The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-16 00:00:00

FROM THE JOURNAL DE L'EMPIRE OF NOV. 10.,

The movements of the Grand Army, mentioned
in the 25th Bulletin, were annouiiced some days
ago in private letters from- Moseow4
.The rapid
march of the army upon that 'city, and thebrilliant
victory of Mojaisk, would have ensured the con-
querors good winter quarters, if the rage and de-
spair of a barbarotis enemy had not, suggested. to
him the frightful resolution of destroying, with his
own hands, one of the capitals of his empire. As
soon as Moscow. was reduced to ashes, it was no`
more than the advanced post of the French army,
the occupation of which must be .subordinate to
the general plan of the campaign, or what must
be, at the end of October, the principal and even
the only end of a wise Captain, who finds himself
at the head; of an immense army in the middle
of RusSia, viz. that of ensurinr, good winter
b
quartcrs before the winter should come-and sur-
prize him.

In the.first.days of NOvember, the Russian win-
ter may be expected 'from one moment to another,
the abundance of the rains and snows renders the
roads impassable till the period of the'gyeat frosts,
the humid cold; much more dreadful than the drr
cold, menaceS'the health of the troops, and pru-
dence imperiously demanded that an army belofe
this epoch should proVide wi:fter quarters, trap-'
quil, comiodious; and extensive; it 'was Snot sup
ficient to remain in inaction ; it was. requisite that
•so considerable a mass of men should breathe upon
an extent of territory capable of nourishing them.
They must have shelter and places to repose in ; it
V.wilS in fact necessary that these quarters shouldbe
covered by a chain of posts, which :could pre-
vent all the enemy's parties' from penetrating
it, and troubling the repose of the troops.--
It is neither military plans, nor topographical pc).-
stions, which decide the choice - of winter can-
tonments ; the quantity of provisions, and the
facility of receiving fresh resources', are often the
greatest causes of it. They -were Similar conside-
mtions which, iii the campaign;of 1807, decided
the Emperor to. quit Eastern Russia, and bring
back his victorious army to the (fertile banks of
the Vistula, where' they passea the winter in
abundance, covering, by their position, the
siege of Dantzic, from whence they Moves,
the return of summer, to dictate the t‘zins Of
the peace of Friedland and Tilsit, -The of the
preseint campaign is traced upon too grand a scale to
admit of any suppositionupon the chOice of winter-
quarters which the army is going to take. Will it
occupy Kalouga and its fertile provinces Will
it menace Kiovie and the rear of Tormasow's
armv? Will it cover the siege of Rip ? Or will

it remain at Witepsk or Smolensk la a cent:-al
sition, and from whence it wit! be able t;_: ;?:,
at the first moment of 'the favourable
wherever 6c:tory' e:dis it ? Whatever mayl.._t
positions of which'.the army may make choice 1-01
winterquarters, we are assured; that du!;l14.
their -repose; as in their activity, our
-cible lt,.,.gions will command the :respect
the enemy's hordes, and we render, thanks 't'
that foresight which equally knows hoWto pre-'
cipitatc victory; and stop at • that pointwhich
wisdom demands. We-think with pleasure that
our.frienth, our brothers, our sont;lassemtled
round the gags of their country, are going to cu-
joy some moments of repose. If they _sbould
even purchase this rcpose by fresh battles, it is
good to observe, that the fruit of these battles,
howeverrbrilliant they. may he, ad Iter can-nor'
must Oe any thing else than the dispersion-of the,
enemv'S columns, which perhaps ''support those
1.);).2(;:g of Cossacks by which the positions upon
the'..-.arva have been disturbed. All the move-
ments the amy .2.ha1l make Will only have for its
_Object, the ensuring of as tilinquil and alai:nth:o
winter-quarters as possible. These movements
naturally require a large line of opeiationS, and
Moscow being. the extremity of the position of
the army, which the army Occupies, the head'
,quarters, the focus of all movements, could uo
longer remain there. To say that the Emperor
has left Moscow, is only'to say that this father of
soldiers marches wherever great operations de'mand his presence. His presence commands vic-
tory; his presence will still watch over the safety
of the victorious:army.

IVARSAW, OCT. 21.-,Troops who form a part
of the army commanded by the MarShal Duke of
'Castiglione, are daily arriving. They continoP
their march without stopping, -to reinforce the
Austrian auxiliary cogs' under/Prince Schwart-
zen, besides a Corps of Austrians, which will ay.:L.l4
him equal, if not superior to the enemy:--(.low'.
de l'Empii-e, Nov. 20.)

