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TIIIRTED;CTH BULLETIN GAF THE GRAND ARMY:

Smolensk°, Angu.t
It appears that in the battle of Alohilow, gain-

ed 'over
.prince Bagratioii: on the 23d iniy, the,
loss of tliC enemy ilas been considerable ; . we here
give the report of the Prince-of Bcliniubl.respect--,

ing, this affair,
The Duke of Tarento found 211 pieces• of can-
non in Duuabourg in place of eight, as had been
announced ; be obliged several ships laden with
more than, 40,000 bombs and other projectiles to

retire. An immense quantity of ammunition Was
destroyed by,. the enemy. The ignorance of the

Ruisians in constructing fortifications is apparent

in the works ofiDunabourg and Drissa. His; Ma-

jetty gnve the.cornmana of his right to the Prince
of Schwirt•:eriburg, by placing glider his orders

the second corps. this Prince Tarched against

Gen. Tomassow,- thet, and defeatedvhim, on the

'l?th. He pays the ,highest compliments to the
Sax.on and Austrian troops. The Prince.of Schwart-
zenliurg shelved in these circumstances equal

netivity and -valour. The Emperor has requested
promotion and rewards for the Officers of his corps

d'armee who have distinguished themselves..
Op the Bth the Grand Army was placed in the
following manner :
The Prince Viceroy was at Sourai, with the 4th
• -
corps, 'his advanced guard occupying Pas-
vi• ath, and Porulsch.
The King of Naples was at Nikaulmo—his ca-
yalry occupied Lukovo.
Marshal the Duke ofElchingen, Commandant

of the 3d corps, was at Loozna.
Marshal the Prince of Eckronlil, Commandant
of the Ist corps, was at Dcitibroinva. ' .
The sth corps, commanded by Prince Ponia,-
towski, was at Mohilow.

The head-quarters were at.Witepsk,
• The 2d corps, commanded by the Duke ;of Reg-
gio, Was upon the Drissa. •
The 10th corps, commanded by4the Duke of
Tarento, was upon Dunabourgandfßiga
On the Bth, 12,000 of the enemy's cavalry
marched upon Inkovo, and attacked .General
Count Sebastiani's • division, which for half a
league was obliged to fight, retreating; all the
day, suffering and causing .equal loss to the ene-
my. A company of Voltigeurs of the 24th regi-
ment of light- infantry,, forming a part of a batta-
lion of that „regiment, which had been confided to
the cavalry-to maintain a position in the wood,
was -taken. • We had about 200 killed and wound-
ed, the, enethy may have lost the same number of
men. On the 12th the enemy's army having unit-
ed at Smolensko, ma.rehed by different points with
equal slowness and hesitation upon Boreitch and
Nadra.
_ _

Prince Eckmuhl collected all his forces to march I
against the enemy, and take possession of Smo- '
lensko, by proceeding thither by the other side of
the Borysthene. .
The King of Naples and Prince of Bektnuhl set
out from Leonia, and _marched upon the Borys-
thene, near to the Embouchure of Berezina Op-
posite KlomenS, where, on the night between the •
13th and 14th, they threw two bridges over the.
Borysthene.
The Viceroy set out from Soniog, and marched
.by Janovitsche to Rassasna, where he arrived on
the 14th.
General ConntGronchy collected the three corps
of cavalry at Rassasna on the 12th.
Prince Eckmuhl collectAd all his corps at Dou-
browna on the 13th. .
General Count Eble threw three bridges over
the Rassasna, on the lath. ,The head-quarters set
-out on the 13th from Witepsk, and arrived at Ras- .
sasna on the 13th. Prince POniatowski set out..
from MOhilow, and on the 13th arrived at Ro-
manzo ; 'on the 14th, at break of day,, ,General
Grouchy marched upon Lenobri, chased two re-
giments of Cossacks from; it, and:there found the
corps of General Count Nansouty : the .same day
the King of Naples, supported by the Duke of Elm
chingen, arrived at Krasnoi. •."
The 27th enemy's- divi,,ion, consisting of 5000
infantry, supported by 2000 cavalry and 12 piece's
of cannon, was in a position before that town
it was, attacked and forced in an instant by the
Duke of Elchingen. The 24th regiment of light
infantry attacked the small town of Krasnoi with'
the bayonet with great impetuosity ; the cavalry
executed some admirable charges.:
souk, General of Division of the '3d regiment of
chasseurs, distinguished himself. ,The -taking.
of eight pieces of cannon, 14 caissons," _l5OO pri-
soners, with a field covered with more than 'lOOO
Russian corpses, sere the advantages of the bat-
tle of Krasnoi, in which the Russian division,
consisting of seoo men, suffered a loss of half its

number.
klis Majesty, on the I.sth, had his bead-quai-
ters at Kovonitnia.

On the 16th, in the morning, the heights' of
Smolensk° were commanded. The town presented
to our view an enclosure of Walls 4000 toiscs,
ten feet thick, and 23 feet high,: intersected with /
towers, several of which were armed with can-
nons of a heavy calibre. Ppon the right of the
liorysthenewe perceived and knew that the ene-
my faced about, and hastily 'retraced their steps
to defend Smolensk°. We knew that the enemy's
Generals had received reiterated orders to give
battle and save Smolensk°. The Emperor' recoil-,
noitered the town, and placed, its army in its, po-
sition on the day of the 16th. - Marshal- Duke of
Elchingen had the left, leaning on the Borys-
thene, the Prince of Echmuhl the centre, Prince
Poniatowski the right, the ward was placed in
reserve in the centre ; the Viceroy in reserve on
the right, and the cavalry under the' orders of the
King of Naples at the extremity of the, right ; the
Dude of Abrantes with the eight corps. lost their
. way, arid had made a false movement.