The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-13 00:00:00

DEC•

6:4:•1 Sitepetoll'on the Ist of November, and which may have the
ea 41IS of interposing del ,3
Thus the fruits of the incursions of the French to Moscow, at
.;,-rxrence of the lives of so many brave officers and men, seem to
b en limi el to the burning and destruction of that city, and to
uir ruin anddes-Lition of the inhabitants and proprietors near the great
and in the vicinity of Moscow, while on the ether hand, it will,
toile latest period of history, reflect lustre on the spirit and pa-
ttionmi of the Russian Empire. .
The last accounts front Count Wittgenstein are dated Nov. S,
at left Ishnik, two stages east of Lepel. After the affair of Polotzk,
t!ot Gewral detacred a corps to oh- erve Macdo..ald, h Ist he sent
Gen. Steinheil on the road to Vilna, who, af,er havingcut (.:11* the Rata.
tier corps from that of St. Cyr and entirely dispersed it, with the
is of cannon and colours, joined Count Wittgenstein, who proceeded
attack the rent tinder of the French under the command of Le
Grand, Marshal St..r, yr, having retired on account of his wound.
lhis corps was reinfore.d by Marshal Victor at the head of fifteen
ti,,,uswal men; and, having tak log post near Teltasnik, was there
erfe..itecl on the Slst October by-Count Wit tgenocin, who considering
errtny's position a good one for It tnsolf, h..s continued to occupy
i:, detaching a c.orps to take pose•sion of Witvp-k.
" Admiral TchichagoiPs last dispatches of the 9.11 of October.
frin Breslitow, report the success of a, detachment under General
w Ito, on the 20th of October, took the Polish General Konot-
Id with the whole of the Sd regiment of Hulans, of the In:Leh
guard.
14 Prince Schwartzepberg had crossed the Rog without giving the'
Adin:ral an opportunitx ot lint, to ac• ion. Admiral Tehich-
ak:oa'aed Count Wittgenstein had reciprocally sent detachments to as •
c(rtin cad-. others position.
" Sir Robert Wilson, with his usual activity, has been in every
asimr, arid has con:rived to see every remarkable occurrence ; his
lat d'spatches are da!ed V insma, the Hit of November ; his accounts
t Er with the official bulletins, 'which have been published here.
• " Lord Tyrconnel has joined Tchieltagoll; by whom he has been ,
teccived with every possible attention ; hi: letters of the 22.1 of
tkt:iber, have been received by Sir Robert Wilson at Viasma, and
hr myself. His lordship speaks in high terms of the condition of
ad the corps of that army, which he had not until then the means of
Meng.

" Having obtained the Emreror's permission for Major-General
Dlrnberi; to terve as a voltuit,:er in the army under Ge!.eral Gaunt
Wingeostein, I have given to that General officer instructions s'!milar
ti :iv se of Sir Hob( rr Wilson and Lord Tyrecimel, and I expect by
t e next c uricr to hive the pleasure of learning his safe arrival at the
llca.l-quarters of that army. I have the honour to he, &e.
(Sigurd) " CATHCART."

" NOVI.!.SP.FR 12.—1 t having been found impractibable to pass
thl Neva, the messenger has been detained until this morbing. I
live now the honour to inclose herein the Report of the capture of
Wit.p k, by General Count Wittgenstein. who has made prisoners
Comm..n(ling officer of the enemy's forces there, General Count
Punget, and the Governor of the town, Coiona Chavondes. 4' C."
BULL N.
" St. Petcrsburgh, November 11.
" Witepsk is taken by Count de Wittgenatui.—The Genial
C unt Pouget, who commatuded the troops, is made prisoner, as well
CUIL'11:1 t..ll4Volltiej, the Commandant of the town."

41 St. Petersburgh, November 13.
"My Lord—l avail myself of the departure of a Spanish calmer
a::quaint your lordship, that several officers arrived here in ;he
itnirse of b-t night, dispatched from the Lead.quarters of Marshal
I t uitiv;fi; at Eloee, cn the 9th November.
The. Field Marshal reports, that the flight of the enemy con.
times with increased precipitation ; and that the pursuit, by the
several corps of the Russian army. has been conqant, vigorous, and
ricecsdul, a part only of the relation of the atr.iirs which have taken
Place has, as yet, ben published ; the remainder is in the press : the
Julbvving are the most important particulars.
" On the loth November, General Milaralovitch reached a village
swsts from Viasma, en the 'road to Smoicasko, in pursuit of the
eimmy. General Platow marched to the right -of the road, to esteea-
!'iur to reach the head of the column. while the main army moved
'll2 lefr of it, under the Field Marshal, towards Elnee.
" Sir Robert Wilson describes the march on the rita;n road as one
w4icst exhibited scenes of destruction without example in modern
1' Isom the number of dead and dying men, and carcases of horses,
' of th•-rn cut up for food ; peasants' houses every where on tire,
annonirion carriages blowing up, and quantities of wreck of every
" It may be observed that the frost is set in, and is stated to have
' from 10 to 15 degrees (Reaumur).
." Tice effect of famine, fatigue, and cold upon a fiyine army,
'trough a countrt full of exasperated peasants, .may be easily under-
to,/,

" In the course of this march the Cossacks took two Standards from
Ii e Hulans of the Imperial Guards, who were left behind with the
'1.11). now retreating, and'the enemy also abintinned a howitzer.
et Oa the morning of the 7th of Noveniber, G Nazi MilarAdovitch