Star.
London, England, 1812-11-20 00:00:00

RUSSIAN BULLETIN.

(OVAL ACCOUNTS FROM 1 HE ARMY.

ADJUTANT-GENARAL DAMN WINZINGERODI,
,ED psog THE VILL4GE TSCHASCHNUOWN
oproliza 8, (20.)
After my Report of October Sth (17th) move-
' the advanced posts of the enemy on the
and St. Feftrsburgh roads, which indica.
lention to retreat, were observed by my ad.
posts stationed cm those roads, and the par.
ich have continually observed the detach-
. the enemy, have today informed me that
left the St. Petersbnrgh and Dmitrow roads,
retired to Moecpw.

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consequence of this, I ordered the detach-
Major. General Ilowaiskii to go to Moscow,
information of the enemy, and advanced
with the remainder of the regiments of the
invent entrusted to my command to the village
aschnikowo,
party of the detachment of Major-General
iaiskii (12), sent to discover the enemy, finding
person at the Twer barrier, entered the town, and
neat prisoners. but meeting with the infantry,
lliged to retire out of the town, and 1500 of
,y's cavalry. front fonr different regiments,
It after them. The detachment of Major-
, Ilowaiskit (12) arriving at the same nine
the town, attacked them.
vas myself an eye-witness to this engagement
ay, and cannot sufficiently praise the ability
-eery of Major-General Ilowai.kii (12), and
regiments- entrusted to his command ; for, not-
saodilig the superior free of the enemy, he con-
')is regiment so ably, that taking the enemy
flank, he threw them into the greatest confu-
utc to flight, and pursued them quite to
killing 50 men, among whom were some
and m..king 52 prisoners. The enemy, who
had into the town, halted at the barriers,
‘mv infantry came to his aid, and retreated
le pi oection of some cam n-shot fired from
n-iris sit, in ulech he had placed a garrison.
the Yaroslaw road, the Senior of the troops
0, who came to me during the action, infer-
, that he with the regiment under his come.
and a detachment posted on the Maditnir
advanced quite to Moscow, and that his parties
manner entered the city, and made many pri.
; but as I have no circumstantial accounts, I
state the precise number.
'o.day, early in the morning, prisoners were
in to me on all sides, and according to my
mg from the sth (17th) to this day, 578 were
,to Twer. Ti'e toss on our part from the
day am'un:s to 12 Cossacke killed, twctofficers
..ded, in tie last action, and in the several en-
t, ementc, 33 privates.
advanced,guards on the St.Petersburgh roads
'resent within two wersts of the city of Moskwa,
ficewise on the other roads under my care,
uhich a chain is formed. In consequence
reports having rekehed me of the enemy's corps
a. left the town al Swenigorod, and the cloister,
;icintty, wrote to t'oe Con.mander of the
ikreuenk.cie achment, Major Figlew, to take pos.
of it. 1 have s:nt strong parties out to clear
atad,.and I intend giving directions to all the de-
nts in the vicinity of this road, to approach to
h regard to Moskwa, I am inclined to be..
ether that the enemy has drawn against our
irmy 0n the Kaluga road, or intends to re.
Smolensk° ; but the statements of the
rill not admit of my forming any certain judg-
It is known tome, that a strong garrison has
fined behind in Moskwa, and that the rest ofl
troops marched out of Moskwa yesterday.
The enemy sends the sick and wounded off on
road to'Moshaisk. The Kremi, the Ostrog, and
- other places, are fortified by them, and have
garrisons.
ter my return hither, I received a Report
Atntenant-Colonel Tschernosubow, who is
toned with the regiment under his command, on
Moshaisk road, between the towns of Gsbatsk
asma, in which he informs of his having taken
ier, with paper; of very great consequence,
'hich I shall have the happiness of laying be.
,our Imperial Majesty, together with the report
tenant-Colonel Tbaernosubow."
twat tattett-MARSHAL PRINCE KUTUSOFF, CON.
NO THE CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNAL OF
eIIINATIONS OF THE WAR, FUOM THE IST I
H) TO THE 31) (15TH) OF OCTOBER.
• the Ist of October the army continued. The
Governor of Nishegorod informs ,m!, tliat the
'ng regiments which have arrived, namely, the
,egiment of Uraltan Cossacks, and the 3d and
',egiments of Baschkirs, have marched out of
Jaen to join the corps of Lieutenant• General
Wittgenstein, according to orders preTiously
Ped to that effect.

