Star.
London, England, 1812-12-30 00:00:00

Daniel Nalland, Thos.Wiilleott, and Charles M'Gibbons, ditto,
slightly; Thos. Boa, James Scratchley, boy, and Robert Ha-
therley, ditto, severely, John Jordan, boy, amputated kg; Ro-
bert Sneddon, din,, ditto; John Duckworth, private marine,
severely; John Bitlwd, Win. Reynolds, and Benj. Harrison,
ditto, slightly; Lancelot Mills, and Thos. Cox, ditto, severely;
Igdaliath ditto, slightly; Samuel Browning, and Johan
Relic, ditto, severely

Killed 36, .everely wounded S 6, slightly wounded, all likely
to recover,B2. Totallo4. (Signed)
JOIN S. CARDEN, Captain.

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, DEC. 29.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Burdett, of his Majesty's Ship
the Maidstone, addressed to Vice Admiral Sawyer, and trans-
mitted by Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren t• John Wilson
Crottr, Esq.
His Majesty's Ship Maidstone, at Sea, October 17.
SM—i have the honour to inform you, that this
afternoon, in latitude 41 degrees, 30 min. N. and
longitude 66 degrees, 48 min. W. on St. George's
Bank, his Majesty's ship under my command, with
the Spartan in company, captured the American pri-
vateer brig Rapid, of fourteen guns (carronades of
different calibres, with two long sixes), and a com-
plement of eighty-four men, after a chace of nine
hours (blowing fresh), during which he threw eight
of his guns overboard, and cut his boat from the
stern. I find she had been three days from Port-
land, but had made no captures ; she is coppered and
copper-fastened, stored and victualled for a three
months cruize, which I learn by the Captain's in-
structions from his owners, was to have been first off
the Azores, Madeira, the Cape de Verde Islands, and
from thence off Cayenne, and so to have returned to
windward off Barbadoes. 1 have the honour to be,
Sir, &c. (Signed) GEORGE BURDETT, Captain.

[For Military Promotions, Bankrupts, Bta see the last page.]

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

FOREIGN OFFICE, DECEMBER 30, 1812.

Dispatches, of which the following are copies,
have been received by Viscount Castlereagh, His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, from General Viscount Cathcart, K. T. his
Majesty', Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiary io the Emperor of Russia, dated the 30th
November, and 6th and 7th inst.
" St. Vetersburgh, N0r.30, 1812.
4g Mr LORD--In my dispatch of the 25th instant,
I had -the honour to state to your Lordship the im-
portant and brilliant success of his Imperial Majesty's
arms in the affairs el the 17th and 18th, in the for-
mer of which Martial Davoust's division was defeated
and dispersed with great loss, Bonaparte and the
Marshal flying from the field of battle; and in the
latter, Marshal Ney's division, near the same place,
said to have consisted of eighteen thousand men, ap-
pears to have been completely accounted for by the
numbers killed and wounded, in addition to those
who afterwards laid down their arms. I also stated
the general distribution of the armies as they stood at
that time,

ig I have now the honour to acquaint your Lord-.
ship, that General Field Marshal Prince Kutusoff
Smolenski reports, on the 23d November, from La-
niky Farm, that Bonaparte, with his guards, left
Otcha on the 20th November, and marched on the
road to Kochanoff; and that on the 21st the remain•
ing troops of the enemy marched out of the former
place, leaving twenty-six guns, and some hospitals, in
which were upwards of fifty wounded French officers.

