The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-02 00:00:00

FURTHER EXMACTS.

GOTTNIII.TRGH, OCT. 20.—Between three and
four hundred sail of the homeward-hotia convoy
passed yesterday without stopping; 16 other yes-
sels.helonging to the Caine Convoy are wrecked in
the Belt, together with his. Majesty's gun .brig
Centind; it is believed there are no lives lost ;
the crew of the Centine/ ate -arrived in the roads
on board the Sheldrake.

PROM TILE ST. PETERSBURG I-I GAZETTE OF_
OC-
TOBER. 2.

We have herewith' to lay before our readers a
true copy of a letter from the bailiff of a village,
and steward of an estate, to his Lord, dated Sep-
tember LI, (25), froth the Government of Stho-
lensko • • . ,

" I have to inform you, that Smol-ensko, Do-
rogobusch, Wasma, and Gchatsk, are taken by
the French. There is no longer any post going
here. By the inroad of the French, the other estates
lying around us are totally ruined; the Frenfli carry
off all the baked bread, and likewise as much flour
and oats as they can find among the peasantry ;
they likewise take 'away all the cattle, horses,
cows, and sheep they call find, wiLbout leaving
the least behind thew, and drive them to their own
army. In, six neighbouring villages all the pea-
sants and the stewards have left their houses, and
fled to distant estates ; they have suffered exceed-
ingly from the French. The French have totally
burnt several villages and bayonnetted the pea-
sants, and plundered all their corn, cattle, and
other property. I alone have never left the estate
or gone elsewhere, nor discharged any of the.
peasants ; but, on the contrary, I have assembled
them, and armed them all with pikes, and in such
manner kept the French off from. us.
" At the distance of four wersts from us, the
French have broke down a church ; but I, with
my peasants, cut 15 of the French down on the
spot. They have also pulled down a church in
another village; but I prevailed on the boors of
some other estates to join me, and we gave theni
bAttle. We cut down a number of the French on
the spot, and made a part 'of them prisoners,
whom we sent into the town.

I have almost every day with my own pea-,
santry, and thOse of the other estates; skirmishes
with the French, who.make attacks-on the vil-
lages near to , us, in small parties bf 30, 20, •15,
men; and against-whom we arm-ourselves ourselves;
but now no Jouger know how much farther
God Will help us. We ride about and patrole by
day, and- at night we keep guard.
"'There are none of our inhabitants,. (i. e.)
merchants, and all other crasses, in the town of
Gchatzk, there being none but the enemies in that
place. In the church of Cazan, dedicated to `the
Mother of God, 'French horses arc put; and some
houses are burnt'doWn."

Both this letter, and-others which have et*ar-
ed in the NOrthern Post, giving confirmed in-
telligence of the barbarous proceedings -bf the
French, clearly prove; that the villages in which
these inhuman enemies _meet with no resistance,
and from which the boors haie fled without fight-
ing, have all been plundered- and burnt down aid
that the young peasants have been shoved in
among the French soldiers ; whereas; in those
where the French meet with opposition, and
where the boors, armed in their manner with
axes, scythes, hay-forks, and pikes, engage and
attack them, the Erench are conquered and beaten
in every engagement by our brave peasants, who
fight in defence of their
.religion and native
country.

RUSSIAN BULLETINS.

OFFICIAL. ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMY.

