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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, nEctmerit 30, ISM
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM
LORD' -CATHCART,

.CONTAINING TEE
RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE DEFEAT OF
THE FRENCH,
Published this morning in the following
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

WEDNESDAY, 1hc.30.
Foreign-Office, Dec. 30.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies,
have been received by Viscount Castlereagh•, his
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State 'for Foreign
Affairs, from General Viscount Cathcart, K. T. his
Majesty's _Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiary to the Emperor of Russia, dated the 30th
November, and 6th and 7th instant.
et. Petenb•rgb, Nov. M.
MT .Lone,—ln my dispatch of the 25th instant, I
had the honoer to state to your Lordship the im-
portant and brilliant success of his Imperial Ma-
jesty's arms in the affairs of the 17th and 18th, in
the former of which Marshal Davoust's division was
defeated and dispersed with great loss, Bonaparte
and the Marshal flying from the field of battle; end
in the latter Marshal Ney's division, near the I
same place, said to have consisted of eighteen thou-
gaud men, appears to have been completely ac.
counted for by the numbers killed and wounded, in
addition to those who afterwards laid down their
arms. I also stated the general distribution of the
armies as they stood at that time.
I have now the honour to acquaint your Lordship,
that General Field-Marshal Prince Kutusoff Smo-
lenski, reports, on the 23d November, from Laniky
Farm, that Bonaparte, with his guards, left Orsha on
the 20th November, and marched on the road to
Kochanoff; and that on the '2lst the remaining
troops of the enemy marched out of the former place,
leaving twenty-six gons, and some hospitals, in which
were upwards of fifty wounded French Officers.
General Count Platoff is ordered to follow the
army marching on Kochanoff.
A detachment under Major-General trmaloff, con-
sisting of fourteen battalions of infantry, some carat-
rr, and two companies of artillery, is directed to
move by Orsha to reinforce Count Platoff.
The advanced-guard of the main army, under the
command of General Millaradovitch, consisting of the
Sd and 7th divisions of infantry, and the 2d division
of cavalry, was to cross the Dnieper on the 23d, at
Kopys, and was to direct its march upon 'f olotchina
to join General Ermaloff's detachment.
The main army will cross the Deieper, at Kopys,
on the 24th, and march by Starasel to Tsetzershioff,
from whence it may be directed according to circum-
stances, either upon Bobra or Berezinoff.
General Wittgenstein reports, on the 24th Novem-
ber, from the village of Cherai, that Admiral Tchi-
chagoff was at Borisoff on the 24th instant, whecce
General Langeron informed the Count, by letters
of the 22d instant, that General Count Lambert
was at Borisoff on the 21st, where he defeated the
whole corps of Dembrolfski, taking six cannon, two
colours, and three thousand prisoners, driving them
on upon the road to Orsha ; that Count Lambert
had also taken at Kaidanoff two guns, and from two
to three thousand prisoners, and that, including the
hospitals at Minsk, in the last eight days upwards
of eleven thousand prisoners, and twenty-four guns
had'been taken.

Victor and Oudinot hare retired from before
Couut Wittgenstein upon Borisoff; the latter is
marching in pursuit of theml and on the 23d took

eiglit,hundred prisoners and many carriages.
Count Wittgenstein reports, that General Platoff
is marching against the great body of the enemy's
corps upon Tolochinow, by which it appears the
enemy is enclosed on three sides—General 'Platoff in
bictifp, Admiral Tchiehagoff in their front, and
poun!, irtertitein 4:in their flank.
A raper! was received yesterday of another gene-
ral 014eer, whose name I have not heard, having
keen taken prisoner ; and I have also understood
that accounts are received, that Gen. Crtle was ar-
rived EiPlifi!
The deseobmens nnder General Sacken is under-
!stood to be fully edecpwte to keep Prince Schwart.
;false% iu eiteck!
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place, and many large magazines whicli it contoine
from the danger with which it was thr.
dolled '
A slther part of the detachment, under the ordßei
of the Staahs.rost.meister of the ii‘hsais of es
Guards, Natschakin, which had been sent on 4
the road to Knaeschnitzi, came up wi,h the enemy oe
their retreat from that place, attacked them, and took
1 one officer and 100 men prisoners, putting the req
to eight,
whom they pursued fur six wersts heyogi hnitzi. In the magazines at Mohilow,
then werethirty-four thousands kouls of provisions
forage-
General Millartdoritrb reports that, on the I*.
he shall be with part of his Tan-guard at Town.
chin.

The Grand Army_
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tpotyerso.orpeps:owl
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htsehadp'ellairat:fktedthimenflfsthioßmemeriatllide.
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number of 800 men. The enemy's loss in prisoners
was, indeed, so very great that he found it was Imre.
cessary to make any particular report on the ono.
sacra, as it seldom occurred that he took less than a
1000 prisoners each day.
Colonel Potemkin, belonging to General Mill°.
radovitch's van-guard, in his report of the I.ltb,
states, that Major General Karpow had assembled
six hundred prisoners at Zolotschina, and that at
Kostei they had found one hundred Ischetwerts of
rye.
On the 13th, General Platoff reports, that Lieu-
tenant General Martinott having attacked the ene.
my, with MajorTeneral Koutenikoff's brigade, as
he was marching on the high road, killed fire ban.
dred of them, and made four hundred prisoners,
amongst whom was General rlseworofsky.
The head-quarters were at S•aroselije.
VE74llEit lb.—Lieutenant-General Schefelertss
report of the 10th states, that the major part of
the merchants of Itatstaff Potosott, together with
the citizens of that town, animated by the love for
their country, had equipped a detachment of one
hundred cavalry; and having armed them with
pikes, swords, and muskets, during the whole of
the continuance of the military operations in the
Government of Smolensk°, they had made several
excursions, in which they bad had many affairs with
the enemy, with advantage to themselves. b. y which
means they in fact aimed their town from being plea.
dead.
The head-quarters at Krone°,