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FROM THE SAME TO THE SAINTE, DATED 24TH SEPT.
(6TH OCTOBER) FROM THE VILLAGE OF -DAVY-

DOWKA.

" I have most submissively to inform your.lm
perial Majesty, that every thing is well, with the
corps, the vein-guard, the detachments, and.' the
actvanced posts. .‘
On the Garvelau road, from the 16th to the
22d of Seuteniber (28th of September to the 4th
of October), the enemy has not been perceived to
make the least movement. The Cossack patroles
have taken 131 privates and two officers prisoners..,
On the Wladesmer road the enemy advanced
the 21st of, September (3d of October)
,twenty
wersts from Moscow. I believe that he has made
this movement the better to facilitate his forag-
ing; as the enemy suffers great Want of provisions
and forage..
" Pn the St. Petersburgh road,. no movement
of the enemy has been .perceived. Our patriots
.have taken some prisoners,. who confirm that their
troops. which are at MOSCOW, likewise suffer
,greatly from the want orprovisions. The posts
.which are at
.Woskressensk•have sent me .8,4 pri-
soners, who, after their recovery, were coining
from the hospitals at MoScow-.
" From all the intelligence that I have receiv-
ed, it is to be concluded that the joiutforce. of the
enemy iS at Moscow. ,The enemy, who ,has
quently suffered considerable loss from the detach-
ments of my troops, forages under eseort, and
with gt eat circumspection.
The detachment which is at Woskesscnsk,
'was reinforced by me on the 21st inst. (3d Octo-
ber), with 100 Cossack cavalry, 'from the district
lof 'l‘wer, under the command of Major Figleu,
who -formerly served in the Hussar regiment of
White Russia. Together With the post entrusted
to him, I have likewise given him the command of
the detachment of Don cossacks-now lying there,
The measures taken by Major Figlcu, give
proofs of the extraordinary abilities of that Staff
Officer.

" lie informs me that on the 2d September,
(Oct. 43) he took 39 men. prisoner's, 27 of which
were in' the village of .Pawl&wsh.-.These last were;
taken with theirliorses and all their ammunition.
In these skirmishes' the mounted Cossacks of the
ri'lyQr District Were used, and who fought with
the greatest zeal and valour.
" Or the 23d September, an enemy's detach-
runt of 3000 men, infantry, anq three regiments
of cavalry,- and six .pieces of artillery, advanced
30 worsts forward from, gbseow, on the road to
Dalitregew, and took possei-.-sibn of the village of
Sucharev.,a, and the church village 'of Merferio.---
Cossack posts.which Were in Sucharewa re-
tired intp.the'village of Oserezkaia. The enemy
proceeded no farther, but by this movement he has
.stopped my communication . with . the Jaroslaw
road, which I intend to renew by the town of
Dmitrow. I cannot yet positively say what has
forced the enemy
.to make this movement, but be-
lieve that he has. done it for the purpose of being
better able to forage.
I have as a matter of prudence deemed it
needful to give notice of this movement to Lieu-.
tenant.-Gen: Tyrkow, and to the Civil Governor
of Twer." •

General SARRAztrr, who lately left this country
for Heligoland, has hired a vessel at that .place,
for which the Captain is to receive 1501. to land
him in Swaim.

Bra :AD.—To-day there was no Court of Alder-
men held, but the Lord-Mayor, after examining
the returns, ordered the present price to continue.

TREPORTS
AI:NtN:I7.-7.5 TO THE TWENTY-FOURTH BULLETIN

REPORTS RESPECTING THE BATTLES OF KRASIOI',

.SIkIDLENSk", AND VALONTiNA..

REPORT OF THE DUKE OP ELCHINGEN Td TUE
)+J OR -GENE RAL, RESPECTING THE lIIVOUAC OF
KAI:MS/kVA, SEVEN LEAGUES FROM 3:IOLENSK,
14TH AUGUST 1812, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN
THE EVENING.
MONSEIGNEUR

a I have the honour to acquaint your Uigh-
ness that the sth Corps d'Arrnee deployed this
morning from Karasinim, by the wcoden bridge
over the Dneiper, near Khonino; in the direction
of Krasnoi.