Lieutenant-General Count Wittgenstein reports
to his Imperial Majesty, from his camp,,in the
vicinity of Sokoliseht, under. date of th,e 'l3th
(25th) September, as follows :
" The troops under my command are incessant-
ly harassing the enemy. I detach cavalry upon.
expeditions to divers places, add even into the
enemy's rear, all of which have- turned out well,
but particularly the last, which I. sent but to clear
the circles of (.4Orodezk and Polosk from the ma-
rauders, has succeded in an eminent degree,' and
been ofAlte greatest use and consequence to us,
in destroying the magazines of provisions which-
the enemyhad esta.olished„ This was under the
command of the Cossack Colonel ,Rodionow-47,Y
and Consisted of 200 CossaCks of his own regi
ment, and a detachment of ,the dismissed. Lie 47:
tenant-Colonel of Artillery; Nepuzyn, ;of tlire,e-:
squadrons of dragoons front 'the regiments. 4f
Jamburg; Riga, and ingernienland. - -After.ftilfit-
ling • the same, Colonel Itodionow, states, thk
Lieutenant-Colonel Nepizyn joined himself witt
his detachment at Bibrehusslow on the 7tIl(1911q,
'after having; cleared the road coming froM Nev 1,
and that they had both resolved. to act against
the enemy in the villages -of Kasgany;
Slioeno, and at all other places:whereyer the enemy
had collected, any stores of provisions.-• -
« On the Bth (20th) of September, they past-;
ed through. helzy, with intent•to cut_ off all par-',
ties and patroles froin the road which has lately
been made there: On the. road near.Shelzy they
fell in with an enemy's party taf-LLBO,-int-n:;..of. the.
horse-gagers of the 230 "and24tha4iniett.t4,-
der the command of two ostcer gaiag
to Swetio to ...receive 'provisions colieded4Tteren
by the Commissary, at This:
was immediately attacked by nm
cut down above.Ao Men, -and t00k.,2? Avitlr:Lteiffi
Meuveul (who had dctfended -himself .valiantly 'at
fought desperatel.y,)--prisOnerS; the Lieutenantt
being made prisoner by the learlcsh
Essaul Popow,, insight of the whole •detaehment,
Colonel Rodiotiow. hereupon sent- -a hirge-
foraging party to Sweno, to take •theeneiny
the provisions to that place," which Was:aikewise
punctually performed by-the Solnik
who an his arrival there .took•the Commissary of
War, and some privates, and' found- about - 2000
measures of flour, which he (not having- any
• waggons to bring it way) totally spread abbilt
and threw into the water, :so that
,not the least
part of it was left for the enemy. In expectation
of this, Ccdonel Rodionow had reuraiiiedl at
Shelzy,.• from whence he at midnight departed for-
Kosjany, as he knew there was no small number
of light cavalry at that place. The difficulties of

the road were very great, occasioned by hall
to pass through streamiets, morasses, and h
wood, in many pats of which the road jai,
cut up i but all these di:at:hies could not di',
thin the lia‘ssian warriors by the zeal of

concerned, and the abilities of Lieut. rareil
sou; of the Quarter-Master's Staff, all difficulties,
were surmounted. Near the village of Gror,""t'
no, they were received with a fire of musquetrP,
from an ambush of the enemy's detiichment, (1'
300 men, commanded by a Lieutenantiand Coii
missary at War. This corns, taking advanta'
of the darkness, would not let us pass the
which it was absolutely necessary for us to do, bit
their fire did us no harm, and our detachmen.
surrounded the village, broke into it; threw the:x
selves on th,t enemy, and cut several of Oleo
down ; the remainder set fire to the stores thef
had with them, and hid themselves in the woo:b
We have made a Lieutenant Commissary at Wa:l
and 33 men,. prisoners. Our people afterwards
proceeded on their way to Kosgany; and arrive 4
there on the 9th (21st) about an :hour before
daylight. The enemy, relying do the superiority
of .his force, and advantageous position, prepare('
to drive our detachments back. His piquets,
which were placed in the wood, and could not be
surrounded, had given information of the arrival
of our troops. Although that, by their prectla•
tions, the 'attack was dangerous, yet we deter-
mined on making it, and directed Essaul Popov:,
and one of the most intelligent Officers, that be,
after having made his approach with the detach-
ment, should cut off the enemy's road to Polozk.
Another part of the Cossacks, under the command
of the brave and resolute Solnik Sludeniken, were,
to impetuously throw themselvei on the field
guards, cut their way through them, and take;
possession of the road leading to 'Witch&
. _

