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his advanced guard, to place himself -behind the
defile of Winkowo, in order that his movements
- . ..
might. not .be, perceived. • .After Moscow had
- ceased to exist, the Emperor had determined either
to abandon this heap of ruins, or only.occupy the
'Kremlin with 3000 men, but the Kremlin, after
fifteen days labour, was not judged sufficiently,
strong to be abandoned, for twentyor thirty days,,
to its own forces, It would have weakened and
incommoded the army in.its movements, without
giving a great advantage. ' It was wished to pro-
tect Moscow from the beggars and plunderers,
20,000 men would have been necessary. Moscow
. . .
Is at present an unhealthy and impure sink,' A
population of two hundred thousand,, wandering
.
in the neighbouring woods, dying with, hunger,
;come to these ruins to seek what.remains of vege-,
.. ' tables- inthe gardens to support life. It appear-
!
• ed useless to . compromise any thing whatever
for an object which was of
.nor military .import 7
' ance, and which, has become now of no political.
importance; ' , All the magazines Which' werp in
the city having been; carefully examined, the
others emitied, the Emperor caused the Kremlin
to be mined; the. Duke of Istria caused it, to be
blown up,•at two o'clock pl. m. on the 23d, the ar-
- renal, barracks, magazines, all were destroyed.
This ancient citadel, which takes its date from
the foundation of the monarchy—this first palace
-..- of the Czars has been destroyed ! The Duke of
Treviso has Marched for Vireja. The Emperor
of Russia's Aid-deCamp, BaronWinzingerode,
- having on the 22d attempted to penetrate at the
head of 500 Cossacks, was repulsed, and taken
:7. prisoner, with a young Russian Officer ,named
...
islauskin. ' ,
" On the 19th, the . head-quarters were in the
Castle of Troetskoe ; they ,remained there on the
; 20th: On the 21st they were at Ignatien, the 22d
IL.
~. , at Pominskovv, all the army having . made two
flank marches; and the 23d at Borowsks.
," The Emperor reckons upon marching, on the
24th ta.gain,the Dwina, and taking a position
Which will bring him within eighty leagues of Pe-
tersbilrgh and Wilna, a dOuble advantage; that
is to say, twenty marches nearer his means and
his object.
" Of 4000 stone-houses which were _in, Mos-
cow, not; more than 200 remain.. It has. been said
a fourth remained,. because in, that calculation
800 churches were comprehended, a partof which ,
are undamaged. Of 8000 houses of wood nearly.
600 remain. • ' :
" It was proposed to the Emperor to burn what
remained of the city, to treat the Rc..,sians in their
• . ovin way, and to extend this measure round Dios-
. cow. There are 2000 villages, and as many coun-
try houses- and chateaux. It was proposed to foim •
four columns of 2000 men each, and charge them
'with burning every thing for 20 leagues round
Aloscow. • ''That will learn the Russians, said
they, to make war according to rule, and not
like Tartars. If they burn a village, or =house,
We must make them answer for it by burning one
• • -hundred.' The Emperor refused to allow these
measures, which would have aggravated the mis- •
fortunes :of this population. Of nine thousand
proprietors whose castles would have been burned,
an hundred, perhaps, would have been 'sectaries
of 'the Marat of Russia ; but 8,900 are brave
rnen, already too' much the victims of some
'Wretched men. To ,punish one hundred guilty
persons, 8,900 would have _been ruined. NiTe must
add, that it would absolutely have left without
resources 200,000 poor boors, innocent of every
thing. , The Emperor, therefore, contented hirn .
Self with Ordering the destruction of the citadel
and military establishments, according to the
usages of _war, without doing any thing to ruin
individuals,
already too unhappy by the conse-
quences of this war.
, " The inhabitants of Russia do not recollect
•
such a season as' we have had for 'the, last twenty
days
• Pountainbleau. The army is in an _extremely rich
country; 'it may be compared to the best in
Prance or Germany." '

TWENTY-SEVENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND

ARMY.