" Having received orders from the Emperor to
proceed rapidly towards that town, where, ac-
cording to a report received by his i\l'..jesty, the
enemy had a regiment of infantry ; the head 'of
my column arrived there about three o'clock in
the afternoon. The 24th light infantry, supported
by the remainder of the 10th division, attacked
the enemy with a wonderful degree of boldness,
and Krasnoi was carried by assault Without any
hesitation.

" The enemy, whose strength amounted to
nefirly ow infantry, 1200 cavalry, and ten pieces
of cannon, had formed in echelon, and assumed a
threatening aspect behind the town ; hut the in-
fantry attacked them so vigorously, that they were
forced to retreat, which they did in good order,
under the protection of their artillery, which waS
very well. served.
" At half a league distance from Krasnoi the
-
cavalry commanded
.by the .King of Nlples also
attacked and pursued the enemy ; the Russian in 7
fancry which had been Abandoned, by their cavalry,
formed
,at first two dose colunius, and afterwards,
a full square, which though surrounded on all hands,
Continued to retreat With promptitude, continuing
always fighting. Our light cavalry made More than
40 charges on this infantry-. •
°Several squadrons
from
'into the square.,
and cut off battalions from it ; but the enemy was
savedrom-a total loSs by the force which.their mass
opposed, much more than by the effeet,,of their
fire, which though it .made much noise -did very
little mischief. The Russians were pursued till
night and as far as the defile, Of Kanosava. We
took; from them eight pieces of cannon and about
809 prisoners, and killed at leaSt .1000; •so that.
this oiision, which is the 27th, composed' of four
regiiiientS,nf musquetiers and two of chasseurs,
under the cumand of General Newierowski,
must have lost 1T10.7e . than the half of its numbers
in killed, wounded and priSoners-.
" According to the mo;-t general account,
.it ap-
pears that the niunbers at- Smolensk are not great ;_
and it would seem that .the enemy is march-
ing towai ds Porietche
.to appear with a strength of
cavalry on the Dwina. - • , . -

" The loss of the corps d'arinee is nearly. two
hundred--killed and wounded. I shall request fa-
vours from the Emperor, for those oflicers and sol-
diers who distinguished themselves the most.
" I have the honour to be, &c,

(Signed) Marshal the Da'ke of ELCIIINGEN."

REPORT OF THE .IWIC,E„ ELCHINGEN TO THE

MAJOR-GENERAL, RESPECTING THE BIVOUAC
-EEFORE S!..IOLENSK, NEAR DIEXOWO GOL.O-

MISK, AUG. 16,1812.

MONSEIGNEUR,—I have the honour to ac-
quaint your Ilighne.ss, that the :troops of the 3d
corps d'armee put themselves -in .march this
morning, frdm their position of Louhua, and the
environs in the direction of Smolensk. The enemy
defended the exterior of the town obstinately,with
dragoons and numerous pullo of Cossacks, so that
we were Obliged to employ infantry to drive them
oil, which was executed notwithstanding.a very
brisk discharge of artillery from the place. A
battalion of the 46th displayed such ardour, that
I allowed it to advance at a charge against one of
the bastions on the height, that Imight by thii
means discover the force of the enemy'.

" All the Russian infantry who defended the
covered-way, was forced to fall back into this city,.
in disorder,
.with great precipitatiOn.• I then or
.dered a-second battalion to advance, not so much
for the purpose of-supporting the first, as to pro-
tect its retreat ; the enemy kept.up a fire of ilr-•
tillery and infantry on this battalion, which did
not give way till masses of infantry sallied out
against it. It effected -its retrograde movement in'
the greatest order,•the enemy not daring to pas's
the fosse in its pursuit. This victorious attack
of-one battalion against more than 4000 infantry,
protected by 60 guns, -was one-of .the most va.tor-
'ous achievements which I have ever seen, since
was a soldier; It will certainly inspire the enemy
with a high idea of the courage of our. roops.

ati), &c.
Marshal the Duke of ELCHINGEN.