General Miloradowitsch reports, that the ene.
idvanced posts remain still in the same place,
:at the Cossacks, who harass them in the night,
obliged them to strengthen their chain.
,ajar-General Doreehow states, by way of
iletion of his last Report of the 2d (14th) of
•.r, that at Wereia, not 352 men, but 3'77 pri!
and 15 officers` were made prisoners, and sent
iuga, and that the Colonel who 1141 constructed
ttrencliments at Wereia, two officers of engi-
znd men, were found killed. The baked
the meal for which had been taken from the
surrounding villages, WAS distributed among the
and the meal among the peasants and inha-
The pallisades and entrenchments were de-
. by the 1000 men, ct llected by the pi lest of
.athedral church of Jihn Skobejew. The soldiers
• good booty in money.
he advanced-guard made 41 prisoners.
On the 2d (14119 the army remained in the
position it had hitherto occupied.
ijor-Genetal Prince Urussow reports, that he
rived in Tula with. five regiments, and halted
tu:tlier orders.
Colonel P. hue Kudaschew sent off parties from
S. rpuchow -road to the Kaluga road, one of
was ordered to pr&ceed to 1 schirikowo, and
aliiasiiiiga-Pochra. The .latter party,
leacini4that the emit'', was endeavouring
.td- the on the left side towards Woronow,
ned ts'aik.
The Chorenshii Bassow met with a part of the

enemy's 'baggage behind Tsehiri'bow°, nits44llll
with 50 Cossacks, made 20 men prisoners, qot.
tip calasties and three ether carriages.
d' A party which bad been sent off to
Podolsk. discovered that the enemy's infantry.,
there with two pieces of artillery.
6` Colonel Prince 'Kudaschew' who was in cotn- I
nunieation with, Colonel Jefremow, learned from I
him that the enemy was in considerable strength in
the villages of Jame and Nitonowe,'en which he
proceeded tn. Lopmene.
44 In the second report, received me day,
the is
Colonel Prince Kudaschew states, that a party sent
out by hint met with a party of the enemy's cuiras-
siers foraging in the village of Wassiljewskoje: They
!immediately attacked them, and drove them to the
village oT Petrowskaja, where they made a chew of
defending themselves, but the Essael Anafin fell upon
them, took 27 cuirassiers pri-,oners, killed 10, and the
rest saved themselves by flight. •
" On the ,43 (15th) Admiral Tithltsbagow states,
that our troops freed the government of Volhynia
from the enemy, who continually retired, and were
pursued. , On the road were every where found
broken waggons, casks stove in and fallen, all
which shewed the precipitation with which the enemy
retreated. In the course of this retreat we made
prisoners, five officers, and 333 under officers and
privates.
66 General Torniassow reports, that the enemy had
retreated to Brest-Litowsk with the greatest precipi-
tancy. His rear-guard' was come up with by our
light cavalry. On this occasion the enemy lost in
killed about two thousand, and in prisoners about
five hundred men.
" The corps of the Prince of Schwartzenberg was
so pressed to its retreat, that he had not time to
form a junction with the detachments of General
Siegenthal and Mohr, but are now cut off by our
advanced guards, and not suffered to join the main
body. The Captain of the Guards Seflawin, reports
that he, wi:h his detachment, at the distance of four
wersts from the village of Bogorodskoje, fell in with
the cavalry and infantry of the enemy, of whom he
took 15 prisoners, and killed a number on the spot.
He himself is gone to Oshegowo.
66 Besides these prisoners, which have to-day been
sent to head-quarters, the advanced guard has alto
sent to-day 37 privates, and one officer, and Colonel
Prince Kudaschew 26 men."