VEREIA, OCT. 27.—0 n the 27th Prince Po-
tiatowski marched upon Vereia.
" The 23d the army was about to follow this
tnovement, but in the afternoon we learnt that the
enemy had quitted his intrenched camp and was
on march to the little to.vn of Malcarostavitz.--a
It was found necessary to march after him, and
obstruct his intentions.
" The Viceroy received orders to march.

" Delzon's divisions arrived on. the 23d, at six
in the evening, on the left bank, took possession
of•the bridge, and caused it to be repaired. In
the night; between the 23d and 24th, the Russian
division arrived in the town, and took possession
of the heights On the right bank, which are ex-
tremely advantageous.
" On the 24th, at day-break, the battle corn-
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tneneeel.
buying this time tne enemy's army ap,
peared quite entire, and took a position behind the
town ; the divisions Delzon, Broussier, and Piuo,
and the Italian.guard were Successively engaged.
.f‘ This engagement does the greatest honour
to the Viceroy, and the 4th corps of the army.—
Two-thirds of the enemy's army were engaged tb
maintain his position ; but this was in vain, for
the. town was taken as well-as the heights. The
enemy retreated so precipitately that he was ob-
liged to throw twenty pieces of cannon 'into the
river. Towards night Marshal Prince Eckmuhl
.debouched with his, 'corps.; and, all the army was
in battle
,with its ,artillery, on the 25th, in the
position which the enemy occupied the night
before.,

" The Emperor moved his head-quarters on
the 24th to the.village of
,Ghorodnia. At seven
in the morning 6000 Cossacks, who had stepped
'into the wood, made a general huzza in the rear
;of his position; and took six pieces of cannon
which were parked. The Duke ot Istria set ofl at
a gallop•with all the Horse Guard-a; this horde,
was sabred, brought back, and ;thrown into the
river. , The artillery,it had taken was recovered,
captured.---
Six several of his ,Waggons. were
Bix . hundred of these Cossacks were killed,
wounded, .or taken; thirty men of the , Guaids
were wounded, and three killed.. The General of
Division, Count Rapp, had a horse killed 'under
,The intrepidity, of. which this General has
given so many proofs, is sbewn on every occa-
sion. At the commencement of the charge, the
Cossack Offieers,called the Guard, which they re-
membered (Mucci dins de Paris) Paris .dainties.—
The Major-General of Dragoons, Letort, dis-
tinguished himself. At eight o'clock order 'was
re-established.

The EmperOr marched to Mal6iarostavetz,
reconnoitred, the position of the enemy, and or-
dered an attack for the next morning; but in the
night the enemy retreated. Prince Eckmnhl fol-
lowed him for six hour. The Emperor then
'let him go, and directed the movement upon
Vereia.

" On the 26th bead-quarterswere atTorowsk,
and the 27th at Vernia.. '• .

" Piinee Eckmuhl is to night at Borowsk ; the
Duke of Elchingen at Alojaisk. -
'" It is beautiful weather ; the roads are excel-
lent ; it is the end of autumn. The weather will
last eight days longer, and at that period we,shall
have arrived in our new position.

" In the battle of Maloirost'abitz, the Italian
guard distinguished itself. I took the .position,
and maintained The General Baron DelzonS,
a distinguished Officer, was killed with three balls.
Our loss was 1500 men killed or wounded;
that of the enemy is six or 7000. We found on
the field of battle 13 00 Russians, amongst whom
were 1100 recruits, dressed in grey jackets, hav-
ing hardly served two months.
The old Russian infantry is destroyed ; the
Russian army would have no consistence but for
the numerous reinforcements 'of Cossacks recent-
ly arrived from the Dow. Well informed persons
assure us, that in the Russian infantry the first
rank only is composed of soldiers, and that the
Second and third ranks. are filled with recruits and
militia, and who; notwithstanding the promise
made them, are incorporated. The Russians had
three Generals killed. General Count Pico was
slightly wounded.