" REPORT OF MARSHAL THE PUKE OF ELCHIN-
GEN TO THE MAJOR-GENERAL, RESPECTING THE
BIVOUAC BEFORE SMOLENSK, THE 17TH OF

„‘,..
AUGUST, laritz, AT 11 IN THE EVENING: •
MONSEIGNEUR--1 have the' .honour to ac-
quaint your Highness, that the enemy has inces-
santly, from five o'clock this morning till three. in
the afternoon: sent. out .successive detachments
of.the.troops of the place of Smolensk, to attack
our posts.
” Agreeably to the order which I received, to
second the attack made on the right of 'the town,
by the troops of the first corps, and to attack the
bastion, which was attacked yesterday by a bat-
talion of the 46th, I ordered the same regiment
to march, whiCh forced the enemy to evacuate its
position: - -
" The 25th division, in like manner, did not
cease to fight during the whole day.:
. " It was remarked,„ that some time after the
commencement of the attack against- the place,
the enemy's columns, which were seen to disap-
pear in -the morning, retraced their steps, and
deployed themselves on the heights of the
right batik of the Dnieper, so that the position of
•the enemy this. evening appears to be the same as
it waS yesterday. -

" I am, &c.
Marshal the Duke of ELCHINGEN."

REPOF.T OF THE MARSHAL THE PRINCE OE ECKMUHL
TO THE ,MAJOR-GENERAL, 30TH AUG. 18,12.
" MONSEIGNEUR,
" Agreeably to the orders of . his Maje4y, the

'hi corps o th, 4A.-
foreSinoleilA- oil. -the 10th of this Month:i:e
following order ,
The third di vi,3•on repairel to within GOO
toies of th'e place, supported its left On the I.7knls:
*-here it joined the- third c'oi'ns:. 1'
extended as far aS the Windmill o;) the :Itohilols;
road. . . • _ .

";The Ist divisiOn occupied the Wi idinili with
its left, communicating by its r:i.ht «•;th the sth
COMS.

.•‘‘- The three.otbor diviSiOns were posted behind
at a short dista,nee, the darkness not 1:;1I-in.-
fowed theiv. to occupy the different points assigned
them.

• •
_
"The 17th, the 3d,:and the Ist-diviSion remain;.
ing in the same: position, the 2d inclined
.to the
left of the .Ist;
.the4th remained in the ravine be—
hind that division', and theesth occupied the plain
of ---. •

His Majesty gave orders on . the lit.b to dis-
lodge the ,enemy from their positions;, and to drive
them
jilt°. the place the I st, 2(1, and 3(1
sions, Who were in the first line, received the
oi-
ders to. attack at the same time. It took place to-
wards mid-day. After shaking air: enetily by a_
discharge 'of artillery, which was answexed from
the place and the redoubts, the troops adVanced,
and- at..;icked every point the enemy's troopg,
opposed to them: .
" The attack'was, very, keen,_ and the defence.
obstinate ; however, every timing gave Way to the.
-btavery of his -Majesty's trooo. The redoubt.
were carried, and the barricadoed houses were.
forced,

enemy was pursued and driven into the
place, where he took refuge after a great loss.
"I cannot praise too the conduct of the
oops an this occsion----denerals, Oliicers, and.
solders pf all descriptions, were eager to risen' carte
another in zeal, bravery, and devotion to the ser
vice of his :Majesty. -
" The 127th Regiment of the line, which stood
fire. for the first time, behaved in the most
liant manner; I' ,beseech his Majesty to bestow
an'eagle on it, which it could not better have
served. .

