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London, England, 1812-12-04 00:00:00

against Borowsk, thiukiog, as is proved by lett cr
foe dd on a Courier taken prisoner, to force limself
into the moat fruitful provinces of Russia.
" Geserat Kutusow entirely counteracted this
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plan, by a scrimp ettilck, which took places:" the
24th October, at bialoyaroskavitz ; this little WI"
was taken and re-taken eight different times ; atlat
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thf French were obliged to retreat with the loss of
!piece's of cannon. s• • ' '''•
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Napoleon then gave up his plan, left the army,
!and took the road to Smolensk, after he had given
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orders for the whole army to follow in same road:—
To conceal as much as possible this his retreat, he
ordered one corps to march to Medyne, as if he had
intended to march round the Russian left wing ;
during this time the Guards, with the greatest part.
of the army, marched towards Mojaisk.
" As soon as General Kutusow was apprised of
this, he broke up with his whole army, and followed
the enemy. •

44 The Russian •advanced guard, under Plasm
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overtook the French army on the Ist of Norembet.
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near Kolotsk, not fir from Borodino, and toot rem •
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them two colours and 24 pieces of canon.

66 The 3d November, General Miloradowitsck'
supported by Platow, attacked several French corPs
near Viasma, commanaed by the Vice King of Italy,
Davoust, and Ney ;• these corps were completely de-
feated; and lost one colour, five cannon, and 5;060
prisoners, amongst whom is Genezal Pettien. MO
whole road to Majaisk it covered with ammunition
waggons and dead horses. The French army re-
treats
daily upwards of-SO wersts.
66 Admiral TschetchairoE's advanced guard, under
• General Tschaplitz, entered Slonim on the 21st of
October, and took General Kanopka, with the whole
of the three Uhlan regiments of guards prisoners.—
COlonaTcherniskoff, with a detached corps, has ad-
vanced'near Warsaw. A corps, belonging to Gene-
ral Witgenstein's army, has entered Witeisk."
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM COUNT ROSEN't DAM!
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“ Two Messengers arrived to-night from Russia.
Wittgenstein has totally destrOyed Victor and St.
Cyr's armies; •
and is now near Smolensk. Whin
'Bonaparte left Moscow,* ae ordered gurat to attack'
General 13enningsen, but be was driyen back. Bo:
naparte then attacked Kutusow in person, with great
desperation, near Maloyarokanvetz, and was again
repulsed.

" He then intended to fight a general battle ; and,
if ne was conqueror, to march byway of Kaluga to
Poland, and there remain in winter quarters, as near
Galicia as possible but he found ihe Russians so',
torLified, that it WAS impossible ; he had, therefore,
nothing left but to concentrate his whole force, and'',
return by way of Smolensk, which is entirely laid
waste; the bad roads and the dreadful wants thel
French are in, gave Kutusow time to come up witb.
them near Viasma, when he gave them battle and
defeated them.

Before the battle Bonaparte gave the command
to Murat, and went himself with 6000 men to Smo-
lensk, on his way home, but he was met by General'
Qertel's detachment, which obliged him to return ;
he then tried to retreat by the road which goes from
Smolensk towards the sea;, there he was met by
Wittgenstein's advanced guard, was beaten, and
obliged to fall back on the grand army.
,‘ He has now in front of him Tormasow's, Tchit.
chak )ff's, and Wittgenstein's armies, and is his fear
Prince Kutusow with 150,000 men,
4, The Russians take daily 3 or 41000 prisoners ;
Wittgenstein made in one day 6000, and took 23
pieces of cannon ; Platow, 30 pieces of cannon and-
-3700 prisoners,"
•hi the written copy it it Mittman szl but ((snit lie s
error of tile transcriber,

There has been a general survey on all the Arta-.
levy Horses throughout the Western laistrii. 4t
Plymouth-Dock 75 horses have beta selected fit FM.,
active service, and it is expected that the total retard
will be above 900.
Thursday embarked at the Dock-yard, Ports.
mouth, two officers, 60 men, and 100 harses of the
Royal Artillery Drivers, to join the army to Spain.
Lieutenant Colonel R. Pzux, of the 16th Light
Dragoons, who had his horse ihot under him, and
was in consequence made prisoner, in one of the late
actions in Spain, is a brother of the late Captain 4dl
the Buc-erunt,us frigate, and of the Rev. F. PitLi,Y
of Siston, Gloucestershire.
The following. detachments are hutted at Sand-'
but st for the wi•ner, viz. Royal Staff Corps, C 4
Litrzun ; Royal Waggon Train, .I..ieut.kitterrin
Tuiral North Gloucesteilgifitia, Capt. GRxFoaT.
klreilt number of old and badly wounded priso-
-I.4kive been selected from the rimers in Ha.
and. pent ep board the. Braave,prisourship,
si to the* being mg lame to irauce.

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