K
A. '-.

IREPORT FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME, OF THE 6Th

(18TH) OCTOBER, FROM THE VILLAGE OF CHOU..

aa Having arrived with the reiment under my
command, near to the village of l'eplucha, on the
great Moscow road, wherea French post is establish.
ed, I was so fortunate as to take an enemy's posi-
tion, who had left this viilage previous to my arrival.
All the papers found on him, 1 herewith transmit to
your Excellency, as well as an Officer of the French
troops, who was taken on the great road. I then
proceeded on the same road, direct on Zarewa Saim-
ischtscha, and on my march took one officer and 38
privates prisoners, whom I sent to the Commissary
at Sytsehewki, in order to be forwarded to Twer. I
could not get to the foresaid Zarewa Saimischtscha,
by reason of my falling in with a numerous body of
infantry, who were accompanying the baggage wag-
gons, a part of whom I beat off, and turned back
again. This night I shall pass at the village of
Cholm, 15 worsts from the great high road. 01 this
I have to inform your Excellency, as likewise, that I,
the Marshal of the Nobility of the town of Syts-
chewki, M. Nachimow, and the Land Commissary
Boguslawxlcji, at that place, have rendered me every
assistance in this undertaking."

JOURNAL. OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE WARS FROM
TIE 22D SEPT. (OCT. 4) TILL THE IST OCT. (13TH).
4L-TRANSSIITTED TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY EY FIELD
MARSHALL PRINCE ECTDSOII.
eg On the 22d September (4th Oct.) the Colonel
Prince Wadbolskji reports, that, the detached parties
which he had sent out have cut to pieces upwards of
100 French marauders. The thief detachment of the
said Colonel is in the church village of Obuchowo,
on the Wereja road.
ee On the 24th September (6th Oct.) the head-
quarters of the Field-Marshal were removed from
the church village of Tamteno into that of Lew-
cliewka, iu the rear of the camp on the Kalouga
road.
eg The Colonel Prince Wadbolskji is stationed in
the church village of Nikoiskoji, not far from the
town of Wereja, from whence he sends out parties to
reconnoitre the enemy, who have takes a Captain of
Artillery, with the papers which he had abont him,
and have also cut to pieces 12 of the enemy's ma-,
rauders in the village of Gorky.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dawydow, of the Achtyska
Regiment of Hussars, who commanded a particular
detachment, put himself in march from Jucknow to-
wards Wasma ; and on the 16th (28th) September,
when in the view of that town, he fell upon a French
detachment, which covered a convoy of artillery
ammunition, and totally defeated it, cutting down
about 250 men on the spot, took two Officers and
146 privates prisoners, and captured twenty waggons
laden with forage 4nd prow:loos, and ten waggons
with ammunition.
ge Major Tumero4osoho was .detached by him
with a separate partyi `cut down about 100 men,
took 110 ,prisoners, and a convoy of artillery am-
munition.
te Lieutenant-Colonel Dawydow, who continued
his operations, again appeared, on the 19th Septem-
ber (October lstj on the great road between Sem-
luaja and Wasma, towards the church village of
Jnrenewo, attacked two battalions of the 2d Polish
regiment, and a Westphalian battalion, took a Cap-
tain and 142. privates prisoners, and burnt 100 men,
who had thrown themselves into the village and re-
fused to surrender. At the same time a large number
of powder chests were blown up, 72 pair of oxen for
drating the artillery taken, and some mills destroy-
ed,in which the enemy were grinding corn.
ee Captain Figneri of the Artillery Staff, with the
detachment ender his command, has destroyed all
the provisions and forage of the enemy in the vicinity
of Moskwa, cot corn about 400 men on the spot,
and were in thecliurch villages between the roads of
Tula and Swenegorod; On the road of Moshaisk,
they blew up a park of artillery, rendered six pieces
of battering artillery totally useless, and sunk them
in the morass, and ble' tip eighteen chests of pow-
der belonging to the artillery ; —he at the same one
made prisoners, ale Colonel, sern Officers, and 58

