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NAVAL NE-NS.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 28.—The following are the
amen and particulars of the remainder of the
mne*artl-'.•,.und Mediterranean fleet that put in
ere under.convoy of u Kent man of war, v 4.
.
be brig .44uroi a, of, Sunderland, Scu-r,r, Master,
rom a port near Smyrna, last from Malta and
iibraltar, with a cargo of fruit, bound to Lon-
on ; one of her crew, named F. Welcomberg, fell
,verboard from the bowsprit, on the 15th inst. and
as unfortunate] y drowned ; the brig Threeßrotliers,
kLDANY, master, belonging to Liverpool, from
)alermo, Malta, and Gibraltar, with a cargo of
,arilla, bound to London ; the brig Leeds, of and
ar Hull, GILDERDALE, master, from Malta and
1-ibraltar, with' a cargo of currants ; the brig
Mentor, belonging to Newcastle, LONGRIDGE,
caster, from Malta and .Gibraltar, with a cargo
f currants, bound to Hull ; and the barque
letsey of North Yarmouth, NEALE, master, from
myrna, Malta, and Gibraltar, with a cargo con-
isting of raisins, and madder-root_ bound to Lon-
.on, BROWN. The mate of the Betsey. died on
he 12th inst. of intoxication : the above vessels
re under quarantine.—The fleet brought several

iassengers.
Arrived yesterday the ship Neptune belonging
o London, Captain KIRKUS, from Smyrna,
Malta, and Gibraltar, with a cargo of fruit and
uadder-root, bound to London, and is under qua-
antine ; sailed from Oibraltar with the Kent's con-
roy the Neptune spoke on her passage his Majesty's
hips Nautilus, Volontaire, Cossack, and Rota,
all well.

The following vessels have put into this port to
gait convoy for the eastward, viz. the brig Rover,
LEMMISON, from .Migadore, with skins ; the
brigs Levant, KIBBIN j and George, CAUGHLEY,'
both from Delfast ; the former with linens, and
the latter with provisions ; the brigs Swan, JEN-
NINGS ; and Leander, LEWIS, both from Lisbon
with fruit the brig Fortune,. CROWLEY, from
Cadiz, with wine and ants ; and the brig Venus,
LOWTIIER, from Waterford, with oats.and wheat,
all bound to London.

The Kent man of war, and the following trans-
ports, part of the convoy which put in here last
week from the Mediterranean, were this day re-
)eased from quarantine, viz :—Ann, RICKENSON
Fortitude, frtortNE ; WELFORD James
gad henry, RIDLEY T and the Metcalf, iJAWSON.
The Pickle brig of war, Lieut. FrGG, was .also
released from quarantine this morning.
Arrived the Cheiistata,TATLoß, from Chepstow.

FORTSVIOUTH,DB. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship tiros, of 18 guild, Capt, ABERnovit, from
Newfoundland; and Ifetniadrvad, 3(i,. Captain
CHETHAM, from Cork..

Sailed•thc Ci;;-,i,:q.rt the Vllth, of 80 guns, Capt.
BALL; to cruize t i Ciierburgh.
His Majesty's ship Pembroke is arrived at fit.
jjelens a mere hull Captain BRISBA;CE 'finding,
contrary to his expectation, that she would not
goat off last evening's tide, and the weather com-
ing on fresh, ordered the masts to be cut away,
which had the desired' effect, as she floated off this
morning.

DEAL, DEC. 29.—Carne down from the river the
Speculator, SrooNna, for Grenada ; Hazard,WAL‘
TER, and, Trafalgar, FERGUSON, for Lisbon; and
several others, names unknown.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Beagle, with a con-
voy for Portsmouth, which are sailzd for the river.

The Beagle, ith his Majesty's ships and out-
ward-bound, remain. ' •

CORK, DEC. 23.--His• I'NfajeSty4s ship Virago,
Licut. VITTINIA.N, and Earl Speicer„ LiCht.'BOTH-
WELL, are getting under wcigli with a large fleet
up Channel. The Earl Spencer sees the ships into
Plymouth.

Itemain the Lisbon'fleet.