44 General Count Platoff is ordered to follow the
army marching on Kochanoff.
" A detachment under Major-General Ermaloff,
consisting of fourteen battalions of infantry, some
cavalry, and two companies of artillery, is directed
to move by Orsha to reinforce Count Platoff.
44 The advanced guard of the main army, under the
command of General Millaradovitch, consisting of
the 2d and 7th divisions of infantry, and the 2d divi-
sion of cavalry, was to cross the Dnieper on the 2:id,
at Kopys, and was to direct its march upon Tolot.i
china, to join General Ermaloff's detachment.
" The main army will cross the Dnieper, at Kopys,
on the 24th, and march by Starasel to Tsetzershioff,
from whence it may be directed according to circum-
stances, either upon Bobra or Berezinoff.
46 General Wittgenstein reports on the 21th No-
vember, from the village of Cherai, that Admiral
Tchichagoff was at Borisoff on the 24th inst. whence
General Langeron informed the Count, by letters of
the 22d inst. that General Count Lambert was at
Borisoff on the 21st, where he defeated the whole
corps of Dembroffski, taking six cannon, two colours,
and 3,000 prisoners, driving them on upon the road
to Orsha ; that Count Lambe:A .had also taken at
Kaidanoff two guns, and from 2 to 3,000 prisoners,
and that, including the hospitals at Minsk, in the last
eight days upwards of 11,000 prisoners, and 24 guns
had been taken.

gg Victor and Oudinot have retired from before
Count Wittgenstein upon Borisoff ; the tatter is
marching in puisuit of them, and on the 23d took
800 prisoners and many carriages.
'6 Count Wittgenstein reports, that General Pla-
toff is marching against the great body of the enemy's
corps upon Toulochinow, by which it appears the
lenemy is enclosed on three sides—General Platoff in
his rear, Admiral Tchichagoft in their front, and
Count Wittgenstein on their lank.
gg A report was received yesterday of another Ge.
(neral Officer, whose name I have not heard, having
been taken prisoner ; and I have also understood that
accounts are received, that General Ertle was arrived
at Egoumen.
6! The detachment under General Sacken is un-
derstood to be fully adequate to keep Prince Schwart-
zenberg in check.
44 The attempt to blow up the cathedral of Smo.

lensko failed, the match having gone out before h
I reached the mine.
1 " The fate of Marshal Ney has not been ascer-
' tained. —I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) 4 6 CATHCART!'
" St. Peterebmgh, December 6.
16 MY LORD--I have the honour to transmit the
Report of the defeat of Victor's corps by General
Count Wittgenstein, on the 27th November.
66 It would seem that this corps had altered its di-
rection from Borisoff, and was proceeding up the left
bank of the Berezina, when it was charged by Count
Wittgenstein. On the 16th, at daybreak, the Count
pursued Bonaparte on a road which leads to Vilna,
still upon the left bank of the Berezina.
44 A bridge had been thrown over the river, at a
place about thirty wersts from Borizoff, where there
was an advantageous position for-the enemy's rear.
guard, and for covering the passage.
66 In this day's march the French lost the whole
of their equipages and plunder, and were vigorously
and repeatedly attacked at the bridge.
46 The position on the left bank being continually
reinforced by fresh troops, was contested till night,
when it was evacuated, and the bridge was destroyed
as soon as the rear guard had passed. There is a
cross road from this point which leads to the great
road to Vilna, and it was the intention of Count Wit-
tgenstein to pursue, as soon as he either received Ron-
tons, or reestablished the bridge.
General Platoff had already got to the right
bank, probably at Borisoff.
4, Admiral Tchichagoff's quarters appear to have
been at no great distance, but no partiular report of
the distribution or movements of this part of the
force, has as yet been received, since the affair of
Count Lambert.

" It appears, however, from the conclusion of
Count Vs'ittgenstein's last report that he expects the
concert and support both of the Admiral and of
Count Platoff.
" General Millaradovitch was stated to have ar-
rived at Boriseff when the last accounts came away.
The head-quarters of the main army were still
advancing on a line parallel to, and to the southward
of the main road from Smolensko to Minsk, but con-
siderably in the rear of the present operations.
There are long defiles to pass on the road from
Borisoff to Minsk, as well as on that upon which 80.
naparte is supposed to be marching ; and it scarcely
appears possible, that the remains of his army can
get through these difficulties in presence of so many
troops, with artillery and cavalry, regular as well as
irregular.-1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) " CATHCART."
" St. Petersburgh, Dec. 7, 1819.