`• The Lieutenanfof the (44after-master's Staff,
Erenszow; was directed to guard the bridge over
the river Obila, in order to cut off the enemy's re-
treat to Gorodka, and,not suffer those on the otheri
side the river to come to their assistance, riThei
Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery, NepeiZyn,: who
had three squadrons of dragoons under his corii-,1
mand,. was to leave one squadron and some Cos-1
'sacks behind as a reserve; and with two .sqiia-
drons, and the rest of the Cossacks, charge the !•
centre of the enemy at full gallop, as 'being the
strongest part of their position. This lie perforin-
ed in the most exemplary manner. lie led , the
squadrons on, and personally cut into the enemy's
front—threw six squadrons into disorder, and
routed them: Major Iluklevvitsch also greatly dis-
tinguished himself on this occasion.
" Although on account of the day not bein3,'
quite broke, the dispositions of Colonel Rodeo-
now could not be executed quite particularly, yet
nothing could resist the valour of the Russians.—:
The enemy's front, which .consiSted entirely of
French troops, could not withstand out' attack,
but fell into disorder, and fled with, the gre.-.test
alacrity on all sides, but found to their cost that
all the roads were already in posnession 'of
.our
troops, and thus the numerous bodies of the, enemy
were forced to endeavour to rind an outlet to-
wards Polosk 5 but even here he was pui.,H,..!ki
most with the speed of lightning by c:;:.:‘.•
force; which -had attacked hint -lir the uttitre, as
well 1.16 by- cuC• cr;f. Min- the
roads' of Polosk and Witch !.k, for the distance of
nearly seven wersts. • ,

According to the prisoners' reports, the 'ene-
my lost eight officers; and_upwai.ds of 400 killed
on the field of battle, and in the pursuit. This is
likewise proved, by the whole road being covered
with the enemy's dead bodies, and mortally
wounded. The third light regiment of the second
division of the enemy's cavalry was totally cut to
pieces, and , the other detachments of cavalry
‘vilich were attached to it, have likewise suffered,
very great loss. Besides this, we have made
:prisoners., in all these sundry engagements, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Tend, of the 3d light regiment
of cavalry, two Captains, two Lieutenants, four
Commissaries of War, and 184 privates. Excln,
sive of these we have taken. 300 horses, 100 of
which are delivered for the use of our dragoons,
above 1000 baked loaves, belonging to the enemy,
.
40 casks of brandy, near.sooo tschew.ertz of flour
and oats., and, 100 head of horned cattle, all of
'which, with the exception
..of the cattle, was
partly burnt,,and partly thrown into .the water,
as we had no waggons to carry it off.

The loss on our side is very small, nine Cos-
sacks killed and thirty-five wounded, most of
which are only slightly, as the enemy, from ter-
ror, could not act with 'effect, and I;e* imme-diately overthrown, was obliged to seek his safety
in flight, without thinking of making any defence.
In all these engagements I must do justice tc)
the prudent dispositions, Valour, and presence of
mind of Colonel Rodeohow, whO directed this ex-
pe MI, and to. the dismissed Lieutenant-,Colo-
neld'f of artillery, 7N*epeizyn, Who actively seconded,
in every thing, and I 'lntve the happiness of
recommending their to your imperial Majesty's,
most•gracious: notice ter rewards-:

""..prom the accompanying, original chart, take'--
from the. captured enpriy's Ctinunissary of War,
which, though not lrge, shews the place marl-s-:,
and drawn of which tillagts each diVis;;-,n
forage and forpxmaga.zincg f% you Irn-
Jerial wifl'percei:Et that the second divi-
sion- and light Ca.Va.fry Are totally destitute of
since Cohn Rodionow having de,
--stiV'Yed their
.niag-azines; the corn for the
division is collected.frOrft the ether side of
Owti nu. ' '

Yesterday MONSIEUR had an nutlience of the
PRINCE REGENT.

On Friday Lord MELVILLE bad a lonKaudience
of tile PRIN CE REGENT, at Carlton-House,

Earl MoiaA is appointed Governor-. General of
Bengal and Commander in Chief of the forces east
of the Cape of Good Hope. On Tuesday last
the appointment was -communicated to the Chair-
man and Deputy Chairman of the India Company,
and was received by them with warm approbation
The Noble Earl was also offered the title of Mar-
quis of Hastings, but this he has declined. He is
expected to sail in the month of December.