OcT. 20.—Detachmehts of troops every day ar-
rive by Posen and Kalub. WE, to-day expect the
regiment-from the isle of tithe,
(Journal de Paris, Nor. 11.)
BEitLIN; OCT. 31.—0 n the 20th, Lieut. Gene-
ral d'York had his head-"quarters at Nittaw ;
corps had taken a more advantageoug position thal
the first, where it in a great measure bivouacked is
the marshes, Which would, in this advanced sea-
son, have been very prejudicial to the, health of
the troops.—Vournal de i'Empire, Nov. 11.

RUSSIAN ,BULLETIN.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMIES.

Marshal Kutusow has received A Report, dated
Sept. 14, (26), stating.that the Awnies of Gene'rol
Tormassow and Admiral Tschitchegow had, &Aar
their „junction, crossed the Styr, and ino-,e.1 011
Prince Schwartzenberg's corps, who was retreat-
ing at all points towards .11n.sc:i.

Lientenunt-General Count WittgeTlstein re-
ports tohis • Imperial" Majesty from Sokole,•clAo-
- tinder date olOct. 2, k 14,) as f,,liocvs
Lieutenant=Colonel:Bedraga,.of the 15n“!...,;•!_e..:
ganent of Hussars, Was sent with his rf''gimen-,
Hussars to the other side of the Dan,-„ to ce;es.
the movements of the C0r..,; t!:c
Lieutehant-Gelleral Count Stc;:: 'FL; Litit;
tenant-Colonel reports, on the z 5 of &:pt(11'"
bcr, (October 10th,) that he, after havlog
crossed, on the 124th o , Septentier; (October
the 6th,) by swimming, bad defeated a-baita-
lion of the •cnemy's infantry, about 200 of •ivhosa
were cut dowtri.- the prisOner's taken' , were three
`Officers, and 90.Non,conitnissioned Officers afai
ptiYatess. We had seven privates.killed, and
wounded. I and sorry to state that in 'this ainir
the pi-aye Lieutenant Anseviow, of the istun
giment, was severely wounded, whom we were,
obliged to leave behind, on account of the impi.!?'
sillility oi bringing him across the river 1)2,i
min g, and wlw consequently fell into the enemyl
hands.

REPORT FROM LIEUTENANT-GENFRAI. BARON, WI;"

ZINGERODEi D4I.TiD KLIN, OCT. (3):,
I humbly inform your Imperial Majesty that 911
is well with the corps, the advanced guard, tli,t%
posts, and the advanced posts.,
. On the Jaroslaw road, the enemy has. made no
.offensive movements. On the 10th of October, 3t
nine at night, I retired along the road leading V 3
Moscow. On
,the 30th of September, (12th Oct.)
excursions were made by parties of Cossacks fro
the Cossack Regiment, on the Jaroslaw romi,
wards the fight flank of the enemy, on,his could.
munication with Moscow, as also on his left V
parties from Tschaschnikowo to SuCharewa,
from .Rogatschewo to Dinitrow. I, however,
taking with me the, regiment of
,Rady, cossacks,
two squadrons of. dragoons, two of :hussars, all
the Calmuc regiment of Stawropol, marched out t 4
the town of Klin, with intention to attack the
Alertly, posted in Dniitrow. I had resolved to
Snake the attack in the night, between the 0
(13th) and 2d (1444.

On the ist (13th), at ten at night, I arriv'ed
Dmitrow, and was so fortunate, that the enemy's
advanced posts, which were stationed.son-ze weists,
from the town, did
_not : perceive .my march, a.tril
were all taken by the Cossocks ; these ,piquets
had been forgotten by -the enemy in his retreat.
On niyarrivahat Dmitrow, I found it wns alreadY
left by the enemy, who had retreated' in the great'
est baste. His rear guard was marching out of OIL'
town* at the same time I marched in. With ,
found this', I immediately' detached 200 Cossacks
in pursuit of the enemy, and the reartguaH
come rup with 'some worsts from Dmitrow, jt
consisted :entirely of infantry. On account of
darkness of the night, and the fatigued State
the horses, who" had that day come ' abovu 5(
fwersts, and still
.more, because the eneniv shel'
tered .and concealed himself in ' woUdy placf2fl
where he left behind hitn men in ambush, the
CossaFk.s would not pursue .the enemy further.;
but 100 waggons, 'laden with provisions and dd.
ferent kinds of plunder,. and:3B prisoners Acel,
taken, \and the loss of the enemy in- killed 3 1.W7
wounded must have been considerable. `I-l;6
•
waggons taken-on this oceasi in were given to
inhabitants DmitroW; .iYhra must have_suffact
so much from the enei,;y: - •
Arcording to the account-; I hare this Inottlo.t
received, the enemy continuA his fetreat to 1‘1`15:4