PARIs, Nov. 21.2—News has been received from
the Grand Anny, under of the Gth of November.
His Majesty then had his head-iOrters at Mich te-
bov4 ; continued to enjoy the very best health.
nyitts,'Nov. 23.—The last accounts from the
Grand Army are• of the 7th of November. The
movement which it,had commenced was ctintinu7
ed with •the most perfect order, .• The EMperor,
who continues to ,enjoy the best health, is expect-
ed at SmOlensko on the Bth.

(FURTHER EXTRACTS.)
• Paris, Nay. 22,
FRENCH ARMY OF THE :FORTH OF SPAN.

Extract of a Letter from the General in Chief,
Count CAFFARELLI, to his Excellency the Duke
de PELTRE.,. Minister at :War :

" Burgos, Oct. 23.

MONSLIGNEUR.—I had the , honour to an-
nounce to your Excellency, that we were expect-

ing, from one moment to another, a favourable
opportunity to advance and relieve the fort of
Burgos.
"SOn the ,20th we made a reconnoissance, of
which I have had the honour of giving you an
account.

Oir the 22d, several corps of cavalry and
infantry, among which are the 15th 'regiment
of mounted chasseurs, the Berg lancers, and the
gendarmerie legion, belonging to the Ariny of

the north, as well as the Ist regiment of. hussars
and 37th regiment of chasseurS, were placed at
the extreme right of the army, the infantry of
the Army of the North, had its heal at Briviesca,
and its left at Pancorbo ;
.\the last troops of the
Army of Portugal were but half `a league 'from
Briviesco. I expected from one instant to another
that General SOUHAM would determine- to attack
the English army.
" Yesterday mornipg, at eleven .o'clock, we
were informed, it was in full retreat :. we imme-
diately put' ourselves in motion. About five in
the evening an affair with the rear-guard took
place before Burgos, awl we made some prisoners.

" The enemy, on raising- the sieige of Burgos,
abandoned two 6-pounders and a spiked howitzer.
" Yesterday evening I arrived in Burgos.—l
met on the road a courier from General SounAm,
charged with proceeding and announcing to your
Excellency that the enemy were in retreat. I did-
not allow myself to stop him, to write to your
Elicellency, and particularly to announce to you

the raising of the 'siege of turgos ; t would have
been able to have done ttlis had his departure been
•
retarded.

"It appears that the enemy were determined upon
a retrograde movement, by the arrival of the suc-
cours of the Army of the North, and, by the intel,
ligence they received of a battle having been lost
by Gen. HILL
,upon the Tagus, '
" I can hardly describe to yotir Excellency all
the joy I experience at again seeing the garrison.
of the fort, of,Burgos,"and the brave General Du-
,,BRETON, who commanded it.. I have walked over
•
the
,ground : 'every step 'affords proof of what
troops, well directed and animated by a good
spirit, cab do. Ever/thing necessary to the de,
fence was foreseen; and every thing was employed,
because the orders -Were given with discernment
,and their execution pursued with perseverance' ;
every one was eager to obey by duty, by honour,
by zeal, by attachment and devotion to his Ma-
jesty: General DunanTorr and the garrison of the
fort deserve rewards ; I solicit them from your
Excellency. The journal which lam going to lay
before you, Monseigneur, will prove to you what
titles the officers arid soldiers of this garrison have
to the benevolence of his Majesty.
" This morning I expect the arrival of two
di-
visions of infantry and artillern• and I am going,
to continue to support the Army of •Poytugal, un-
til know that it no longer wants my assistance.
"‘ have the honour.,to be,
(Signed). "General Count CAFFARELLI."

EXTR 4CT OF. ANOTHER' LETTER FROM THE GE-

NERAL-IN-CIIIEF CAFFARELLI, TO THE MINISTER

OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

" Burgos, 0ct,,23.