• :intist. above all; mention in the warmest
terms ,
The 13.0' TAght • Regiment, which mounted
with the..,greatest bravery, the plateau which 'it
Ewa§ charged with attacking, notwithstanding the
grape-shot-and-discharge of musketry with which
it was' assailed. General Dalton, who led this at-
tack, conducted it with the greatest bravery.—
We have to regl'et that he. was disabled by a shot
towards ithe,end oLthe bUsiness. General Friant
was struck bya spent ball. • Our loss was very in-
considerable in comparison -with. that of the enemy.

" The Gen rats of division, Aforand, Friant,
Gndin; ..gage in this affair new proofs' of their ta-
lents and their valour.

I have the honour to address to you, their par-
ticular Reports, as well as the accounts of the
soldiers who distinguished themselves, and for
whom they solicit favours from the Emperor. I
beseech your Highness to by them before his Ma-
jesty. , '

" I must join similar.. demands in favour of
several officers of 11.4 staff who displayed much
bravery, and who serve with the greatest zeal.
I have the honour to be, &c.'
. (Signed) The',Marshal Duke of AVERSTADT,
Prince of Eciodunt..

REPORT OF MARSHAL THE DUKE OP ELCIIINGEN,

TO THE MAJOR GENERAL, AUG. 19, 1812.

‘‘ MONSEIGNEUR-The 3,1 corps passed on the
right of the Dnieper this morning at four o'clock,
climbing the heights where the army took a po-
sition yesterday. The small posts which the enemy
had placed near to the Convent, were forced to
fall back ; a few cannon shots also made the
Light Cavalry retreat, which occupied the table
I:and. (plateau) In proportion as the reginrents
fanned, I directed the columns on the road to
Moscow. At my arrival near Valontino, •on the
&alma road, I found the rear-guard of the enemy
in position : it wai,..the corps d'arinee of Baga-
vort; the business began with extreme vivacity,
and the, battle was prolonged till near two o'clock;
at-length after several disclorges very destructive
for the enemy, he: retreated in great disorder, and
only spewed. his Cossaele.s afterwards The Em-
peror being arrived on the field of battle, gave
orders ,to,'.march forwards. in the direction of
Moscow..

." At nearly a league and a half distance from
Suiole'nsk, I fell in 'with the rear-guard of the
army of. General Barclay de 'folly The 11th
division, which opened the march, overthrew the
enemy without any hesitation, as fir as the posi-
tion of ----- —, where I' found a great part of.
the Russian army in battle order; I then ordered
this .divisiOn to take a positiOn, and wait till it
*as joined by the 10th and 25th. The enemy,
however, seeing they Were no longer 'pursued,
began to act upon the olfensive,and used every effort
to drive me from My poSition, but they were always
repulsed ;. and it is impossible to express in strong
enough terms, the fervour displayed by the troops
under niy orders in this conjuncture:

. " About five in. the afternoon, the division of
General Gudin arrived behind me. I made in,
stantly the necessary dispositions
,for
the position of the enemy. The divisions of
General GUdin and General Ragout were charged
with the attack ; and those of Generals Leduc
and Marchand remained in reserve. This attack
and the defence of the enemy- Were terrible. We.
became masters of the pain, and the position
of the euemy;
"This affair may be considered as one of the
most desperate battles which .it is possible to fight.
It Was highly glorious for the arms of his Majesty,
as General Barclay de Tolly, who commanded in
person, had the half of his army in action, while,
during the hottest of the combat, there, were ne-
ver more than two french divisions engaged.
"I cannot praise to highly the .codrage of the
troops, and the admirable zeal of the officers ; I
shall have many favours to ask; and I shall has-
ten to address an account to, your Highness, as
soon as I'shall have a detailed statement from the
Generals Of division and heads corps.

• I am, &C. •
"'Marshal the Duke of ELCIIINGEN,"
(To be continued.)