Arrived, on Sunday last, his Majesty's ship'
Castilian, Capt. BRAMIYE, from the Downs ; and
the Indian, Capt. JANE, from Plymouth.
His Majesty's ship ..lalouse, Capt. LowE; ar-
rived on Monday: after seeing convoy to Cadiz,
she proceeded on a month's cruise, • during which
• time she captured to the westward of the Great
Belt two American brigs,, one the. Otter, of Bos-
ton, with 3500- barrels, of flour, bound to Cadiz,
and the Rising Sun, of Alexandria, with a cargo
of flour, bread, Bre. also bound to Cadiz, under
ALLEN'S license, which expired last month.
Yesterday arrived his Majesty's corvette Eclipse,
Capt. LYNNE, from Portsmouth:
Arrived also the Talbot sloop of war, Captain
SWAYNE, from a cruize; she. will proCeed to sea
again directly.
A signal was made yesterday from the Admiral's
flag-ship the Trent, for all the men of war, to
exercise twice a week their guns and small arms.
This morning arrived the transports Nos. 85,
3r :S 280.
Also arrived his Majesty's ship Africa, Admiral
S&WYER, from Halifax,
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?nom THE
LONDON GAZETTE EX fRA ORDINARY.

WEDNESDAY, DE1C.,30, 1812.

Foleign Officc, Dec. 29, 1812.
Dispatches of which eic follewing arc copies,
bave been received o:,-,Niscon.lt Castlereagh, his
Majesty':.; Principal,Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, from General Viscount Cathcart, K. T.
his Majesty's Amba:;sador Extrordinary and Ple-
nipotentiary to the Emperor of Russia, dated the
30th November, and 6th and ith instant.

MY LORD, St.,Petcio,burgh, Nov. 39, 1612.
In my dispatch of the 25th instant,• I had the
honour
,to state to your. Lordship the important
and brilliant success of his- Imperial Majesty's
arms in the affairs of the 17th and ISth, in the
former of which Marshal Davoust's division was
defeated . and dispersed with great loss, Burma-
parte and the Marshal flying from the field of bat-
tle ; and in the latter. Marshal Ney's division, near
the same plaee,, said to have consisted of eighteen
thousand men, appears to have been, completely
accounted for by the numbers killed and wounded,,
in addition to those who afterwards laid down
their arms. I also stated the general distribution
of the armies as they stood at chat time.
I have now the honour to acquaint your Lord-
ship, that ,General Field-Marshal Prince Kutusoff.
Smolenski, reports, on the 23d Novewber, from
Laniky-Farm, that i3uonaparte, with his guards,
left Orsha on the 20th November, and marched

on the road to Kochanoff ; and that on the 2.lst
the remaining troops of the enemy marched out of
the former place, leaving twenty-six guns, and
some hospitals, in which were upwards of fifty
wounded _I rench officers. - _

..„
General Count Platoff is ordered to follow the
army marching on Kochanoff.
A detaChment under Major-General Ermaloff,
consisting of fourteen battalions of infantry,
some cavalry, and two companies of "artillery,
is directed to move by Orsha to rcinfoxce•Count

Platoff.
The advancgd-guard of the main army, under
the command of General -gillaradovitch, consist-
ing of the 2d and 7th divisions of infantry, and the
2d division of,cavalry, was to cross the Dnieper
on the 23d, at Kopys, and was to direct its march
upon Tolotchina to join General Ermaloff's de-
tachment. .

The main army will cross the Dnieper, at
KoPys, on the 24th, and March by Starasel to
Tsetzershioff, from whence may be directed ac-
cording-to circumstances, either upon Bobra or
Berezinoff.
General Witt7enstein reports on the 24th No-.
vember, froth the village of Cherai, that Admiral
Tehichagoff.was at Borisoff on the 24th instant,
whence Gen. Laugeron informed *the Count, by
letters of the22d inst. that General Count Lambert
was at Borizoff on the 21st, where he defeated the
whole corps of Dembroffski, laking six cannon,
two colo'urs, and three thousand prisOners, driving
them on upon the road to Orsha ; that Count Lam-
bert had also taken -at. Kaidanoff two guns, and
from two to three thousand prisoners, and that, in-
cluding the hospitals at Minsk, in the last eight
days upwards of 11,000: prisoners, and 24 guns
bad been takerh
Victor and Oudinot have retired from before
Count Wittgenstein upon Borisoff; the latter is
marching in pursuit of them, aril on the 23d took
806prisimers,and many carriages.
Count Wittgenstein repo that General Pla-
toff is marching aw,linst the ;relit body of the ene-
my'sl6chin by .1 • it
!orps ni.on ~ow, ,whichap-
pears the e.nealy is inclosed on three sides—Ge-
neral Platoff in -his rear, Admiral Tchichagoff
in their front, and Count Wittgenstein on their
flank.
A report was received yesterday of another ge-
neral (Aker, whose name I have not heard, having
been taken prisoner ; and I have also understood
that accounts are received, that Gen. Ertle was at.,
rived at Egonmen.
The detachment under Gen. Sac:ken is under
stood to be fully adequate to keep Prince Schwart-
zenberg itt check.
The attempt to blow up the cathedral of Smo-
lensko failed, the match having gone out before:it
reached the mine.
The fate of Marshal Ney has not been ascer-
tained. 'I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed). C A THCAILT.