The `Emperor of RUSSIA has sent a superb gold
snuff-box, set with diamonds, as a present to t 44)
Earl of 14 I'LRPOOL.

FRENCH PAPERS.

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tFURTHEII EXTRACtS..)
,AIINISTRY OF WAIL--,ARMY OF TIDE NORTH OF
SPAIN.
Since the events of Salamanca, there have passed
in Biscay, and in the rear of the. Arnarof the
North, .different military actions, the principal
details of which we are going to give.
Upou the first intelligence of the retreat of the
Army of Portugal, and of the dispositions made ,
by the enemy to' follow in its movements, Gen.'
Count Caffarelli, .commanding the Army of the
North, thought it his. duty to immediately, call .to
him, and concentrate the troops under his.orders;
in order to be ready toadvasice, if circumstances
should require it. Orders were consequently' disk
petalled to all the Generals commanding upon dif7
Sereht points of Biscay; and Generalßouget,
maudant at Bilboa, particularly received orders, on
the 7th of August, to evacuate that- place, ..4nd.
immediately proceeded to Vittoria. This order
Was instantly executed, ,and the hospital was
evacuated; when the General ix Chief of the Army
of the North, better informed of the situation o.f
the Army of Portugal, and of the resources 'it
still preserved, wished to preserve Bilhaa, and
• countermanded his first order ; but the abandon-
ment of this town was already consummated ; the
movement of the retreat of the garrisbn had corn=7
menced, and General Rouget, ernbracing a
inid-
d-le course, halted at Durango, with the appro-
bation Of General Caffarelli, and with orders;
that as Bilboa was evacuated, to prevent, at
least, the. enemy from establishing themselves.
in it.
In effect, immediately after, the departure of the
garrison,' all the bands which infested the province
marched upon Bilk/a. General Rouget, on being
informed of their arrival, and conformably to - his
orders, pushed forward a reconnoissaince upon the:
place ; where the insurgents, in number 5000 Men, •
belonging to the bands of Marquesito, Mu-
gartigni, and Pinto, with Renovales at their head,
were already lissembied : but at the sight of
the French, and notwithstanding their superiority
of number, the insurgents, 'in disorder, and with
precipitation,•evactiated the town,.and took a po-
sition on the meighbotiring heights. General
Rouget entered, th.o place with three companies.
The Alcade and Municipality of Bilboa, who did
not, expect his arrival, presented themselves with
all the appearances of sincere joy. The recep-
tion of the inhabitants- vas in unison with that of
thO Magistrates: Nevertheless, the insurgents,
posted upon the. surrounding heights, astonished,
and quickly. emboldened by the weakness of the
Prench column, hazarded an engagement, and at-
tacked upon several points. In all these attacks,
Which, were renewed the following day, they were
briskly repulsed their loss was at least three
hundred. men ;
.our's,! seven killed, and fourteen
Wounded.
All the Chiefs of Bands, and thesCommandant,
of the English squadron, joined at Bilboa, and
quickly their forces being assembled, they formed
the project of attacking Rouget even at Durango.
General Rouget immediately resolved' to antici-
pate this movement; 'and on the 21st, reinforced
by some troops, advanced in order to surprise the
enemy, the whole of whose forces were collected
at Zornoza, where they occupied a formidable
position. The 40th regiment was charged
to turn that position ; but the enemy, timely
informed, struck their camp during the night, and .
took the same direction as the French army,whoSe
March and intention were thus discovered. After
very brisk engagement, the operation . having
failed, General Rouget determined upon retiring
to his positions, and retired' by Arabezua. The
enemy wished to interrupt the movement of the
French troops; but vigorously repulsed, and disc ,
heartened by their losses, they ceased from inter;,
. rupting..its execution..

The Journal de Paris of the 25th Oct. after
giving an exact copy of the account of the arrest
of the three Ex-Getkerals, as stated in the Ilioni-

teur of the preceding 'day, adds, "The abOve
order was read last night, by torch-light, in
all the squares and places where' 'several streets
Theet, in Paris. The reading, which attracted a
numerous concourse of people of all' classes, was
every where followed by reiterated and general
exclamations of ' Long live the Emperor.' "