" iY LORD,--Your Excellency knows, that
the fort of Burgos is built with earth. This fort
has sustained a siege of 35 days ; and if it had
been attacked by the means prqscribed by the
common rules, this fort would have fallen.

" enemy haVeinade breaches, by means of
shells, and favoured by the, disorder occasioned by
the explosion of'the shells, therattempted to make
five assaults.

I, can say, with truth, that the defence was
so obstinate that a part of the palisades of the
entrenched camp were entirely cut by the balls
at a foot and a half from the ground, and that it
was merely through the bravery of the troops that
this part, which was the weakest of the entrenched
camp, was not carried by the enemy, who were
lodged on the ridge of the glacis.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ".Gen.Count CAFFERELLI."

N.B. Orders have been given by GeihCount CAP-
FARELLI to M. PINOT., Chief ola Battalion, and
Director of the Engineers at Burgos, for the re-:
ID-airs of the fort of the entrenched camp, and of
Mount St. Michael.—(Joiirnal de Paris, Nov. 24.)

EXTRACT, FROM A THIRD DISPATCH FROM GENERAJ.

IN CHIEF COUNT CAFFARELLI TO THE MINISTER

OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT, DATED CIGALEI;
NEAR VALLADOLID, OCT. 30. •

MY LORD,-1 have had the honour of ren-
dering your Excellency an account of the raising
the siege of Burgos, and of the retreat of the
English army from before that city, on the 2-).d-of
this month.

"The army of Portugal put itself in motion to
pursue them, and I directed its motions. From
the evening the cavalry were formed in line. The
23d, this cavalry, 'and two other reOnents which
belong to the army of ,the North, the light ca-
valry, and the dragoons of the army of Portugal,
fell in with the rear-guard of the enemy near to
Villadrigo. They were charged vigorously by the
Gendarmerie, the 15th chasSeurs, acid the lancers
of Berg. Never was a more brilliant charge made,
or one more decisive.. The attaek- was dreadful,
and cost the enemy above 300 men.

" By some wnaceountable fatality, the division
of dragoons which was in Lime to the right of
these corps, and should have sustained them, took
itself off to the ikiglit,at full trot,. and disappeared.
If they had been supported •bythis division, the
English cavalry would have been destroyed ; the
English cavalry 'which was formed in square' in
Villadri.go would have been taken, an it is as-
sured that Lord WELLINGTON' and the Prince of
ORANGE were within the square.

" Notwithstanding this misfortune, our cavalry
continued fighting with the greatest success,
forced the two lines, made some prisoners, and
when they rallied and 'would have made a second
charge, the enemy refused it, and retires in the
greatest haste. They had amongst them the best
of the English cavalry."

Upon the right, the 'lst Hussars and the
31st regiment of chasseurs manceuvred .between
the enemy's left. The bads of the road and
ground only allowed the first to charge the IGth
Light Dragoons, of whom they took some
prisoners, among others the ,Colonel, and
put them to flight: Your Excellency will judge
Of the great fdry with which they fought,

when you, are informed, 'that the brave Celot;e:
BEKELLE, and six officers of the Gendarmerie
Legion, have been wounded; Oat e 1.5 re-
giment of chasseurs, the Colonel and all cie offi-
cers, except two, received sabre cuts. or contu-
sions, and that the Berg Lancers had, in their
squadron,, several officers wounded. I have de-
sired the names of the' soldiers who particularly
distinguished themselves ; • I shall have the ho-
;aiour.of §nbinittiug them to y•Our Excellency:.
All the army bestows the, highest eulogiunfs
upon the Army 'of the North, I will only allow
mySelf to speak of it ; the General in Chief of the
Army, of Portugal will (in' detail) . inform your
Excellency of what relates to. his artpY.

