The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-27 00:00:00

TIIF. NATIONAL REGISTER.

595

Ihe (i anti Dlike Cot:statittoe, who tiatt ieto.tit tl t the 41
fuilrtl i I, has (Alilled
A litt c rain has fallen, which has la,tl thr thi-t ivirletl
111-.• army. The weather to-iivy is very time--it sdl last, a. they be-
:ievc, to the lt`th of OctuLer, which 6ivei us still lusty ea :le*

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SEVENTEENTH BULLETIN THE FRENCH ATIMV.
j Fein. 3.
The beted-qtritters were, nit the 31st of At gust, at eleche,u ; on
the ist raid Yd or Septen,bi r, at Ghjat.
The Ring Napns, Nish the advanced etrrd, had his head-quar-
ters on the ht, ten wersts in advance of 001 the Vieeir.e had his
the sante dist nice in advance on the left ; arid Prince I'• Iti.ato.%ski had
pushed lot ward two leaote:on the rieht. ';‘,llle discharges ot art elery
and attaelvs w.th the sabre carte eschanged in each di;ecio.n, and .t kw
buodreds at Wis. Ler% were taken.
The Ultjat river empties itself i.tto the H'o'ses. Thus we are in pos-
session of the cours- rt those waters that flow into the Caspian !sea.
he tilij 4 is navi :able to the IVulga
The city of Ultjat contains a pupulation of eieht or ten thousand
souk. Many art the houses are built ot stone and Mick. lime are
many parish churches, and several manotactoti-s of linen 4,.1•nh.
It is
parfectly clear that agriculture has nilde great progres• in this country
within the last forty years. It no loafer bears and resemblance to
thus
descriptions which a-e Liven of it. Pt t ,toes, pul.-e, and cal,hages,
grow these iu abundance : the granaries are tell. The present is the
harvest season; and we enjily it .w the s tnie w,ather bete as we
m Prance at the commencement of October.
'fire des- tiers, the prisoners, th" ;tants, all agree tit:it the
locates: crtenstott p evalk at Aloscuw, and i.. the Russian army, whiet,
is uistraeted with a diver-I'y of opit.ions, and hos stab red clue-mous
kwes iu the different acti. ns. Saute of the (ienerds have he 4 n changed:
It appears that the op nion of the army is vol (avo trable• to the plans
of Barclay de Tulli ; he is accused of having made his division• fight in
detail.
The Prince of Schwartzenberg is in Willy -Ilia : the Russians fly he- -
fore Idm.
Si.me sharp affairs have taken place before Riga; the Erus,tans have
always had the advantaae,
We Lave found in Lois rlace two Bulletins, which give an account f
the acts its before Sawlensko, and el the battle of the Drissa. They
have appeared butliciontly curious to be annexed to till Ilt.11,ti:1.
When we-•Itall receive the sequel of these Bulletins, they shall he sent
to 7lrc ithinitfu,-. It appears by their co,,tents, that the edam- has pro-
fited by the instructions he received fram Moscow, " that the truth is
net to be told to the liusraan people, but that they are to he deceived
with lies." Smolensk() was set on tire by the Russians. Tht y set tires
to the suburhs an the day after the battle, when tt•ey saw (-or brith:e
established over the Butysthenes. They also set fire to Doroghohout,
to Vtasma and to Ghjat ; but Vet* Irench came up in Our •0 ext.ngeish
t. This may be easily canceived. The French have no inter• st
ut
hurtling those towns that belong to them, and dep.iving thentsAife4
• -it the resources which they t.tfird. The cellars have been every whet e.
with brandy, leather, and every species of at jcle that is useful
to an army.
It the colt ray be wasted, if the inhabitants suffer more that a state
of war warrants. the fault iv in the Russians.
Toe army rested on the td aild 3d nt the vicinity of Ghjat.
It is positively asserted, that the enemy im employed in forming an
entrenched camp in fount of Mojaisk, and has established lines before

Moscow,
At the battle of Krasnoi, Colonel Marbeni, of the sixth light ca-
valry, was wounded with a bayonet at the head of his regiment, in the
iiiid,t of a square of Russian infai:try, which he bad penetrated with the
greatest intrepidity.
We have thrown six bridges over the Glijat.—(llionitenr, Sept. 18.)
The Ullowing is one of the Russian articles alluded to in the seven
teenth li•illetin

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
" On the 4th (16th) tit August, the Emperor Napoleots, at the 'Seed
of his whole stymy, 100.000 strong, witde his appeal once Wine Smo-
lensk°. He was received about sit wersts frorn the city, by the corps
of lueutenant-General Rajewoky. The battle conthienced at tax in
t' e morning, and at noon became tno.4 him dv. The -couruge. of tho
Russians ovcrcatne titittibe.s, and the enemy was uvcrtinowst. The
corps of Genera! Doctorow, which had :wiled to rep.ace that•of Ka-
jewsky, attuckcci the enemy cm the sth (17th) at clay-light, and the
t•ngsgyment lasted till etigl,t fall. The enemy was repulsed every
point ; and the Rot,stati soldiers, full of that uourage us.ti it-treptdity
which animate!, them in the defence of Oei. Wash% with clew
peratioa, invoking thu assistance of the Alt, 1,40)1C!.1
. " But &thug this time the airy of Salchow . War r