MY LORD, , St. Petirshisrgh, Dec. G, 1812.
lhave the honour to transmit the report of the
defeat Of Victor's corps by Gen. Count Wittge-
nstein, on the -27t11 Nov. •
It would seem that this corps had altered its. di-
rectiOn from Borisoff,. and was 'proceeding up the
lett bank of the Berezina, when it was charged by
Count. Wittgenstein. On the 16th, at daybreak,
the Count pursued Buonaparte on a road which
leads to. Vilna.; still upon the left bank of the Be-
rezina.- .

A bridge had been thrown over the river, at, a,
place about thirty versts fro►u Borisoff where
there was an advantageous position for the
enemy's rear-guard, and for covering the pas-

sage. •
In this day'Smarch the French lost the whole
of their equipages awl and were vigor-
ously and'repeatedly attacked at the bridge.
The position on the left bank being continually
reinforced by fresh t: naps., was contested till
night, when it was evacuated, and the bridge was
destroyed as soon as the rear7guard had passed.
There is a crossroad from this point which leads
to the great road to Vilna, and it was the inten-
tion of Count Wittgenstein to pursue, as soon as
he either received pontons, or re-established the
bridge.
General Platoff 'had already got to the right
bank, probably to Borisoff.
Admiral Tchiehagoff's quarters appear to have
been at no great distance, but no particular report
Of the distribution or movements of this part of
the force, has as yet been received, since the affair
of Count Lambert.
It appears, however, from the conclusion of'
Count Wittgenstein's last report that he expects
the concert and support both of the Admiral 'and
of Count Platoff. •
General Millaradovitch was stated to have ar-
rived at Borisoff when. the last accounts came

!I NV ay.
The head-quarters of the main army were still
advancing on a line parotid to, and to the south-

ward of the main road from Smolensk° to Minsk,
but considerably in the rear of 'the present ope-

rations.
There are long defiles to pass on the road from
Borisoff to Minsk, as well as on that upon which
Buonaparte is supposed to be marching ; and it
scarcely appenrs possible, that the remains of his
army can get through there difficulties in presence
of so many troops, with artillery and cavalry, re=
gular as well as irregular. • ' •
I have the honour to be, &c.
• (Signed). • CATHCART.

MY LORD,

St. Petenburgh, Dec. 7, 13 it

While iathe act of dispatching the messenger,
I received-from the palace a repnrt Iron-IA(111,4ml
Tchichagoff, dated the 29th November, upon the
march to. Ostachow, detailing his proceedings
from the 21st November, and stating, that, is
"concert with Counts Wittgenstein and Phltoti,
he is in pursuit of the . French, whose force he
estimates at:seventy thousand men, including On-
dinot and Victor, and which he says is provided
with cavalry and•artillery.
I have the honour to be,.&c. •
(Signed) CATIICART.

Journal of Military Operations from the 7th to the 13th Nov.
18162, dated Head-quartets Kopys.
Nov. 7--Major-Ganeral Borosdin av ing driven
the enemy from Laeda, pursued them with a part
of his detachment as tar as. Bolschoi KolotOlsky,l
and with his Cossacks as. far as Kosan, where they
were relieved by the st- of the -detachment com-
manded by the aide-de-camp General Count Os-
charofsky. The enemy lost-,in his flight 7 pieces
of cannon, and a number of carriages.
The General of Cavalry, Count "'laud, reports,
under date of the sth instant, that having on the
'3d approached Smolensko, and having learnt frail
the inhabitants, who were quitting it, that the
enemy Occupied the Fauxbourg of Peersburgh,
be gave immediate orders to his troops to attack
under cover of the fire of the artillery of the

