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tcries, and threw 'into. the town a quantity of
'she'll and other incendiary projectiles to set it on
fire, part succeeded, hoping ley
this to prevent our artillery movements, and blow
up our caissons.. .

. Thii cannonade and bombardment were sup-
ported by a general attack. We saw each other
as if 41101 daylight, by the light 'of the burning
town; and this attack (lid not cease mail the mo-
ment when the last man bad repassed to the
left bank of the 13wina, but in the raids`
-.of. these, attacks, anel
.of the confusion caus-
ed by firing the .town., the troops conducted
themselves-with the most eitraOrdipary bravery,
and the retreat was performed in the best order.
At Midnight all the artillery was retired, and the
whole body of the troops had passed over at half-
past two o'clock in the morning. I immediately
reinforced with two regiments which were 'the
first that passed, the troops which I had put Un-
det the orders of General Amev, and who had suc-
ceeded in the evening in. confining- the enemy in
the defiles near to Solonk, Ina were not yet in
sight of M. de Wittgenstein's army.. With these
troops tilde was a column of Bavarians, abont
six or seven hundred men strong, I re-united the
„whole under the command of M.-Merle, to whom
I gave 'orders to march immediately against the
front of General Steingel, and to, repulse him with
vigour, and to throw hint past the -Ouschatz, as
I could then support this attack.with another part
of the army, if it should become necessary.. At'
the moment that these troops put theatel.vcs
in motion, they fell in. with tliOse of the enemy.. •
The CorpS of M. de'Steintel was broken; and
after a great loss in killed„ driven to the other
side of the Polota, leaing in our hands twelve.
or fifteen hundred prisOners, among whom were
eighteen officers of different ranks, and among
other, a Captain of an English vessel, employed in
the Etat Major of M. Steingel, and who said. lie
had been three weeks in the Russian service: This
affair gives great honour to M. Count Wrengel
who directed it, and to Gene.ral Antsy who se-
conded him well.

I owe the greatest eulogiums to thesood :con-
duct Of the troops, to the zeal and intelligence Of
the, officers of all ranks, and of. the Whole army
who have seconded me well, among whom I shall
mention Messrs. the Generals 1,4:44u1,- Merle,
Baron Laurencez, my chief of the General Staff;
Aubry, &Muria nder of the Artillery ofthe 241 corps.
Bede commander of the Engineers ; and M. the
Adjutant Commandant Dalbighac, who have on
this day acquired new rightS on his Mkjesty's fa-
vour. I shall have file honour to address to your
Highness in a few days—from this place, a list
of the officers who by their good conduct have
merited prefermenL
Our loss is not very considerable in comparison
with that of the enemy which is enormous ; Ge-
neral Legrand has had n horse killed, under him,
and received two contusions ; Colonel Guieb-
eneue, aid-de-camp to his Majesty, is amonohe
number of the wounded.

I have the honour to inform your Excellency,
that a ball which ,I have received in my left foot,
and which.hinders me from marching or' mount-
ing upon horseback, 'will oblige me to quit
the active command of the corps d'armee for ten
or twelve days. I have given it up to Count La-
/GRAND, and'reckon upon moving only one march
from the corps d'armee, to be ready to resume my
functions : hoping to be still useful to the corps
d'armee by my counsels, if General LEGRAND ap-
plies for them. But I expect in the
,course of a
few days the, Duke of REGeaO, and the corps
under tile command of the Duke of BE.C.LUNO‘ is
'in march. Oar junction effected, we will briskly
push the Russian army.
(Signed) The Marshal Gen. ST. CYA.
• (Moniteur.)

Report froth Lieutenant-Genera Count Wrede, Cynorosha,
near Babinettielly, Oct. 28d.
" Being ignorant whether NI. the Marshal
Count Gouvion St. Cyr has been able, for the last
two day§, to give your Excellency any intelligence
concerning the position which I obccapy, with the
6th corps 'of Bavarians, the 'lst brigade of French
light cavalry, and the brigade of cuirassiers of
Gen. L'kleritier, I now make it my duty to in-
form your Excellency of the movements which I
have 'made : since the day before yesterday. Per-
.
haps, my Lord Dake, you,have bee:i apprised,
that .ou -the 19th, the enemy who, on the 15th,
(Bth) had been so bravely and completely beaten
before POlotsk,- has, by his superior force, gained
much ground on Gen. Carbiueau, who was charg-
ed to prevent the enemy's passage of the Ouschatz,
and came by the rear on Polotsk.
f"rhe enemy having been at the moment de-
bouching front the. town of Pulotsk, the Marshal
Gonvion St. Cyr caused me to be called; to en-
gage me to take the command of the troops which
he had reunited on the left bank to prevent the
enemy from debquching, I took the eommand just
as his tirailleurs were coining out of the wood.
It was, a battalion cif the brave 19th French regi-
. merit of the line that I found had the inOstto
support, and to whom I gave orders to charge
with bayonet, as it was.necessary to have the ene-
my driven back half -a league through the defile•
before the night came on._. This expedition per-
.formed; Marshal. Count Gouyion St. Cyr put un-
der my orders the 19th, 37th, and 12 .4th regiments
at infantry, the 2d Swiss regiment, the 7th cui-
rassiers, and the brigade of Gen. Carbineau, to
endeavour, taking with me a Bavarian brigade,
eery few in number, to repulse the enemy from
the other side of the Ouschatz, on the morning of
the 22d. I divided this corps into three columnS,
myself leading that of the centre, the left wing
being commanded by Gen. Baron. Amey, and the
right by the Bavarian General de Strath.
At half-past four in the morning, the enemy
attacked me in the defile,,at the moment when-
I was preparing tc, make my attack. As I had
given orders not. to fire, nor to punish the inso-
lence of the enemy, excepting with , the bayonet
, only, -he was, in the course Of an hour and half,
-driven through the defile, which is three leagues
in length. The brave 19th and 37th regiments of
the line, commanded by the worthy Brigade Ge-
neral Grundler, • covered .themselves with .glory.
Two Colonel, one Major; and a 'great number of
officers, and 1800 men were made prisoners.— •
After having debouched from the wood, I attacked •