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lam;gall(' during the retreat 'of tha French, a de-
,cholerm of forty-seven men Passed by the villages
f *thin° and Polsino. He immediately assembled
e peasants of those places, .and encouraging them
! his example, he killed seven of the forty-seven,
awing bound with cords the forty remaining, he
tthem with the peasants to the out-posts of the
cocas. The said Jeresnenko having by so cou-
scous an action 'shewn his zeal for the hervice, and
ion a proof of the spirit which Characterizes the
isssio soldier, his Highness the General Field
has advanced him to the rank of subaltern
seer, and has likewise given him the badge of the
taw order of St. George.
nocoDINGS OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE
jaralAN ARMY, FROM THE 1 STH TO THE 16TH
NOVEMBER.
a Nov. 13.—The Aide.de.Camp General Count
oxharoffsky, as he was proceeding on the 12th,
with part of the detachment under his command,
from Schkloif towards Mohilow, was informed by
some of the inhabitants, who had left that place, that
the enemy's troops which had remained there, had
threatened to set on fire all within their reach ;—in
consequence of this informatidn, CouirtOscharoffsky,
without loss of time, ordered on the Cossacks from
pakawa, mounted the riflemen, and arrived before
night with his cavalry and artillery, in time to save
the town, from whence he immediately drove the
enemy—thus at the same time relieving the place,
and many large magazines which it contained, froth
the danger with which it was Threatened.
“ Another part of the detachment, under the orders
of the Staabs-ltost-meister of the Hussars of the
Guards, Natschakiu, which had been sent on by the
read to Knaeschnitzi, came up with the enemy on
their retreat from that place, attacked them, and
took one officer and 1(X) men prisoners, putting the
rest to flight, whom they pursued for six versts be-
yond Knaeschnitzi. In the magazines at Mohilow
there were 34,000 koirls of provisions and forage.
a General Millaradovitch reports, that on the 12th,
be shall be with part of his van-guard at Tototschin.
The grand army halted at Kopys.
Nov. 14.—General Platoff reports that on the
12th, some of the enemy's troops, which had sepa-
rated from the corps under Marshal Ney, and had
taken the road to Loubawitntz, surrendered, to the
:umber of eight hundred men. The enemy's loss in
prisoners was, indeed, so very great, that he founB
it was unnecessary to make any particular report on
the occasion, as it seldom occurred that he took less
than a thousand prisoners each day.

a Colonel Potemkin, belonging to General Mill°.
radovitch's van-goard, in his report of the 13th,
states, that Major General Karpow had assembled
six hundred prisoners at Zolotschina, and that at
Kostel they had found 100 Ischetwerts of rye.
" On the 13th General Platoff reports, that Lieu-
unapt-General Martinott having attacked the enemy,
with blajnr-General Koutenikoff's brigade, as he
was marching on the high road, killed five hundred
of them, and made four hunched prisoners, amongst
*hom was General Dseworof.sky.

M The head-qttattets were at Siaroselije."

" Nat-EN:am 15.—Lieutenant.General Schefelett's
teport of the 10th states, that the major part of the
merchants of Ratslaff Polosott, together with the citi-
zens of that town, animated by the love for their
coqatry, had equipped a detachment of one hundred
caltalry ; and having armed them with pikes, swords,
anti 7nuskets, dnring the whole of the corstinuarce of
the Military operations in the government of Smo-
lensk°, they had made several excursions, in which
they had had many affairs with the enemy, with ad-
vantage to themselves, by which means they in fact
saved their town from being plundered.

" The head•quaeters at Krouglo."
REPORT :FROM THE GENERAL OF CAVALRY COL:4IT
WITTOit:NSTEIN TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, DA-
TED s 1 AROC BORTSSOFF, NOVEMBER 29th.

" Yesterday I had the honour most submissively
to report to your Imperial Majesty, upon the
defeat of the corps of Marshal Victor, from whom
the troops of your Majesty took four cannon, two
standards, sixty-seven staff and other officers, and
three thousand prisoners, independently of a consi.
derable number in killed and wounded. After this
victory there surrendered, the General of Division
Partheniart, the General of Brigade Sillier, the Chief
of the Su ff D'Elert ; Generals Canins and Blamont,
five colonels, fifteen lieutenant-colonels, two hundred
and twenty -four officers, and seven thousand eight
hundred privates ; amongst these were two \vb.:*
regiments of cavalry, fully mounted, the one a Saxon
regiment, and one of Berg. I afterwards reselved on
attzckine; Napoleon himself : which I did not fail to
perform on the same day.
"The enemy approached the passage of the Be.
rezma in great force, and stopt there to defend it
'With the greatest obstinacy, in order to save his as.,
linen' and baggage ; without being disconcerted by
ills great efforts, I drove him back the distance of,
three versts. The engagement lasted the whole
ilaY. To-clay I compelled him to cross the river
near Stoudenzie, where, after having passed it, he
burned the bridge ; but having received . pontons
from Admiral Tchichagoff, 1 am at this moment
'occupied in getting them thrown on the river. I
11411 pass it immediately, and shall act in conjunction
salt him and General Platoff. Yesterday we took
from the enemy one field-piece, and made fifteen
hundred prisoners. To-flay we took twelve pieces

