was no. more than 560. The Po-
lish light cavalry tonglit with tile greatest intrepidity,. and its courage
supplied the want of number. The same div we entered Mar.
On the 13th, the King of Westphalia had his head-quarters at

Nisvy.
Die V

'riv has arrived at

ne Vicern. •
The Bavariatis, commode(' by General Count O. St. Cyr, were-ri•
viewed on the 14th, at Wilna, by the Emperor. Deroy and Wrede's
divisions are very fine. These troops have marched on Slouboku.
The Diet at Warsaw, being constituted into a general Coufedatatiou
of Poland, has named Prince Adam Czait. riiiski tor its President. This
Prince, stet d SU years, fins for 5O years been Marshal of the Diet of
la Poland. The first act of the Diet was to declare the kingdom of P,land
re..citablighed.. A Deputation of the Confederation was presented i.

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