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cut down no inconsiderable number on
niant voluvropin, pt the Vie-guards, with'
cossacks, on the Barotrski read,. tor/44
penetrated Olt the village of .Ashejew,
_ did not fall ia with die\enettly any where ; he,
lowever, cut down 15 men of the anemy'slotairrs?

owstti,'l

Are itkiiibitants, in the circle
. thcmselves, and that, on
ante of iheitiemy, the neighbouring villages
at the appointed places.
" The said Lieutenant has, among others, noticed
about one thousand armed peasants, foot and horse,
in the village of 'lCamenskoje who, on the 49d of
September (October 5), had driven away the enemy's
foragers, of whom they killeck.one officer and az
privates. -
• 41 The 25th September (Oct. 7), Colonel Prince
Wadbolskji states, that he reached the Wereja road
on the 22d September (Oct. 4), and had stationed
himself between the villages of Litwinown and No-,
wirskoje, from whence the parties detached by him
have at sundry times cut down abont 200 men,
among which was one officer.
14 September 26 (Oct. 8), Prince Wadbolskji re-
ports, under the 25th instant (Oct. 7), that he intends
crossing over into the village of Suckowo, aistuttfil
between Wereja and Moshaisk, and that his -parties
have cut down about one hundred men, and made 16

prisoners.
• 4, The fortified camp on the right bank of the Nara, I
near the village of Tarutino, which is at present oci
cupied by the army, admits the detaching of con-
siderable parties from it, who are not only directed
to make the cutting off the enemy's marauders end
feragers their object, but must likewise be of sufficient
strength to cause the enemy serious damage, which
will be so much the more sensibly felt, as they are
suffering from the want of forage and protrisions. For
this purpose three numerous parties have been de-
tached to-day.
4, On the 28th September (October 10), Colonel
Prince Kudasc hew reports, that having received in-
formation of the enemy being in Nikolskoje 2500
strong, he unexpectedly attacked tLeni with 300 Cos-
sack s. The attack was impetuous, and the defeat of
the enemy complete ; for, notwithstanding his great
superiority in numbers, he was put to flight. in this
skirmish General Bouvier was either killed, or at
least severely wounded ; his horse was taken by the
Cossacks.

