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

In the course of this e4iyer.ttion,
rho good fortune to rescue Major-General Winzengerode and his Ahl-de-Camp airel
, Capt. Nari,L kin) between Vilna and Minsk ; thoy were proceq.
big towards the frontier, under an escort of gr
d'armes, and had been marched from Verrca l,
they were presented to Bonaparte, Islth F el,„
guards under the charge of Junot. rek
Colonel Chertsichef also took throe courie.s, or,
coming from, and the other two. going to Per;,..._
From these sources of ii;teliigence it I; ascerki,„.
that Ramparts was at Smolensk* oa 1314 u.
stunt.

• Admiral l'ohichafroff intended, accorcl:ag
route,
,to arrive at Alin,k on the 17th inst.
COl. Chernichef arrived at the pil:ce yesterdav
accompanied by the p:isoners he has Tensed.:)
bringing with him the intercepted dispatches.. ••, 1 14
4 .4
from Paris contain nothing but military plans ti
maps.

The expedition of Col. Chernielef was i t-rt.
Hued and extraordinary election, he bating tnar;:,a
seven 4uncired ;Fasts in five days, and swam
several rivers.

LONDON;
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1611.
.au..11110.0.••

DEFEAT
OF THE
FRENCH ARMY IN. RUSSIA,

It is stated, but no official report 11:15 ken rE,
ceived; that General Suchen has been left wit;, a (le.
tachtnent to observe Prince Sch warttenkrg, and that
Oren. Eartel has advanced to and occupied MOllllOl
I have the honour to be, Sae.
(Signed) cATIICAP.T

colectigaso sr

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w.T ?us 1,0311 OF 14911 E 'MAX
rrurr Tsousore palsoNEßs!!