. ." On the 25tb, AL de TOLL, 'Chef 4'Escadnin
of the Berg Lancers, met near Palencia the tail
of a convoy, • defeated, it, and carried of; 400
men and much baggage. • •

The enemy, in retreating from Torvemada,
took a position behind the Carrion,' and Pisuegra
destroyed all the three bridges. They afterwards
Marched behind Cabezon,' a formidable position,;
broke down the bridge at Valladolid ; collected
their forces at Cabezon, and caused their baggage
to file by Picehte de Duero, and towards Tudela.
The foras of the Pisuegra had been sounded ; the
infantry would be up to their shoulders in water-

We manoeuvred upon Semanias and Torae-
sillas, and then Lord WELVINGTON decided to

evacuate Cabezon, the bridge of which he )'ester-
day morning blew up. lam going to Valladolid,
the bridge belonging to laid) is being repaired ;
that of Cabezon will require some time, because
the arch is, at least., 55 feet, and there are neither
t -
materials nor workmen to be found there.

" The Army of Portugal marches to-day to take
a position upon the•Duero.—l. have followed it to
this place. In two or three days I will set out on
my return for the territory of the Army. ,

" I have the honour to be,

FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.

" BURGOS, Nov. 8.-4 yesterday learned that
the Cohrier who carried the dispatches I bad the
honour to address to your Excellency on the 23d,
was intercepted by a party of Brigands; who in-
fest the high road from the side of Villa Real ; as
it is possible the dit4patches- of Gen. SOUHAXI may
have .been intercepted, I take the liberty df send-
ing to your Excellency M. D'HERVELTY, niy
Aid-de-Carpp, who haS followed all the move-
ments of the army.'

" Since the siege of Burgos,. the enemy have
retired upon the high road by Valladolid. There
was on the 23d October, at Valladolid, an erlgage-
ment between the cavalry of the Army of the
North, joined to that of the Army of Porto-
pi, mid all the English cavalry, in which
the latter was completely beaten. Since that

time the enemy have continued their retreat, in
defending, but very weakly; the bridge of Torque-
mado. They afterwards placed themselves be-
bind the Carrion, Arlanca, 'and. Pisuegra, taking,
care
,to destroy the bridges of Tanugo, Villamurul,
and St. Isadbr. There was, from the side of the
bridge Of Villammul, an engagement on the other
side;the river v;which our troops passed by fording,
and in, which the enemy lost more than 900 men.
" A .division had marched upon Palencia, the
bridge of which that Was about to be blown up
we were able to save. A cletachtheut of light ca-
valry belonging to the, army Tof Portugal, coin-
mantled by the Chef d'tseadronToLL, debouched
by this bridge, tell iiptha the rear of a convoy, took
400 prisoners, and carried off 100,000 rations of bis-
cuits, and a great quantity of baggage. The' ext
day the enemy evacuated Buenas, and esta-
blished themselves between Cabezon, which posi-
tion they strongly occupied, and Valladolid, the
bridge of which city they blew up. As they only
held this position to give themselves time to
sure the means of a retreat," they blew
up the bridge :of Cabezon, at the same time
they destroyed that of Samanias, and marched
by Puente Duero, whose bridge they likewise de-
stroyed. That of TOrdeSillas, those of Tudela and
Toro, have also been ruined ; as, perhaps, that
of Tornio za. All these- events took place be-.
tweet) the 23d and 29th of last month. rill the
bridges have been re-established. The Army of
Portugal was posted on the. Duero, having its
right at Toro, and its left towards Tudela. Foei•
divisions of the. English army are in front of Tor-
desillas,

" During their retreat. the enemy lost at least
7000 men; killed, wounded; taken, or de-7
serted.—The fort of Burgos, according to their
own confession, cost them 3000 ; by their own
account, they Last 6000 in the battle of .Sala►nanca.
They have only received a reinforcement of 1600
men. Thus this army is considerably weakened :
the greater part of their wounded have perished
in the long marches from Burgos to Salamanca.
" Suck. was, Monseigneur, the situation the
Army of Portugal on the 3d inst. -The health
of the soldiers was excellent, and they are ani-
mated by the West spirit.
" I have the honour. 484
‘c CAFFARELLI.'
Nov. 23.)