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London, England, 1812-11-10 00:00:00

BULLETINS.Ii USSIA~T

SUPPLE'SIENT TO THE ST. PE.II4.IISBURGH GAZETTE
OF OcTOBER 4, (16),612.

• . OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM- THE AR.7.97•
" Lieut.-General Essen informs his Impec;al.
Majesty of the-date of the 22d Sept.- (Oct. 4), that
as he did_ not find it practicable to act with an in- ,
sufficient body of cavalry in the plains of Cour;
land, he cOnceived• the deign of assisting the ope-'
rations of the army, which, under the command
. of General Count Steinhill, had marched out Of
Riga on the right bank of the Puna toPruga.-
-,
At the same time he has transmitted the following
account of the obstinate action of the advanced
guard of Count Steinhill
" On the 19th .Sept: (Oct. 1,) in the morning,
the enemy attacked, with superior force, the ad-
vanced guard under Major-General WeljamenouT,
near the inn Garossch, wherethe four roads from
Eausk, Mittau, Peterbof, and Eckan
Ile was directed to observe. The enemy, first at
tacked our farther pickets, which were posted
three wersts from the inn Garossen; on tile road
to Rausk-; but he was. completely repulsed, and
pursued for two worsts by the Cossack regiment
of Major Siliwanowk, and a. sqUadron of the.
GrOdno regiment of Hussars. In, this attack five
-men were made prisoners, and some killed., The
enemy opened a cannonade upon, our right flank.
Colonel Galathei, who was with this 'advanced
guard, took this for a false attack, and judged
that the enemy meant to flake his real attack on
.our left wing, to possess himself of the road coin-
ing from Eckau, and endeavour to cut off our ad-
•Vanced guard. It soon 'appeared that he was in
the right. The enemy advanced with his whole,
-force against our left-flank; and began-to. ford the
small river which was there, in order to possess
.hiruseif of the road coining from Eckau. Major-
General Weljamenow committed the 'defence of
• this flank to Colonel Count Galathei. The first
two attempts were soon defeated by. the sharp-
shooters of the Lithuanian regiment of infantry,
And by the Cossacks of the regiment of Lieute-
nant-Colonel. Loschtchillin. The enemy, who-
continuallyreceivedreinforeements, at length suc-
ceeded in fording for the third time, the rivulet,
in order to occupy the road from Eckau, but_ was
driven from it by our artillery, under thecommand
of Lieutenant-General \Tel, by the Cossacks of
Lieutenant-ColOnet Lostschillin, and by a bat-
talion sent as a reinforcement from the' Newski
regiment. • They were obliged to repass the rivn-
let, on which occasion a superior Officer, and
some privateS„ were made prisoners. This vin-.
•lent attack of the enemy upon the flank, in-
duced Major-General I‘'elzamintlas to reinforce,
-it with two companies from the regiment of
Petrowsk. 'j

The enemy however passed the rivulet a
fourth time, and was again driven back over it.
Our flank was then again reinforced with two
more companies, from the
,Petrowsk regiment.
About evening the fire of small arms began to
cease, and soon after began again, and the enemy
made another attempt, to pass the rivulet with. a
greater number of troops. The Newski battalion,
under the command of Colonel -Scheel, and the
Petrowsk battalion, under the command of Lien-
tenant-Colonel Kusmin, now threw themselves
upon the enemy's column, and after a heavy fire of
Small arms, which continued till night drove them
back again over the rivulet, and o4tr troops re-
mained in their former position without having
•Nielded to the enemy a single fOot of groniid.—
/This action lasted twelve hours, almost without
ceasing. According to the accounts 'of the pri-
.soners, the enemy at the commence of the action,
had five pieces of flying artillery, four full squa-
drons •of-cavalry,, and five 'complete battalions,
and in the evening received considerable reinforce -.
ments ; but, notwithstanding he was thus twice
'as strong as we were, he was obliged to yield to
.the bravery of our troops. The enemy had two
pieces of artillery dismounted, and a great number
Of men killed and wounded. Our loss, consider-,
in the length and obstinacy of the action; N6S
not very great. Our troops displayed. unexampled
courage, as they five times repulsed the attacks 'of
,•the enemy on our 'left flank. Major General
-.Weljan now does full justice to Colonel Cotint
Galathei, for the successful issue
,of this affair, and
:highly commends ,the distinguished oonduct of
Colonels Twitchancow and Scheel, Lieutenant
:Colonel Kusmin, the Lieutenant -of Artillery
Gerbel, Captain Smykow, of the Minsk regi•
merit; and in general, all the Officers engogedin
the action.

