The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-01 00:00:00

THIRD BULLETIN.

The Commander of the corps first dispatched,
Lieutenant-General Count Witgenstein, gives the

following information in his Report, dated the
21.,t1y (Aug. 2.)
" According to his Majesty's command, the
corps entrusted to my orders
,is destined to act se-
parately. In consequence of which, I- remained
‘lt one banks of the,Dwina, at the advanced work
of Poka.scuze, to observe the enemy stationed op-
pOsite to me on the other bank, anti having thiown-
across the river in the course of the night,
I sent my cavalry out sevral times en.expeditions„
and which, in the course of eight days . took 'eight
•Officcra,arid-,-about..looo men prisoners. front. the
corps of the General of Brigade St. Genie, and
almost. entirely 4estroyed the ith • and lith regi-.
inentsof FrencL,.lragers, t!.e Bth lihians, and the
lath regiment qf Foot Yagers,- both Poles, are
nearly .cut up', Finally, on the 17th of this. pre-
sent duly, i received infotaration from my de-.
taehinents from Driasa, that Marshal Oudinot,
Duke of Reggio, after having passed the Drissa.'
with' his corps, was on his I:larch to Sehesch from •
Dunaburg. I was informeat that- Marshal Mac-
tlonald bad crossed the river at Jacobstadt,. and
was shaping his march for Lusye and•according
to the statement of a French Officer of the:Gene-
ral Staff, whorn We- had taken prisoner, those
troop at thechtireheavvere destined:to cut meofi
from the road of Pschknow. In this station I
resolvedtd.attack 'the enemy nearest to me in the
church of the Villte Klastiiia, and discOVered the
corps of 'Ondinet stationdbefore the village of
-jatkubow,,at-' the. distance of five
,wersts, ansl
which was- akeady_approaching. to meet me froril
Klastiga. I attacked it with impetuosity, and
after one of the most. obstinate and bloody en--
ok4genie4ts, Vihm.h lusted without internitspon
-for three days; :from _morning early till late 1-,t
migbt ; we at , length, thanks be given to our
'all graciouS•Goir,..and praised be the victorious
:Russian ..troops;-, obtained- this Vietory.. over the
-Most deceitful4and• greatest -enemy of ear native
,country; thecorH of,MarshalOadinot,which con-
'sisted -ofthreeikv,isigiof the flower of the. French
infantry, is totally beaten, and thrown into the
greatest-confusion -; it ims retired inclisarder, and
onlzescaped by mean';:-Of the woody places, and
,by crossing ovee•the.-sinall rivulets,•the.bridges-cif set on fire Gild destrOyed, and at the
,same time laying,:hindranee in cur way at, almost
erervsteo, to stop the. rapidity. with which he
, -Was-plirstied by us;', Commanders of Divi-
visions_Le Qrand and Verdier, are both wounded.,
I shall,puysne6thena. along,the Dwinato Polotsk.
tltte'dia.yittle has crowned our Itus-:
sian.arti with fresh laurels, and .the _corp.
trusted tonnerhay ;performed. ipceedible actions
by its valour and its-discipline, which I am un-
able sufficiently to des4ibe. . Whatever was op-7 ,
Ii ei to it; TtAteries.ankStiong-Colitintis,•4t
witlaottt
_paying atte.atiiiii* to the strongest and
tiOst olistri44. ...osition 'On the part of the epe-
"AiST:; bV the bayonet,
and;by the elfeet-_,o the villages
ankl-fieldsllirottAnwhich we passed, were covered.
`3lPe have taken. about 3000
priaoaerS, inougaw, -igam are 2a Okcers,„ 2pieces
of cannon, and "seyaral -powder waggons, and boat
the'croWn and private baggat ;e,..among niiich is
the qeneral'alequi,paka;. has fallan almost entirell
into,,the hands of.the. victors.- ..So soon..as i shall
have driven them over :the Dwina, • I -anr deter-
mined, as I attack'. thear ran -7ezrelt-sitie,-to turn
myself against the corps of Marshal Macdonald,
to attack it : and as Ihope, witle--the assistaacc
of*God; and with the Sprit Of Aar trooi)s,.in).-if
gorated. by these successes, likewiSe, to perfordi
something,. I shall endeavour to deal...the:line;
of demarcation . allotted me from the, enemy, a,ild
if this cen'be effected,- the enemy's trOops must
necessarily withdraw themselves from before Riga-
", ne loss on our side is 'not. small, .partion.
lariat' in having lost the-"brae General' kidnow,
who yesterday had bothh is. legs carried away by
cannon-ball, of which he died on the apot ;
duel l-
myself am wounded by a hullet in the cheek,. near
to the teMple, but the wound] is not• at all -clan-
uerous."