Dons
Colonel Kaysaroff, after having with his Chas-
seurs broken the barrier which the enemy had
placed, vigorously pursued them into the Faux-,
Bourg itself, from whence they fled in alarm and
disorder within the walls of the fortress, where
they were expos'ed to a fire of grape-shot from
the neighbouring heights. Whilst the Cos-
sacks anti the chasseurs were engaged ins
the Fauxbourg, the enemy Made a sortie. in
two. columns, with eight pieces of cannon
and a mortal', resolutely determined' to repossess
themselves of the Fauxbourg. But Major-Gene-
ral Koutchinkoff with his Cossacks, and Colonel
Kaysaroff with his chasseurs,• fell upon them, and
having repulsed .the infantry; took their cannon.
The Pauxbourg was retaken, When 'light putan
end to the. contest. On the 4th the enemy 66-
blished themselves behind the palisadoes, keeping
possession of.the left bank of the Dnieper, whilst
his.columns quitted the town with precipitation.
Count Platoff caused Te Deum to be sung in pre-
sence of the troops, accompanied by a discharge of
artillery and a hurrah of the soldiers. •
The enemy on quitting the town, sprung the
mines which they had formed under several places
of the fortress, which set fire to the houses of the
FauxbQtyg of Petersbourg, WhiCh Wet e situated
opposite the fortress.'
The Aid-de-Camp, General Baron Mettersako
•mselsky reports, that the officer whom
,he had de-
tached with three. squadrons, had discovered an
enemy's column at three w;rsts from WinniSa-
Louki, and having surrounded them, he sent th.!
Stlabs-Rottmeister of the Hussars of the Akim-
fieldt guards, with, a proposal to lay down their
arms. This commission he executed with com-
plete success—the 'number of prisoners amounted
to 20500 men.
Intelligence has been received, that the detach-:
meat under Count OschaUfsky, has occupied Mo-
hilow after having dislodged the enemy. Provi-
sions and forage sufficient to subsist the whole.
army, during ten days, were found in the place.
Head-quarters of the army at Dabroi (great
road to Orsha).
November B.—The Aide-de-Camp, Gen. Count
Oscharofsky, reports, on the 7th, that the Trench
army having abandoned, on the night of the Stb,
the village of Kosan, had marched to Dombrowna,
and that many prisoners had been made in their
flight, of which, however, the Count could not yet
fix the number, as it increased every moment.
Head-quarters at Romanoft.
Nov. 9.--The Count Oscharofsky reports, that
a detachment sent by him pursued the rear-guard
of the enemy on their retreat from. Kosan. The
Cossacks, in following it on each side of the great
road, had cut off part of it from Dombrowna, and
regardiets Of the fire of grape-shot, threw them-
selves, together with the chasseurs, upon the ene-
my's column, killed more than a thousand men,
took four pieces of cannon, with the caissons
laden with grape, besides a considerable number of
carts, and made s;x hundred prisoners.
Major-General Borosdin reports, on the 4th,
that having with his detachment driven the ene-
my from Dombrowna; he had pursued him to
Orsha, on which occasion he took above four hun-
dred men and eight
,officers. At Dombrowna
was found a small magazine of flour, eats, and

hay.
.
General Count Platoff reports on the 7th, that,
proceeding from Sin°leak° to Dombrowaa, he
had destroyed a detachment of the enemy, 'which,
after the defeat of the. French army at Krasna;
had saved itself by flight, and passed over to the
right bank of the Dnieper, in' order to come up
again with. the , main .body. The Count made
3000 prisoners, among whom is the late Chief
Commissary General at StholenskO. de Puibusque. ,
In a second report, General Platoff states, that,
continuing on the 7th, his route.to Dombrowna,
he was informed that Marshal .Ney was marching
with the remains of his cor;43 to Lowbawitzch,,
and had beeryseen in the 'afternoon at Gousuiroff.
Having occupied this place with his Cossacks on
the, left, General Platoff ordered masked batteries
to be raised on the road ; and having permitted
the enemy to advance,' he suddenly opened upon
them a tremendous fire Ofigrape shot, so that con-
founded, and seeing it impossible to pierce
through to •Loubawitzch,, they threw themselves
1 into the woods on the banks of'the Dnieper, and
covering their march by ebasseurs, pressed along

the Wulf of the river until the night was far ad-
vanced ; and threw into it the four pieces of CAD--
non they had with them.
The Bthz. at about six o'clock in the mornins;
the advanced guard came up With the enemy ot
advance of Dombrewna. He was again receivA
with grape shot on coming out of a forest on the:
road. Our Cossacks, profiting by the. disorder of
the enemy, ond the well-directed fire of our artil-
lery, attacked with the lance, killing many, and.
making SOO prisoners, among which was a Com-
missAry .Generai and ten Officers. Marshal Ney,
seeing his total defeat, threw himself into the
forests, and collecting the troops Av.hout the attack
at our'Cossacks had dispersed, he occupied the
village of Jarouboff, where he defended himself
with obstinacy, until night, which put an end
to the combat.