" In conclusion, Lieutenant-General . Essen
says, that the sortie from Riga, of the corpS tn:L
trusted to the command of Count Steinhill, and
the.action, iu which the enemy suffered a much
more considerable loss than we did, had for
Consequence that the troops of INl'Donald
drew from the position they had hitherto occupied,
by which means the corps of Count Wittgenstein,

, • ••.
*bleb *ill iiippoft th 6 'co Ts of Count Steinbill ►iy
its co-operation, will be enabled to act with much
greater convenience."

SUPPLEMENT'TO THE ST. PETERSBURGH GAZETTE

Or OCT. 'I (13.)

OFFICIAL REPORT

FROM ADJUTANT-GENERAL' BARON NVINZINGERODE
TO His .imrERIAL MAJESTY, DATED SEPT. 26,
(OCT.FROM THE VILLAGE OF DAVYDowsKAc
" I haVe most submissively to inform your
perial' Majesty; 'that every thing is well with the
army,:the watt-guard,' the • detachthents, and the
'advanced posts. The, enemy has pushed forward
on the Whidesmer road to the village of Kosowo,
30 wersts froth MoscoW. Tile 'piquet of CoSsaCks,
'Which was .poSted on that road, and which con-
sisted of only fifty men, • has fallen back on that
road, .
No, movements have been observed to be
made by the enemy on the Jaroslaw road, and the
piquets reinain in their former. positions.
The enemy did not push further forward on-
the Bientrissen road than to thevillage,of Sucha-
rewja') he has plutidered the church and village'af
Martino; and burnt it. lam perpetually disturb-
ing this corps on its flanks by my parties. I have
again renewed my communication with the
law road.
''Nothing has -occurred on the St. Petersburgh
road2—.priSonerS are daily brought in to me from
Weskussensk. Major-General Binkendorf has in-
forined thethat-Lieutenalit-Colonel Tschernosu-
bow_; 8, has penetrated tothe Smolensk° road, 18
wersts distance from Mirshaisk towards Gshatsk,
and „has likewise been near to the monastery of
Kolozki„ where. there is a French 'hospital, most-
ly filled with wounded, from the battle of.
:Near to this monastery a 'regiment of ca-
valry advanced against Lieut.-Colonel Tscherosu,
bow's 8 d.,_-.tachtnent,, whose detzlchment has sent
- in prisoners t:-.•.ree officers, and 18(i men of lesser
rank. According t.•.-. 1 the prisoners' reports, there
die daily in this h05p1.:..!41 1-50 men for want of
provisions Acccrdthg to I;ll,the accothits that I
have received, the greater apart'. of the enemy's
fOt ce has drawn against our main :',..ctive
but in Moscow: itself', in the canip..neilY to the
Petrowitsch Palace, and with all the detachments
:-which stand opposed to .:ny corps, we may es
mate there are from 40,000 to Xo,ooo' men..
" This day three Westphalian 'Officers, and 29
Westphalian. and Saxon privates, wii6.have been
made prisoners, have informed me of
_their *kit
'to enter into the - service of his Imperial Ma-
jesty, and to serve- in the German Leg-jail, Which
`is now raising. I haVe sent them off to Twer,
and have directed.to keep
,the there until further
orders:'