MT Loarr,-1 am very hajpapryicht'oWientoUrrnlOr
Lordship, that Victor has failed in fulfilling the.:
ders he received from Bonaparte, to drive Court
Wittgenstein behind the Dwina. Ile attack dye:.
terday morning. Count Wittgenstein ordered 6
1 masterly manner : they retired hi eat.
quier, under every
advanced guard to retire to the Position. This liii
executed in
heavy fire, as if it was a field day.
diniretchteedPofisreitinfrnomthethFerean:liewryere,kyrecewillt:hll;heaywraelals;
have lost $ great...number in killed and wounded, I
•
wEDNF,SpAY. Dsc. 16, suppose between two and three tbouiand. The Eris;
Foreign-Qffice, Dec. 10.
hiAlitiad.ereir waleigchd :77114 engaged,
onvy biost
morning
owrinnignsg,
theyhit
eel y ceased sheet se, en in the tr.-ming. The French
Dispatches, of which the following are copies, '
were received last night by Viscount Castlereagh, re • •
oar of his Majesty's Priecipal Secretaries of. Stars .13.....ir&-r-'
eta sneer retreat toward: Senno. The troops ies
front General Viscount Cathcart, K. F. his Maje4ty's -
ark in pursuit here as yet is* ebnot sia handrol
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to prisoners.
the Emperor of Russia, dated at St. Petersburgh, .It is really a pleasure to see these troops light.
*3d and 25th November, 1812. The new,raised militia vie with the oldest regi.
St retessharett Nov. Y 1,1812, . .
edvanced guard, on receiving orders to fall back, first
Loath—rimy dispatch of the 15th instant, I m'n'tr Ow battalion of this militia being with the
had the honour to detail such operations .1 Marshal
refaSed tied° so, wring, the Emperor bad not sent
Kutusoff's army as had come to my knowledge op
them there to retire, brit to advance and beat the eat.
to the 9th of November; since that date no *port.:,
has been received of the further proceedings 'of the, 121,, 71,4thich they were willing to 4Q,
corps entrusted to General Platoff. The Field-Mar- s ,
..: . , 1. ,
, t have, &e. if c.
- (eillow4l pORNIIEen.
abel bad calculated to reach Krasnoff on the 14th ie.? t----..•
`tint, bet although he had approached within a tow Prrefektaeof wavyt jitualwliviteroithet4C°l7:llla'of•rifFietil:rsettiffesrhenit Corp.
worsts of that place, I have not heard that his head- jig,
ihairrfraa ibe 40 Ho the Otte' ?timelier, 1148;2:1 ?rine
mesarters were established there on the 16th. 1113 On the 11th November, General Millaradovitell
;but dispatch of the latter date announces his Inter!. reports, Ant op the lilth the advanced guard ander
tion of forwarding a Journal of the preceding days, his command was to be at the village of Alexecoly;
which will contain important relations, but it has the neat day at that of Yakoff. Lieotenant-Geneel
not as yet been received. On the oth of November Sheppelef reports, that a detachment, sent by hie
i Count Orloff Denizoff, being advanCed on the roads on the 39th, met a body of the enemy, and droved
towards Smolensk° and Krasnoi, received intelli- opt of Elnee ; part of the Don Cossacks pureed
• Bence of the march of a French corps from Soto= it an the Smolensk° reed. The heedequarters oral
leusko, in the direction of Kalougo, composed of army were this day at the village ef I.4obeoff,
fresh troops intended for the different regiments of Nov. 11.--Lieutenapt-General Count Orloff De!
guards; this force was under the command of Gen. nizOff, learning that a considereble foraging party
j Barrage D'/lillier, having with him Gen. Charpen- of the comes casalry and artillery depot were file
tier and Brigadier-General Augereau, brother to the persed in the villages, attacked them, killed up.
Marshal of that name. They were distributed in wards of qne thousand five hundred, made out
I the three villages of Yasvin, Lakoff, and Dolgemust. thousand three hundred prisoners, and took eat
A disposition of attack was immediately made by thousand horses, acid fear hundred carriages) mostly
three partizan corps, commanded by Captain Sesla- loeded with ttpthst
;yin, Cole/net Davidoff, and Captain Phigner. The Two corps of 'General MiillargdoTitclutitancedtP
result was that the corps under Charpentier was the village of Ivergkeir-
nearly out to pieces, that Barrage D'llillier having The army halted.
patiently heard a cannonade for several hours inthe . Normans 13.—Captain Naschpkin, of the bus.
quarters of Augereau's division, made goodsisiim sari of the gnarls, detached by Adjutant-General
treat to Srneleltiao, and that Augereau's corPs' Of ! Coon! Orgerott, attacked a detsic,kment of the enemy
i 3000 men, after losing nearly one-third oltheirnum- ! in the village of Ilmorti, with setae chasseurs sea
;
her, laid down their arms, and.capitulated to Capt.! light earthy; the combat lasted four hours, when
; Phigner, who had not 1500 men, and who appear!) the enemy retreated to the village of Michailoff,
Ito have conducted this ;$ it with mu' trite address and where he purfued and took them.
gallantry. . . - - - Detathments under Colonel Prince Radbolk, and
t In this corps were two squadron* of eavelry,swell one sent out by Major-General Carla,
mounted. The prisoners amoqnted to one Geist of one 'hundred prisoners.
sixty Staff and other Officers, and two thousand*ninh General hi illaradovitch reports on the 12th No.
made upeardt
and file. The Officers who capitulated stated the !, ?ember, that 11t6or.qenerat Neoff had made 150
li object of their march, by that route, Was to open an- i prisoners at Chervenoff.
onel
i other communication in the clir MB.lOl
ir eneral Volesdini reports, that Col
eetion of Kalottge; :
' they were not aware of the retreat of the army. ; Errigaobski defeated es detachment of 700 meat
Since this affair., three General Officers, up wards : ender Major Aliejen, killing a part, and making
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of tweetty pieces of cannon, and four thousand prkerre the remainder,
370 men, IS °dicers, and
. .
prisoners have been taken near Smolensk°, but the one staff surgeon.
particulars are net yet. rept.rted. 1 Major-General Platoff reports, on the 9th of No-
Qn the 1 ith instant,.Gencral Count Wittgenstein. vember, that hating pursued Beauhartiois's copper
' was ettacked by Marshal Vietcre, %jib had orderly to :_he the
he came up with it at the river Bone, near
drive him to the other side of the Point!. The Pee- estate called Yendsolf, and without regarding the
my nu repulsed, with the loss of two to three thus- i advantages of his position, he attacked the enemy!
sand men, and was pqrsued the next morning in his' on this occetioa, besides numbers of killed tad
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retreat toward!! Sentea, whets six hundred prisoners wounded, he took 33 pieces of cannon and 5,30P:r:
during
Ithe eller
were taken. j'have the honour to inclose a copy,of. . spoors. He further reports, that,
Major-Getleral Larsen vre
oileir, ' ' : -. . .., ,69 guns were taken, and not 02, as formerly
0, Romberg's report of this suit of Dranbaroois's corps on thegth of Novemi :
Nothing. material .11111811101111 st this post till the ported. Gen. pistol! is new pursuing the rem! I
illth) When4Count WittOstitin was joisustiby Col, the same corps.
thernichef,* ,141de:Osis its. his imperial Majesty? I
I
who had *4 AtheAbed as Asinsirai Tehlehagoff,l enemy on tbhir march to Kresnoi, killed
Ylh Si small emillaigb, emrairps tisslOeoser ainl took!. 4(Z on, the 13th instant. '
N 49" 5OO and
The next day he
hick were officers
Adjunutt!Genlrel Orloff Denizoff attacked de,
"P:?!t* 9,11111, . . VitcP4l6o reilit4Prm• t.Ol/ BOW priso!!Prst some of '
which

Gotteuburgb Mail arrived at a WO hour last
night, bringing very important intelligence from the
theatre of war in RAlssia, The same conveyance also
brought Dispatches from Lord CATHCART, which
have been published this morning in the following
LaNnos GA4ETTE EXTRAonDminr.