" ?h Loan—While in the act of dispatching the
messenger, I received from the palace a report from
Admiral Tchichagoff, dated tie 29th November,
upon the march to Ostachcow, detailing his proceed-
ings from the 21st November, and stating that, in
concert with Counts Wittgenstein and Platoff, he is
in pursuit of the French, whose force he estimates at
seventy thousand men, including Oudinot and Vic-
tor, and which he says is provided with cavalry and
artillery. (Signed) CATIICAKT."

JOURNAL OF MILITARY OPERATIONS FROM THE 7rll TO

13111 NOVEMBER, DATED HEAD-QUARTERS, KOPYS.

" NOVEMBER 7.—Major-General Borosdini having
driven the enemy from Laeda, pursued them with a
part of his detachment as far as Bolschoi Kolotolsky,
and with his Cossacks, as far as Kosan,where they were
relieved by those of the detachment commanded by
t.Lo Aid-de-camp General Count Oscharofsky. The
enemy lost in his flight seven•pieces of cannon and a
number of carriages.
The General of Cavalry, Count Platoff, reports,
under date of the sth instant, that having on the 3d
approached Smolensko, and having learnt from the
inhabitants, who were quitting it, that the enemy oc-
cupied the Fauzbourg of Petersburgh, he gave imme-
diate orders to his troops to attack under cover of the
fire of the artillery of the Don.

" Colonel Kaysasoff, after having with his chas-
seurs, broken the barrier which the enemy had placed,
vigorously pursued them into the Fauxbourg itself,
from whence they fled in alarm and disorder within
the walls of the fortress, where they were exposed to
a fire of grape-shot from the neighbouring heights.
Whilst the Cossacks and the chasseurs were engaged
in the Fauxbourg, the enemy made a sortie in two
columns, with eight pieces of cannon and a mortar,
resolately determined to repossess themselves of the
Fauxbourg—but Major-General Koutcinckoff with
his Cossacks, and Colonel Kaybaroff with his chas-
seurs, fell upon them, and having repulsed the in-
fantry, took their cannon. The Fauxbourg was re-
taken, when night put an end to the contest. On
the 4th the enemy established themselves behind the
palisadoes, keeping possession of the left bank of the
Dnieper, whilst his columns quitted the town with
precipitation.

‘, Count Platoff caused Te Deum to be sung in
presence of the troops, accompanied by a discharge
of artillery and a hurrah of the soldiers.

44 The enemy on quitting the town, sprung the
mines which they had formed under several places of
the fortress, which set fire to the houses of the Faux-
bourg of Petersburgh, which were situate opposite
the fortress.

44 The Aide-de-Camp, General Baron Mettenako-
melsky reports, that the officer whom he had de-

tached with three squadrons, had

my's column at three versts from
and having surrounded thcm, he
Rottmeister of the hussars of the

with a proposal to lay down their
mission he executed with cum;
number of prisoners amounted to

hundred men.

" Intelligence has been received,
ment under Count Oscharofsky,
low after having dislodged the

and forage sufficient to subsist thi

ing ten days, were found in the p,
~ Head-quarters of the army at Dabroi (pp
rind to Orsha).

" NOVEMBER B.—The Aide-de-Camp, Cameral
Count Oscharofsky, reports on the 7th, that a&
French army having abandoned, on the night al
the Bth, the village of Kosan, had marched to Dot.
browns, and that many prisoners had been made in
their flight, of which, however, the Count couldnet
yet fix the number, as it increased every MOlnent.
44 Head-quarters at Romanoff.

,g Nov. 9.—The Count Oscharofsky reports, that a
detachment sent by him pursued the rear-guard of
the enemy on their retreat from Kam. The Cos•
sacks, in following it on each side of the great toad,
had cut off part of it from Dombrowna, and, tepid.
less of the fire of grapeshot, threw themselves, toge-
ther with the chasseurs, upon the enemy's co!tutut,
killed more than a thousand men, took four pieces of
cannon, with the caissons laden with grape, besides a
considerable number of carts, and made six hundred
prisoners.