'of cannon, and a considerable number Of them he
cast himself into the river. I have also taken a
number of officers and men ; others are continually
arriving, so that I have not as yet beer. able to take
any account of them ; they bring in, besides, so many
carriages, belonging to Bonaparte as well as to
private individuals, that the distance of half a Vera
is covered with them, so as not to allow persons to
pass either on foot or on horseback, I have been
obliged, therefore, to dispatch three 'companies of
militia to clear a passage only for the troops. Upon
these carriages; most bf them lately the property of
Moscow Emilies, was found, besides a great booty
for the !mops, a quantity of chutch plate and other
effects, which the enemy had stolen at Moscow. We
are occupied in collecting it altogether, in order to
send it to the Goveinor-General of Moscow. Ia re-
porting this Most humbly to yotir Imperial Majesty,
I lay at the same time at your feet the standards
which I have taken from the enemy.
We have lost, during these days, above three
thousand men.
REPORT SF ADMIRAL TCIIICHAOOFF, ON THE ROAD OP
OSTACHERO, ON THE 29TH OF NOVIINBER.
Seeing the possibility of communicating di-
rectly with St. Petertburgh, I profit of it, to make
known to your Majesty all that has happened since
my last report. The following day after my ar-
rival at Minsk I reinforced my advanced guard;
and ordered General LaMbert to go on the side of
Borisow. On the 21st of November he attacked
at the break of day the redoubts occupied by the
rear guard of General Dombrowsky, who had ane
rived in great haste from Beresina to take pos-
session of it. The resistance was very great; they
fought a long time, and with fury. Your Majesty
possesses in Count Lambert an active, courageous,
and able General, capable of surmounting every
, difficulty, who having perceived the importance of
this post, in which the enemy had collected all their
force to inaintain themselves, decided to take it, and
completely succeeded. The enemy lost two thou-
sand men in killed, and we have made as many pri-
-soners. The remains of the corps of Dombrowsky
have been pursued arid dispersed.
" In the mean time, whilst my advanced guard
was going from Minsk to Borisow, General Icha-
plitz was sent to Lembin to observe the passage of
the Berisina, and Colonel Loukowkin to take pos-
session of every thing that the enemy had been ob-
liged to abandon. Some detachments of Dombrow-
sky had really crossed that river, Colonel Loukow.
kin attacked them, and took from them a colonel,
may
n officers, three hundred soldiers, and one co,
.our.

" The passage of the river near Borisow had been
judged so important, that the enemy turned towards
it all his attention. In consequence, Oudinot was
detached to reinforce Dombrowsky, but the tete-du-
pont established on this side, rendered fruitless all
the.r endeavours.

" The enemy, determined to farce his passage;
made demonstrations upon many points, and he suc-
ceeded at last in finding a very strong position at 13
versts from Borisow, where he placed a battery of
30 pieces of cannon, and having on its flanks marshes
and heights. He effected the passage of the river
under the protection of his batteries, so as to render
lit impossible for us to prevent it, particularly as the
river, at the place where he effected his passage, was
very narrow, so that the infantry crossed it on horse-
iback. -

" On the 27th and 28th we heard a cannonade,
first on the right and then on the left; The Counts
Wittgenstein and Platoff approached. Communica-
tions were established between us. On the 28th I
attacked the enemy in front, at the same time that
Wittgenstein found himself already engaged with the
troops which defended the passage of the river on the
opposite side. Some prisoners informed us that Na-
lpoleon was in person at this battles with all his force,
which amounted to about seventy thousand men.—
The corps of Oudinot and Victor; that formed part
of it, weft composed of soldiers who had not suffered
much, as they were still provided both with artillery
and cavalry.
" The guard of Napoleon is likewise in tolerable
condition; The enemy was driven back to the dis-
tance of four or five versts, with the loss of one can-
non, many officers, some hundreds of prisoners, and
a considerable number of killed.

4‘ Lieutenant-General Sacken, whom t left in the
environs of Brut, has perfectly executed any orders.
The Prince of Schwartzenberg has twice approached
Slonim, but General Sacken having attacked Regnier
two days successively, forced him to retreat and join
Prince Schwartzenberg. Lieutenant-General Reg-
nier has lost one pair of colours and 1000 prisoneis.
" I have just learnt, that the enemy is retreating
from before me, having lost one more cannon and
some baggage. I any going to pursue them."