November 10.—General Count Platoff reports,
on the 9th, that during the- mmuit of the ene-n-y-
-"Orsha he made. 400 prisoners: The enemy (:e-
-I,nds the passage of the ,river with' his 1-a-till:e;-y, • •
while he gives the town: up to the, flames. Tue
Partizan Dasidoif attacked the' enemy on the !id; -
at andkilling many, Made 26) prisoners;
besides taking a. quantity of -equipages ; passing
afterwards the river by swimming, he sent va-
rions parties to Schklotf, Staroselije, and Orsha.
The Count Platoff reports; -on the 9th, that
the enemy had, after some resistance, been driven
from Orsha, and that at, one -o'clock the town
had been, occul;ied by our troopS. Thu enemy
left there twenty pieces of cannon, same.povi-,•
sions, and his hospitals, in which Were found, of
Officers alone, fifty persons..
On the Ilth the Grand Army halted at Lan like.
November 12.---The Aide-de-Camp Generai
Count oscharofisky reports,' on the 12th, that,
having arrived 9n the 11th at Gorhi, he had sent:
Major Rscliefsky. with the regiments of Cossacks
of Don, of Schamscheff, and .150 :hussars, in pm--
snit of the enemy, who bad iust quitted the.place.
The Major Rschefsky -came up with and nearly
destroyed them, maNing four Officers and 250
soldiers prisonerS, and taking many equipages.
The head-quarters of the army are at Moros )If.
The Tirailleur of the Ist grenadier company of
the regiment of infantry' of Moscow, Stepan Jere-
menko, had been left, in order to be cured of the
wounds he had received at Smolensko, to the dire
of the principal of that Government, the &Co-
Lieutenant KrestsChetOff., ' After his cure had
been completed, and -during- the retreat of the
French, , a detachment.of forfy-seven men .pass-
ed by the villages of Allethino and Polsino.
He immediately assembled the peasants of those
places, and encouraging them by his example, be
killed seven of the 47, and having' bound -with,
cords the 40 remaining, he sent them with the
peasants to the out-ports of the Cossacks. The
said Jerernenko having by so courageous an action
shewn his zeal for the serice, and given a proof
of the spirit which characterises the Russian sol-
dier, his Serene Highness the General Fiekl-Mur-
shal has advanced him to the r,inkot. Stiaaltefn
Wirer, and has likewise (riven him the badge of
the Military Order of St. George.

Proceedings of the Military Operations of the Ras-
siam4rmy, front the 13th to the 16th November.
November 1.3.---The Aide-de-Camp General
Count Oscharoffsky, as he was proceeding on -the
12th, with part of the detachment under his com-
mand, from Schklofl -towards Mohilow, was in-
formed by some of the inhabitants, who had left
that place, that the enemy's troops Ntilid` had
remained there, had threatened to. set On Lire all
within their reach ; ityconsequence of.this intor-
Coin,;:
.oscharoffskv, without loss, of
time, ordered on the Cossacks from Palta'ira,
mounted the riflemen, and arrived /before night
with his cavalry and artillery,. in time to save the
town, from whence he immediately drove the eae-
my-Lthus at the same tune relieving the place,
and many large n-n-mazines which it cont•ined,
from the danger with whiCh it was threa,tened. •
Another part of the detachment;. under the
orders of the Staabs-rost-meister of the Hussars
of the Guards, Natschakin, which- had been sent
on the road to Knaeschnitzi, came up 'with the ,
enemy -on their retreat from that place, attacked -
them, and took.one officer and one hundred men
prisoners, putting the rest to flight, whom they
pursued for six versts beyond' Knaeschnitz,i. In
the magazines at Mohilow, there were thirty-four
thousand kouls of provisions and forage.
General Millaradovitch reports' that, on. the.
12t1t, he shall be with part of his- van guard at -
Tototschin:
The'o•rand army halted at Kopys. • /
November 1.4.---General Piatoif reports that en
the 12th, some' of the enemy's troops, which had
separated from the road to Loubawitntz, sfirren-;',
tiered, to the number of 100. men. The. enemy's
loss in prisoners was, indeed, so very great that.
he found it unnecessary to- make any particular
report on the occasion, as it seldom occurred th-,.t
he took less than a 1000 prisoners each day.'
. Colonel Potemkin, belonging to, General, Mil-
loradovitch's van-guard, in his report of the
15th , states, that Major General Kai pow had
assembled (100 prisoners at Zolotschina, and that-
at Kostel they had found 100 Jsehetwerts of rye.
On the 13th General Platoff reports, that' ijieu-
tenant General Martinott having attacked the
enemy, with Major General Koutenikoff's bri-
galle, as lie was marching on the high road, killed
.500 of them, and made.-400 prisoners, ahiongst
whom was General Dseworofsky.
Th c head-quarters were.at Staroselije.
`o4' FIBER 15.—Lieutenant General Schefe-
lert's report of the 10th states, that the. major
part of the mere ants of Ratslatt Polosott; toge-
ther with the citizens of that town, animated by
the love-for their country, had ..!quipped a detach-
ment of 100 cavalry; and having armed them with
pikes, swords, and muskets, during, the whehc
.of the continuance of the military operations in
the government of Smolensko, they had made
several excursions, in which they had many
affairs with the enemy, with advantage to the)l7
selves, by which means they in fact saved their
town from being plundered.
The head-quarters at Krouglo:

