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the NVI.Oit court, an officer was or.tered to. roAd the bulletin 'aloud.
which g.tve the populaces an .orvostvaity of expressing 'then
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A torp:;-of militia. of tea thousand alley, received their colours this
mo:ning, and .:re to march in two days front hence.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)

CATHCART.

111:S.;I1N ACCOUNT OF Tar, .BATIIE OC 9IOSK\VA.
(Translation.).—Bulletin, No. 1.
.Prince K"outoitsotf, General et Infantry, Commander-in-Chief of
. aIE the armies, reports to his Imperial Majesty as follows, from the
villoge. Of. it rmiino,,under date of the 6th of September :
A tier my Jast v ost humble report to your Imperial Majesty,. in
/-Oeli I announced that 1 was waiting the attack of the enemy in the
position 41.lirodino, the sth of. September, the enemy directed a vZry
str- nK iota: aisainst our left flank, which was commanded by Prince
BAytation. Observing the impetuosity with which the main force of
the en my threw themselves upon this point, 1 judged it necessary,
in under to fix his attack, to direct it against the heights, which had
born previously fortified. The engagement lasted with great obsti-
nacy, from two o'clock until very late at night ; and your Majestys
troops displayed on that day, the.bravery which I had observed from
utv first joining the army, The second division of Cuirassiers being
coilii,ed to make its second attack in the dusk, particularly distin-
guished itself ; and in general all the troops, so far from losing an incit
of ground, defeated the enemy on every sid• with much -greater loss
than they sustained themselves ; eight gulls were taken, of which
thri-e being rendered totally useless wcre left on the field.
Many officers deserve to be indi,idually named to your Majesty,
a list of whum,l. shall forthwith have the happiness of transmitting ;
• for the present I
..onfine myself to giving your Majesty a Sheri
precis. •
(Translation.)—Bulletin, No. 2.
General Prince Koptousuff, Commander in Chief of .the Armies,
intakes post respectfully to his Imperial Majesty the following report
froms.the fic.ld of battle At the village of IS:odino, the Bth of Sep,
temberir--
Sioce in report of the attack which the enemy had made on the
541. instant, with a considerable force upon the Jett flank of our army,
nothing of importance was undertaken against usliuring the whole of
the 6th. But yesterday, at day-break, that •is to say; about four
o'clock in tiie morning, the enemy, availing himself of the foggy
weather, again directed the whole of his forces against onr left flank.
The battle became general, and lasted until night : the loss on
both sides is great : and that of the enemy, to judge from his terrible
attack on our fortified positions, must greatly have surpassed ours.
Your Imperial Majesty's troops fought with incredible valour, The
batteries passed from the possession of one party to ib it of the other ;
and the result was, that the enemy, with his superior force, .has, in no
one part, gained an inch of ground. I remained at night master of the
field of battle. So soon as I have rccruitcd my troops, supplied
my .!rtillery, ani augmented my forces by reinforcements from Mos.
cow, 1 shai', trusting in the assistance of the Almighty, and the
incredible valour of the army, scp what I can undertake against the
B.:gratien, to our great regret, has been wounded in the foot
by a ball. Lieutenant-Generals Toutschkoff, Prince Gortschakoll;
Major Gencrals Itachinstiefr, Counts Worontoff and Kgetotl; have
betas wont. J. We have taken from the enemy some prisoners, some.
guns, and a G(lieral of Brigade. 1t is still night, and I have not been.
auto to procure an) mini, detail,
His I oilep.ll Majesty. in a 1/4:iwledgment of the distinquislcd
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vices of the General I.f Infantry, Prince Koutousofl; has been pleased
. to appoint Lim Marshal General, and to grant to him 109,000 roubles;
and also tiv. toubles to each soldier who has hada share M
this memo-
Fable battle.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

AUMIRALTY-OkF:CE, OCTOBER 10, 1812.