" At some distance from the field of battle, ;hel
enemy again collected his scattered forces and again {
awaited his attack, which was made with the same'
impetuosity and success as the first.
" Prince Kudaschew, who bestows doe praise on
Lieutenant-Colonel Charetonow, the Essaul, Pante-
'blew, Soltu-k Platow, and Chonenshje Bassow, eon.
cludes with stating, that the enemy, after having left
100 men killed and 200 prisoners on the field of
battle, had retired on the Kalouga road, but that
Prince Kudaschew himself had taken his route on
the Scrpuchow road for further operations. Geneval
Miloradowitsch has sent in four e fficers and 346 Men.
who were made prisoners by the vanguard under,bil,,
command, en the 27th and 211th September (9th and
10th October.)
" On the 11th October, the army remained in its
position, without making any movement. The ar-
tillery, Captain Fig tier, is at present between the ene- '
my's grand at my and their van-guard. In the c9urse
of two days he has sent in. four officers and about
1200 privates prisoners.
r• " Sept. 30 (Oct. 12), a separate party, which was
detached by the Colonel Prince Kudaschew, undsr
the command of Captain Koshuchow, Adjutant to
the General Field•Marshaf Prince Colenischtschew
Kutusoff, which joined the detachment before sent.
I out, crossed the river Motscha, and pursued the
enemy into Tschegadajewa, from whence the enemy's
infantry kept up a heavy lire of musketry. The enemy
after this moved out of the village and formed in
square, when the Den Cossaklts divided, and threw/
themselves on them with impetuosity, forced them-
selves into the square, cut down 40 men on the spot,
and made 60 prisoners, among whom is Captain
Foubier, who was wounded in the arm.
" All the parties detached on the enemy's line of
communication form an indivisable connection. The
successlul attacks on the enemy, and the number of
prisoners which they have made at a time when they
were far less in number than they are at present, is se-
-1 curity for the certain event, which they have now be-
fore them. Twenty-four additional regiments of Don
Cossacks have lately joined the army, and such a
, considerable augmentation to the irregular troops,,
give certain means of causing the greatest injury.to
the enemy."—[Sioleltlernent to the Peter.thrgh GastUe,l
15th (27th) Octokr.] ~
The Field-Marshal has likewise- transmitted the,
-information issued by him to the Army, to the
following effect 3 •
" Head-quarters, ht the Churelli Village of
Letaachevika, Sorb Sept. -th Oct.)
" The army has remained for more t an a week ,
near to the Church Village of Tarutino, on the right
bank of the Nara, and by being in perfecr quiet de-
rives from thence fresh strength. The regiments are
made complete by troops arriving from different go.
vemments, and which ere formed by the General of ,
Infantry, Prince Lobanow Rostowskji. The recruits,
who are burning with ardour, to engage the enemy,
are exercised in the camp. Our cavalry horses hav-
ing plenty of forage and good water to drink, have
recovered in a remarkable manner. The supply of
provisions 4 so well regulated that the army does not
suffer the least want, and the great roads leading to
the army are covered with transports, which come
from all the most fruitful governments in the vicinity
of which the army is stationed. Officers and soldiers
who have recovered their healib are daily joining it.
The sick, and those wounded in the field of honour,
being in the middle of Russia among their relations
and fellow-citizens, receive every support and atten-
tion which can only be expected fran mothers and
wives, from brothers and children. The force of the
enemy, thrown into disorder, does not permit him to.
make any attempts against us. By the distance from
his borders, he it deprived of all sources of assistance ;
his supply with provisions becomes more difficult
from hour to hour, and the • . unanimously
relate that bors4lesh is used ese faint in their army,
notwithstanding that they have still more flesh thin
bread; but the 'horses of the *unties artillery, and
those of their tev4ry eager moot. The greater art
, , a nr--7-

"T'

°Me latter have been destroyed to the several ea.
dagemen‘s, especiaHy in that so glorious to the Rua.
-Fan arms on the 26th August (7th September),
we rest df the cavalry regiments suffer the greats*
ant of forage; the enemy's army being sarroundei
,by our parties, which cut off every communicatihe
with them.
" The enemy k so hemmed in with regard to the,
procuring of forage, that he cannot send his forager,
qnt unless they are protected by strong convoys,lig
—who are, nevertheless, overpowered by bur parties,.
Strong detachments from our army are on the loads
of Moshaisk, St. Petersburgh, Kolunina, and Ser.
Llauchow, and seldom a day passes in which 3(x) ran
I and upwardl are not brought in prisoners. Eve;
the peasantry of the villages situated near the theatre
of war, cause exceeding great damage to the enemy.
4, The Russians, who have in all ages distinguished
' themselves above all other nations, by their love and
attachment to the throne of their Monarchs, now fikok
wise emulate each other with indescribable energy iq
the destruceion of the enemy, who has violated the
repose of their native country. The peasants, fired
' with the love of their birth-places, form armaniente
among themselves. It occurs that several neigh.
bouring villages keep guards on high places, and
chutch steeplei, from whence they beat No ring the
alarm on sight of the enemy. -
• ,av On this signal the peasants assemble, fall ,its}
desperation on the enemy, and !rill not quit the field
of battle till they have obtained a complete victory.
They cut down the enemy in great numbers, mid
those which they take pt sooners they send to the at,
my. Daily they come to head-quarters and entreat
earnestly for fire-arms and cartridges for their de.
fence against the enemy. The request of these wort
thy peasants, these tree sons of their country, art
.atisfied according to possibility, and they art sap.
plied with muskets, pistols, and.powder. In several
villages they join themselves by oath for their mu.
tual defence, and that in such a manner that a sense
punishment is affixed iu every case wtpreiu any ce
should behave like a coward, or wherein be team
another in danger.
The power of cop, yeho protects the just and
punishes the guilty, has now directed its vengeance
against our enemies. We have this moment received
the intelligence of the Spaniards and English having
defeated the French, and taken possession of Madrid,
and thus will our enemies every where meet with di,
feat ; and they have come to the extreme parts of
Europe, at a time when they, having penetrated
through the borders of Russia, will probably find
their graves in the bosoms of our native country."