Report from the General of Cavalry Count Wittgen-
stein to his Imperial Mujety, dated Staroc Borr-
sof, November 29th
Yesterday I had the honour most subm'ssiveL7
to report to, your imperial Majesty, upon the d. -

feat of the carp of Marshal Victor, iroin'Whorit
the troops of your Majesty took four cannon, two
standards, 67 stair and other Oilicers 'and 3000
prisoners, independently of a considerable number
in killed and wiindedi, 'After this victory there
'surrendered,. the General of DivisiOtt_.Par-
thcnaut, the General of Brigade, Biiier, the
Chief of the Stair D'Elert;• Generals Canins
and Blamont ; fire Colonels, 15 Lientenanl.:ColO:
nels, 224 Officers, and 7800 privates; amongst
these were twp ,whole regiments of cavalry, fully,
mounted, the one a Sax-on regiment, and c,ne of
Berg. I afterwards resolved on attacking Napo-
leon himself, which I did not fall to perform oct
the same clay.

The enemy approached the passage of the Be-
rezina in great force, and stopped there to. defend
it.with the greatest' obstinacy, in order to save his
artillery and baggage; without being disconcert-
ed by his great efforts, I drove hiM back' the dis-
tance of three versts. The-engagement lasted the
day. To-day I, conalielled him to cross t 1
river near Stoudenzie, xvhere, after having passed
it, he burned the bridge; but having received
pontoons from Admiral Tchichagoff, I am at this
moment occupied in getting them "thrown on the
I shall pass it immediately, and; shall act
in conjunction with .hiin and General Plat Off—
. we took from the enemy one field-piece,
and made 1500 prisoners. To-day we took 'l2
pieces of cannon, and a considerable number of
them be cast himself into the river. .1 have alsb
taken a number of officers and men ; others are
continually arriving, .so that I have .nest as yet
been able to take any account of them ; they
bring in, besides, so many carriages, belonging to
Buonaparte as well as to private individuals, that
the distance of half a verst is covered ‘vitli them,
so-as not to allow persons to pass either on fiiot
or-
on horseback. I have been obliged, therefore, to
dispatch three companies of militia to clear a pas-
sage only for the troops... Upon these carriages,
most of them lately the property of Moscow•fami-
lies, was found, besides a great booty for the
troops; 'a quantity of church plate and other ef- •
fects, which the enemy had stolen at Moscovir.—
We are 'occupied in collecting it all together, in
order to send it to the Governor-Gcneral of Mos-
cow. 'ln reporting this most humbly to your Im-
perial Majesty, 1 lay at the same time at your
feet the standards which I have taken from' the
enemy. We. have lost, during these days, above
three thousand men.

river,

Report of Admiral Tehichagol, on the Road of Os-
tacker°, an.the.29th of November.
, Seeing the possibility of communicating' di-
' teetly with St. Petersburgh, I profit of it, to make
known to your Majesty all that has happened since
my last report. The following day after my
arrival at Minsk, I reinforced my advanced guard,
• end ordered General Lambert to go, on the side of
'Borisov. On-the 21st of November he attacked
at' the break of day the redoubts occupied by the
.-.fear guard of General Dombrowsky, who had
arrived in great haste from Beresina to take pas-
se,s:on of it. The resistance was very great ;
they fo.ught
_a long time, and- with - Wry. Your
Majesty possesses in -Count Lambert an active,
courageous, and able General, capable of sur-
Mounting every difficulty, who having perceived
the importance of this post, in which the enemy
had collected all their force to maintain them-
selves„ decided to take. it, and completely suc-
ceeded. The enemy lost- two thousand men in
killed, and we have made as many-priSojlers. The
remains of, the cords_ of Dombrowsky have. been
pursued and dispersed.
In' the mean time, whilst my advanced guard was,
.goilng from 'Minsk to Borisov, General Ichaplitz
wai, sent to Lembin to- observe the passage of the
Beresina, and Colonel Loukowkiu to take posses-
sioa 'of every thing that • the -enemy had 'been
obliged, to abandon. SoMe detachments of Dom-
browsky had really crossed that river; Colonel
Loukowkin attacked them, and took from them 'a
Colonel, nurny Officers, three hundred soldiers,
t.nd one colour.
The- passage of the-river near BOHSOW had been
judged so'important, that tlie enemy turned to-
wara it all his attention. In consequence, On-
tlinot was detached •to reinforce Dombrowsky,
but the tete du pont established on this side, :ren-
dered fruitless all thEir. endeavours.
The enemy, determined to force his'passage.
made demonstrations upon many points, 'and he
succ. eded at last in finding a very strong position,
at thirteen versts from, Borisow, where he placed
a battery of thirty pieces of cannon, and having.
on its 'flanks marshes and heights.- He effected
the passage of the river under the protection of ,
his fr.u.teries, so as to render it impoisible for us:
to prevent it, particularly as ttiO river, at the
place where he effected his passage, was very liar-.
row, so that the infantry crossed it on horseback.
94 the 21-th and 28th we heard , a cannonade,
first on the right. and' then on the left. The
Counts 'Wittgenstein and Platoff approached.
Communications were established between us.
Oo the 28th I attacked the enemy hi front, at the
Same- time that Wittgenstein' found himself alrea-
dy engaged with the troops which defended the
passage of the river on the opposite side. Some
pris.mers informed us'that Napoleon was in per-
fitul at this battle, - With all his force, which
amounted to about 70,000 men. The cw•ps of
Oad not and Vict'pr, That,forniectpart of.it, were
composed of soldiers who had not suffered much,
as they were stiliprOvided both with:artillery and