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[Transmitted ► y Vice.,Adeuiral Sawyer.]
Bo,t n, Sept. 7, 1812.
T flit mitt v to int Orin yoo •-f the capture of his INlaje,ty's fate
pv ;he Aottric,:in trigate t'•eis!itenion, after a severe ac,
.(4; AO 14'tf• .620 non. N. acid !mtg. T deg.
tp, the wield en the starb-eird tuck, we saw a
teelll., heteraeg et„oo on us. At Once made* her
:.•! to quarters :.nd pre pared fur action. At
. ' ••••rt' to per-..;e;lt .• r rake us. At ten minute,:
•Q ?mei le.,:tl•ev..ralcsht,t ;It her ; at tweety
or ,•,:loort, and rettuord our fire, tee te
• : .d. vxrharNipg broadeides. At five
• .• . keg in^ op ale avy fire :Aid
• io cre.4s ..tee bow: Ae iWeto y
• r stet;lN,;..d etueitter and
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our larbourd bow, rakieg us, a feve only of our bow guii, he r
and his grape and linemen sw. ening, our deck. At tarty miniets ;,a t
live. the ship twit answering her helm, he ititemptell to laY ns nit
ward ; at this thee Dlr. Grant, who commainled the 1 rec. ;do,
carried below badly wounded. I immediately indeled the I. ar:twt and
boarders ft wn the mein-deck ; the Master ei.,‘ et this time shet the° teri
the km e, and I rec ived x severe wound io the 14,ck.
.Lit-tit. K. er
was le 'deg! on the beardera, when the elope con.lag•nare we brou.e,..
some of our bow-guns ta bear on her, and had get clear of our opi„,.
neat, when, at twenty minutes past six, our hire and moil-neists eent
over the side, leevitig the ship u perfect unmanageable wreck, The
frigate shooting ahead, I was in hopes to clear the wreck tied get tic
ship tinder command to renew the action, but just a, wo halt
the wreck, ow spritsail-yard went, aim the enemy having rove eew
braces, tee. u 4 re round within pistol-shot, to rake us; the ship layile4
in the trough oh the sea, and rolling her main-deck guns under wa:er,
and all attempts to get her bef.'re the wind being fruitless ; %%het„.fill-
ing my few remaining Officers together, they were all of upinio t th.;t
any farther resi•tanee would only be a needless waste of Ines, L or-
dered, though relnett&y, the coleurs to be struck.
The loss of the ship is to he ascribed to the catty f, ii of the
mast, which enabled our uppot ent to choose his position. I
_ ant sorry
to say we suffered severely in kited and wounded, nod m wfuf,t
she lay on our how, front her grape and musketry. in all fitteeu
and sixty-three wounded, many of them severely ; none Of the wutoel•
ed Officers quitted the deck till the filing et ased.
The frigate proved to he the United States ship Cuestitutien„of:',o
twenty-four-pounders on her maia deco:, and tweety-hir thirt‘-two
pounders and two eighteen pounders on her upper (lea, amt four
hundred and seventy-six men ; her loss in comparison with our. is
ttlfling, about twenty, the firsudit utenant of marines and eight killed,
and first-lieutenant and master of the ship, tied eleven men wemeled,
her lower masts badly wounded, and stern much shat:eted, and vtry
much cut up about the rigging.
The Guerriere was so cnt up that all attempts t,) get h •r in wadi
have been useless. As soon as the wounded were got out of her, they
set her on fire, and L trel it my duty to state, that the c- utluct of
Captain. Hull and lis officers to our men has been that of hr .rev
my, the greatest care being taken to prevent our mot losiug
smallest -and the greetcst attention being pHid to• the milliliter!,
who, through the attention and skill of Ur. Irvine, surgeon, I hope will
do well.
Iliope, though success has not crowned our efforts, you will not think
it presumptuous in me to say, the greatest credit is due to the officers
and ship's company for their exertiuns, particularly when expesed
to
the hears raking tire of the enemy ; feel myself particularly obligt d
for the exertions of Lieutenant Kent, who, though wounded early by a
splinter, continued to assist me; in the second Lieutenant the service
has seffered a severe loss ; Mr, Scott. the master, though wounded, was
particularly attentive, and used every exertion in clearing the u reek,
as did the warrant officers. Lieutenaet Nichol!, of the royal marine
and his party, supported the honourable character of their corps,
they suffered severely. I must recommend Mr. Saow, tuaster's-neetv,
who commanded the foremast main deck pins, in the absence of Lieu-
tenant Pullman, aid the Whole after the fall of Lieutenant Ready, to
your protection, he having received a severe Contusion fmn a splinter.
I must point out Mr. Cathy, acting purser, to your notice, %%Ito
volunteered his services on deck, and commanded the after-quarter
deck guns, end was particularly active, as well as Mr. Baenister, mid-
shipman.
I hope, in considering the circumstances, you
wilt think the ship en-
trusted to my charge was properly defended; the unforttmate loss 4.f
our masts, the absence of the thud iieutenant, second lieutenant of nid-
thrte midshipmen and twenty-four men, considerably weakened
our crew, and we only mustered at quarters two hundred and twenty-
fuur men, and nineteen boys, On coming into action; the enemy had
such an advantage from his marines and riflemen, when close, his
superior sailing enabled him to (-house his distance.
I enclose herewith a list of killed toad wounded un board the Geer-
riere ; and have the honour to be,

JAS. R. DACE LS.
A Lilt of Officers, seamen, and .marine:, killed and wounded on
board his lilojesty's ship Giterriete, ix the action of the 19th August,

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- Henry Ready, Second Lieutenant. Wilhani While, Geo.
Cirdfitlis, Henry Brown, William Drown (2), Alexander Cowie, I,i-
-chard Cheeemaii, John l'en•rson, Jol/4epli , Robert Rogers,.
'John Smith (2), Wi ham Baker, seamen. —.Marine,' J. A.
rerje4nt; Thomas Pratt and William Woodcock, privates:
Wounded—James Rd. Dacree, Esq. Captoin, aev..rely. Bartholo.
mew Kent, First Lieutenant, slightly.; Robert Scott, Masteri
Yertly Stuuuel Grant, ditto j William J. Suow, contubion; nolo