44 Major-General Borosdin reports, on the 4th, that
having with his detachment driven the enemy from
Dombrowna, he had pursued him to Orsha, on which
occasion he took above four hundred men and eight
officers. At Dombrowna was found a small maga.
zine of flour, oats, and hay.
General Count Platoff reports on the 7th, that,
proceeding from Smolensko to Dombrowna, he had
destroyed a detachment of the enemy, which, alter
the defeat of the French army at Krasno, had saved
itself by flight, and passed over to the right bank cf
the Dnieper, in order to come up again with the
main body. The Count made three thousand pri.
soners, among whom is the late Chief Commissary
General at Smolensko de Puibusque. In a second
report, General Platoff states, that, continuing on
the 7th, his route to Dombrowna, he was informed
that Marshal Ney was marching with the remains
of his corps to Loubawitzch, and had been seen in
the afternoon at Gousuiroff. Having occupied this
place with his Cossacks on the left, General Platoff
ordered masked batteries to he raised on the road;
and having permitted the enemy to advance,l* vli-
denly opened upon them a tremendous fire .4- grape
shot, so that confounded, and seeing it impossible to
pierce through to Loubawitzch, they threw them.
selves into the woods on the banks of the Dnieper,
and covering their march by chasseurs, pressed along
the bank of the river until the night was far ad.
vanced ; and threw into it the four pieces of cannon
they had with them.
44 The Btll, at about six o'clock in the morning,
the advanced guard came up with the enemy in ad.,
vance of Dombrowna. He was again received with
grape-shot on coming out of a forest on the road.—
Our Cossacks, profiting by the disorder of the aid •
my, and the well-directed fire of our artillery, at.
tacked with the lance, killing many, and making
800 prisoners, among whom was a Commissary-Ge.
neral and ten officers. Marshal Ney, seeing his total
defeat, threw himself into the forests, and collecting
the troops whom the attack of our Cossacks had dis.
persed, he occupied the village of Jarouboff, where
he defended himself with obstinacy until night, whiei
put an end to the combat.
64 Nov. 10.—General Count Platoff reports, on
the 9th, that during . the pursuit of the enemy to
Orsha he made 400 prisoners. The enemy defends
the passage of the river with his artillery, while be
gives the town up to the flames. The Partizan Da-
vidoff attacked the enemy on the 9th at Kopys, and
killing many, made 285 prisoners, besides taking a
quantity of equipages ; passing afterwards the river
by swimming, he sent various parties to Schaaf,
Staroselije, and Orsha.
46 The Count Platoff reports, on the 9th, that the
enemy had, after some resistance, been drivenfroat
Orsha, and that at one o'clock the town had been
occupied by our troops. The enemy left there 20
pieces of cannon, some provisions, and his hospitals,
in which were found, of officers alone, .50 persons..

an(
1 the

" On the 11th the grand army halted at Lannike•
" Nov. 12.—The Aide-de-camp General Coot
Oscharoffsky reports, on the 12th, that having ar•
rived on the 11th at Gorhi, he had sent Major Rschef-
sky, with the regiments of Cossacks of the Don, of
Schamscheff, and one hundred and fifty hussars, in
pursuit of the enemy, who had just quitted the place.
The Major Rschefsky came up with and nearly de-
stroyed them, making four officers and two hundred
and fifty soldiers prisoners, taking many equipages.
ge The head-quarters of the army at Morosoff.
•' The Tiratlleur of the Ist grenadier compael
of the regiment of infantry of Moscow, Stepan Jere.
menko, had been left, in order to be cured of the
wounds he had received at Smolensko, to the care
of the principal of that Government, the Sub-Lieu-
tenant Krestschetoff. After his cure had been corn-

lett(
discovered an eat, t 4
om Winnisa-Louky e
to sent the Staa4. Ihi
Akimfieldt guard;
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place.