The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-16 00:00:00

Novi:Aiwa reliechatvviT reports on-
the I ith ;octant, having( left in the pliociptlity of
Warsaw, a corps ender the command of, General
Sachem He marched Kith the remainder to Preyan,
intending to pursue his march through 'Slotaim and
Icessvich, to Minsk, where he proposed to arrive
about the 17th or 10th November; that -he had
sent orders. to Majer.General Leiders, and Lieute..
mint-General Eartel, to march upon the same point.
The former from Yolhynie by Pinsk, the latter
from Mozern by Lutsk, and that he would not fail
to detach parties of light troops on„the side of Vina,
to keop up the communication with detachments on
that flank.
Intelligence having been received from some
Fench artill4ry prisoners, of the places where the
o„ 'my had concealed ca.olots and arms near Bold.
inky monastery, twenty-seven cannon, five•or six
thousand stand of arms, five hundred sabres, and

Viol) thoosand shells, have been dug nut. The
vlinarters of the army were this day at the vil-

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Ilia, of 4; roff.
Nob-Extra 15.—Major-General Platoff reports of
tie 11th instant, that Beauharnois's corps having
turned from •Duckotchina road towards Smolensk°,
he continues to surround it, and cut off all•provi-
sions and forage.
Adjutant-General Count Orjeroff reports, under
date of the 14th November, that he attacked4the-
village of Koisool. 'Pho • ',oilers, disregarding the
Ere of grape. attacked the enemy's columns with
their bayonets, and after a combat, in which our
artillery and cavalry were also engaged, tool: pos-
session of the town ; but observing strong columns of
the enemy moving from Smolensko upon Krasnoff,
they f .11 back three wersts, to the farm of Kulkoff.
11l thic ,ffiir one Colonel and two hundred and fifty
rank Rod iile were taken.

14ient.-Gen. Count Ostermaun Tolstoy reports,l
fiat being id' his division of infantry on the 14th,
in the village of Kovisotf, and learning that the ene.
2,:y was half a werst of tintt place, he der.l
tacl:ed a squadron of the Kalmovisky regiment.
which killed a part and-taok 10 prisoners.
Gen. Millaradovitch reports, on the 126,, that
4t the village of Ktiagcneim, he sent a.patrole
the road from Smolensk° to Krasnoi, to re.
cwonnitre the enemy,• which returned, having made
17 prisoners. .1 he same day, Count 'Ostermann Tols.
toy sent the Pskofki regiment of dragoons to examine
the state of the villages occupied by the enemy. This!
regiment, perceiving three squadrons of cavalry, at.
tacked, and took five Officers and 290 men.
The enemy remained also this thy in the village of
Usolf.
Adjutant-Gen. Count Orloff Denixoff also sent'
in two Generals of the division of Geo. Iltniras,
and a Brigadier-General Burt, with an account of
his having takea 40 pieces of cannon, near the town
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Perervieire, Nom. 351!1 • ,
Mi LonD,—,ln addition to my dispatch of the
23d inst. I have now the happiness to inclose a trans.
lation of reports which have been received from
Field-Marshal Prince Kutusbff, of the 10th and 20th
ingt. containing the details of the total defeat of the
divisieits of the French army, "under'the commands
of Marshals Davoust sad Ney. Near 200 cannon,
aod 20,000 prisoners, have been taken in these
nOoirs. Bonaparte is stated to have been with 'Mar-
Doivoast's corps in the night from the 16th to'
• .0 17th, and to base left the geld of battle at full
speed.
Every measure of precaution that could be thongbo
or at this distance, has been provided for by the Ent.''.
peroi to prevent the escape of the enemy; and it
appears that every exertion has been made by the
several Commanders of corps near Smolensk o. ,Bo-
naparte has probably sent forward his favourite
Guards, the Polish divisions, and part of the Ita-
lian ; but if Admiral Tchichagoff has arrived at his
ground, it does not appear that this corps would
escape to the frontier.

The display of force before Ceo. Count Wittgen.
stein's post, after the,attack, was probably with In-
tention to favour the movement of the corps, which
hare marched upon Minsk.
It is not improbable that part of titer's corps
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may have taken the same direction. 4..
General Wittgenstein is reinforced by `theieWvalry
formerly under General Winzengerode, for the pre-
sent commanded by Major-General Kutusoff, who
has made a mo-t rapid march to Ilabinowitcli, where
he arrived lime enough, on the 18th, to receive four
hundred prisoners from one of the French divisions.
He has also taken two Generals and one Colonel.
The French, with their usual savage and sacrile-
F.'o,:s ferocity, wantonly blew up the venerable ca-
e,,,lcal of Smolensk° before they left that place. .
7'e Deunt has been sung this day in tho great ca-
thedral, in presence of their Imperial Majesties and
the whole Court; she 44 Baton de Mareschal" Of
Marshal Davoust, and such of the eagles and coloutil
taken in the last affair as' are already arrived her
were previously brought to the cathedral, in which
the other numerous trophies of war are already de-
I.osited. I have the honour to be, &c: • .
(Signed) CATIICAR.T.
The Commander in Chief General Field-Marshal
Prince Ktitus(ift; from his head-quarters at the vil- '
lagc of Debrovo, submits to his Impede' Majesty
the two following reports:
FIRST REPORT, DATED THE 18th NOIMMBiIIt.
After the battle, near Viasma, of the Sad October.
my army. made every effort to turn, if not all the
enemy's corps, at least its advauved geard, on the

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