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON. -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20.

mleilmorpm

Our columns of to-dap ere filled with the official
reports of the Russian Generals, which were brought
by the cottenburgh Mail of yesterday. We are pot
furnished, it is true, with an account of any Opel.
dons subsequent to those communicated b,y dr fop
"mer Mail, but the more minutely the occurrence ant
detailed, she more must every honest heart dwell open
them with inward satisfaction. KUTUSOFF, the inrin.
cible Commander of the Russian armies, h4s nosv the
proud triumph of witnessing the fulfilment of those
predictions, which he modestly gave out after the
occupation of Moscow by the enemy. He has
deemed the pledges which he gave to tb,e vmtld
that occasion, and has had the immortal harestiri
ferred upon him by the events of the times, of :a
dating the most successful, if not the greatest m 4
tary leader of the age, to a situation out of Ai*
the chances of his erutication are indeed very feu, '

The Russian Bulletins confirm a circumstance
which we had long since anticipated. BoNafaiddi
does not venture to pass through Kaluga and Tula,
for these places are strongly defended, and be is iq
no condition to risque another general engagerpent.
—His retreat ,to Poland will, therefore, be attnegin
ed by successive detours to the eastward—b
too much of a coward, and is too well acqualla
with the mettle of his troops to hasard any attics is
which their numbers are not at least double. TEC
excellent condition of the Russian cavalry will foible
them, however, to annoy their enemies most uniactof
fully in their retreat, even if they elude the less npi4
movements of the main body under Kurolotr.
The brave KUTUGOIf% Proclamation to hisiddioS
will be read with great delight—if there mill o
doubt in the most sceptical kava,st with respect to the
I disposition of the Russian nation, this domes*
must remove 4. We have heqrd much of Ist"
the sluggish and inactive condition of the Rosoiaa
peasantry--they are described to us br Mars
travellers as being bought and sold **the I°4
as being bound in allegiance to their leavist !leg
by the ties of patriotism or reciprocal *meows
but by the lash of the whip, or the MOO
blows of the knout-.-these poor men have bales
to fight for however, and in the present sistf
ous contest they have conducted themselves bit
Heroes—let us hear no more, therefore, of the Ars
and degraded condition of the Russian people. A
hundred such man armed a /a-Roar/akin, are
a thousand desperadoes of other nations With
Fiench Emperor at their head.
The circumstances attending the capture of the
brave Count WINZINGERODI4 afford another Ma O.
of the cowardly spirit, by which the French Reis*
in Moscow were actuated. Wtasasionoos ands
014cer of cavalry, in their eagerness to save the irk
they effusion of blood, or rather`from
humanity towards the miscreants who remained
io
the Kremlin, gallopped forward with white lath'
iterchiffs in
.their hands to beseech them to awe
firing, as resistance was vain. They were.okosfriP
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