cavalry.
The guard of Napoleon is likewise in tolerable
condition. The enemy was driven back -to the
distance of four or. five versts; with the IOSs of one
cannon, many ,officers, some hurgliedS of priso-
ners, and a considerable number of killed.
Lieutenant-General, Sacken, whom I left in the
env roes of Brtit, has perfectly executed' my or 7
d't•fs. ' F
ie Prince of Schwart7enherg has trice
!Ilonini;.. but General Sacke'n. havint,
ztiched' lUgnier two )4ys successively, forced
t!:.) retreat and join Prince Schwartzenberg.
IRegnier •has lostOne.,pair of
and 1000 prisoners.
"I- have just learnt, that the enemy is retreating
from b'efor'e me, having 'lost onemore cannon and
sonic baggage, lam going, to pulse -them.

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Laird Chamberlain's--Vice, Pecenier 2-;, 1912.

NOtice is Iseiehy given; that a Drawiog-rooll wi:l be held
at S. ,lames's, on the 4th of February fJr• the celebra-
tiOl of her -Nlajesty's birth-day: •

..4(intiraity-Office, Dec. 29; 1812:

of a"tetter from Captain John Surtoan Carden, late
Commander of hi,., Majesty's Slip the Macedonian, to ..F•rtin
Wilson ('roker, sq. dated on board the Atherican Ship
United States, at Sea, the 23th Oct.. 181 g. •
-
It is with the deepest regret I have to acquaint
you, for the ipforMation of my Lords Comniis—
sionqrs of the Admiralty, that his Majesty's late
ship Maccdonian•svas captured on the 23th in-
stant, by the United States ship United States,
Commodore'llecatur, Colinnander 3 the: detail is
as follows : •

A short time after day-light, steering N. W_ by
W. • wioi the wind from the southward, iulatitude
29 deg. N. and lop. 29 deg.- 30 min. W. in the ex-
ecution of their Lordships orders, a sail was seen
on the lee beam, which I immediately stood for,
and made her out to be a large frigate muler Ame-
rican colours at nine o'clock 7. closed with her,.
and she commenced the action, which was rettnn-
ed, but from the enemy's keeping two points off
the wind I was not enabled to get as close to her
as I could have wishett After an hour's action the
edetny baCked -and came to the wind, and 'I was
then enabled to bring her to close battle; in,this
situation I. soon found the enemy's force too su-
perior to expect success, ttuleis some very foi tu-
nate chance occurred in our favour, and with this
hope -I continued the battle to t tro litit4rs and ten
minutes, when having the mizen-mast shot away
by the board, top-masts shot away by the. caps,
Main-yard shot in pieeelower masts badly wound-
ed, lower rigging all cut to pieces, a small propor-
tion only of the foresail left to the fore-yard, all
the-guns on the quarter-deck and forecastle dis-
abled but two, and filled with wreck, two also on
the main-d-tick 'disabled, and several shot between
wind and water, a very great proportion of the crew
killed and wounded, and the enemy comparatively
in good order, who had now shot a-head and was
about to place himself in a raking position, without
our being able to return the fire, being a perfect
wreck, and untwaiageable log; I deemed it pro- -
dent, though a painful -extremity, to surrender
his Majesty's ship, nor was this dreadful alterna-
tive resorted to till every Lope of success was-re-
int)ved, even beyond the reach of-chance, nor till,
I trust,.their.,Lordships will be aware every effort
had been made against the enemy by myself, my
brave otbcers and men, nor should 'she have been
surrendered-whilst a man lived on board, had she
been manageable. 1 am sorry to say Our losS is
very severe , 1 find by this day's muster thirty-six
killed, three of whom lingered a short time after the
battle, thirty-six severely wounded, many of whom
cannot recover, and thirty-two slightly wounded,
Who may all do well;—total, one hundred and
four.

