Star.
London, England, 1812-09-07 00:00:00

FROM SATMMAT NICHT%

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, SEPTEMBER S.
Copy of a Letter from Vics•Admirai Sir Imes Serowe:a*
and K. B. to 1. W. Croker, Esq. dated on board his mss....
ship Victory, in Hawke Road, August 27, 1219.
Slk—l herewith enclose a letter I have reee;veg
from Rear:Admiral Martin, dated the 17th iskant.
on board the Aboukir, off Riga, conveying infanta,
Lion of the movements of the Russian forces to alai
period, by which their Lordships will observe, *4
no event of importance had taken place since the let.
ter I transmitted from the Rear-Admiral, dated th
11th instant. I have the honour to be, sre.
(Signed) JAWILI
Sit, Aboukir, elf Riga Bay, Aug.l7,
I have to acquaint you that, couriers arrived
night from Connt Wittgenstein and General Barclay
de Tolli, by whom we learn that no importasrti
has yet occurred.

Count Wittgenstein's letter, is dated the 13th inst,
at a small village called Doschocb, about forty miles
this side off Polotzk, to which last place he had pm.
sued Oudinot, and leaving a strong advanced post
in front of it, in order to deceive him, the cotitt
immediately took a direction with his army wile&
Druya to meet Macdonald, of whose departure frost
this neighbourhood he had received early intelligence.
Hearing, however, that Marshal Oudinot had olu
tamed a reinforcement of eleven thousand men, be
halted, and presently moved forward again in the
direction of Polotsk, and falling in with a may
French division, he attacked them, and took 600
prisoners, besides baggage. It was conjectured slat
Oudinot had recrossed the river, and it was nut,

wined that his loss in the late action bad been mock
more severe than was at first reported.
_ _

General Barclay de Tolli's letter is dated tielCtlil
of August, at Smolensk° ; it speaks only of an aunt
made by Count rahlen's cavalrLon the eaemy'srrr
guard, which he drove before him, taking twist,
three hundred prisoners, and General Sebastiaai
carriage, with all his papers.
Frequent skirmishes take place, and they atem
presented as invariably favourable to the Russian;
and every thing in the army is going on in a ails
factory way. Several small detachments from tie
garrison have been scouring the ccuntry, andlua
destroyed a Magazine and taken some prisoners.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) T. M. MARTIN, Rear-AdmiraL
Vice-Admiral Sir James Sauttlarez, Bart. and K.B. Su.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, SEPTEMBER S.
Extract of a Letter from Commodore Sir Home Popham to
iniral the. Right Ho.t. Lord Keith, K.B. dated on board
Majesty's ship Venerable, Bilboa Inlet, August 16,1112,
t ran nal ted by the last-mentioned Officer to J. W. Calker,
Yesterday morning, at day-dawn, General
vales attacki.d the enemy, and his dispositions

so judicious that he drove him out of the town,
whence •he !retreated on the high road to Zot.

and his whole force fell back towlards Da go. The
Spaniards lost ten men killed, and twenty-three
wounded ; the enemy certainly lost more, andlul
six prisoners taken.
Major Williams marched with a strong pique t§
examine the country ; but as the enemy continued

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to retreat, he returned to the town of Dilboa in
course of the night.

I directed Captain Malcolm to take a propos-timid
gunpowder, with a party of men, to blow ark
Moro, as we bad 'completely oestroyed every ifori
at I'ortugalete and its- neighbourhood; but as Ge.
neral Renovales preferred doing it himself, In,
pliedltim with powder for that purpose.
[For Military Prourtiono, Bookrupti, &c. ler the lot pr.].

Tag EVENING STAIL

LONDON;

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.

The Fox packet, Captain TILLY, has arrived
Falmouth, with Mails from Cadiz, which she left
the 20th ultimo. The accounts we have receivedi
her confirm the landing of General MANIAND 00 ti
IQth, at Alicant, with the combined forces from 3
oily, Majorca, and Gibraltar, which are estimated'
16,000 men. They landed without obstruction, '«
parched immediately into the country.
A few days previous to their arrival, the SO
General O'DoN N EL, with 10 or 12,000 men, had bell
totally defeated by a French corps of three or foe
thousand; Of one regiment of Walloon Guard
nine hundred strong, only 72 men and two
cers remained. &uspicions of treachery were
tertained against O'DoNNEL, at Cadiz. G
Etto had set off from thence to succeed him in
command ; and he was expected at Cadiz, to undeP
a trial.—While the Fox lay at Cadiz, the Froth
bombarded the city four or 6ve times a•dayi bat 19
little purpose.
Colonel Sazanyrr, and Captain Ftvarsa aids
. Navy, had sailed from Cadiz with a force of henna
four and five thousand men ; landed on the 1011
Huelva, on the Tinto, without opposition, and Pr"
ceeded to Niebla, which the enemy abimddded°
their approach ; and where they found a cows'
quantity of grain; stores, &c.
Just before the Fox sailed, SOULT had coml..-
sending off his provisions and stores before Cadiz+
preparatory to a retreat. Whoever will look at th/
map, and reflect that 20, or 15,000 at least, of tlo
Marquis of Wir.t.f.pierov's army passed throdgh