_,,The frilly noble- and animating conduct of my
()Tem, and (he steady bravery of my crew, to the
last moment of the battle, must ever render them
clear to their country.

My first lieutenant, David Hope, was severely
wounded in the head; towards the close of the bat-
tle, and taken below ; but was soon again on deck,
displaying that greatness of Mind and exertion,.
IVhicb, though it may be equalled, :can never=be
excelled ; the third lieutenant, John Bulfords was
Also wounded, but not obliged to. quit his guar,
tern ; second lieutenant. Samuel Mottley, and he
deserve my highest acknowledgments. The cool
and steady conduct of • Kr. Walker, the, master,
was very great during the battle, at 4 also that of
Lieutenants Wilson and Magill of the marines.
On being taken on board, the enemy's ship,-I
ceased to wonder at the result of the battle. The
United States is built with the, scantling of a 74
gun ship, mounting thirty long 24-pounders (Eng-
lish ship guns) on ,bcr main deck, and twenty-
two forty-twn pounders carronades, with two
long twenty-four pounders on her quarter deck
and forecastle,
.howitzer guns in her tops, and a
travelling carronade on her upper deck, with a Coln,-
ploinent of four hundred and seventr-eight picked
men.

The enemy has suffered much in masts, rigglng,
and. hull above and below wateri- her 'loss •iai kill-
ed and wounded I aw notaware of, but I know a
lieutenant and six nien have been -thro\Vn over-
board.

Inclosed you willbe pleased to receive the names
of the killed and wounded on board the _Slacedo-
itian ; and have the honour to be, &c.

J. S. GARDEN.

To J. W. Cruktr, Esq..Admiyalty.

LiSt of Officers and Men kilted and wounded on board his
Majesty!s ship Macedonian, in action, With the United
States.

Killed.

Mr. Jas. Hoboes', boatswain; Mr. Thos.• Jas. Nankivell,
ttptster's- notte ; Mr. Dennis•.Colwell, school:Pager;
Brown,
...boatswain's mate ;- :who Ntorvey, captain, fore-
chstle ; John Wells, captain fore-top; Josh. Newell, cap-
tain • mast; Alexander Johnson, scatnan; John Pierson,
ditto; John. Smith, (I), ditto; Win. Hodge, ditto.;
Aldridge, ditto; John M‘Wiggan, ditto; John King, ditto;
Thos.--Curtis, ditto; Oct). Watson,. ditto;• Thos. Hntchia-
son, ditto; John Card, ditto; Thos. Balton, ditto ; Oat).
; tl%m. Shingles, ditto; Jas. Beat, ditto; John
Hill, ditto ; ditto; 43.- Kelly, ditto ; J. War-
ren, ditto; .Joamiln Joae, J:oze 41e Compass, boys; Jolno
Johnson, serjeant of Marines; Philip Molloy, private; Ed-.
ward Skinner, ditto; ,Mathew Jackson, ditto ; Wra.
ditto►; Win, Miller, ditto.; Hugh Hughes, ditto; Pil,
lipan, ditto.. -
•

hEiby, ditto, ditto ; ;e:-
ot,ly; slice dead; Andrew Smith., ditto, sitglit;y ; .Thionas-
Turner, ditto, ditto; Matthew Davison, ditto, severel; ;
David Conner, ditto, dangeronsly:; -John Lala, ditto, •;.,--
verely; Thomas Jenkins, ditto, slightiv ; Richard Sodko-
wod, ditto,•sevc;rely; David Noltoo, ditto, slightly; Law,
relic& Mulligan, (Etta, ditto;
,Thomas pray, ditto, sevet7e,ty;
Daniel Nailand, date, ; Thornas WillicOtt, ditto,
ditto; Charles M‘Giblion, ditto; ditto; Thomas nudd,
ditto, severely; James ScratchleY, boy,.ditto ; Robert Ha-
tilerley, ditto„ ditto ;. Jolin Jtirdan, bov, amputated leg;
Robert tinedtion, ditto, ditto; John liue!i.worth, rrivate
marine, severely; John Butland, ditto, slightly; 'Witham
Reynoids, ditto, ditto ;'Benjamin Harrlso4, ditto, ditto;
Lancelot Mills, ditto, severely; Thomas- Coy, ditto, ditto ;
Igdali'ab Holding, ditto, slightly; •.9-,-tmuel-illowniog, ditto,
severely; Johan Koils, ditto,suyereiy. • -
Killed, 3d; set-crAy wounded, :-!6; stight;y„woonded,,all
likely to recover, 103.
(Signed) JOHN S. CARDEN,-Captain.