The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-13 00:00:00

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had been left at the place,' although the besieging
cannon lad been withdrawn for purposes connected
with the expectations of a speedy and mnin on-
.
gatgeplent with the French Armie► then concentrating
themselves. It has been necessary that something
should be said, in this painful interval, and there-
fore Iklittisters have allowed to be circulated tlio ((A-
toning particulars, as brought by his Majesty's ship
Furtunce, from St. Ander° :--" On the Ist instant

the head-quarters of the Allied Army were at Cabe-
zon, and those of the enemy at Duenas. Lord
WLLLINGION was in the personal corynand o
the army, and every thing was ready for ac-
tion. The enemy, on the other hand, appeared
coutident, and it was supposed that a general en-
gagement could not be much longer deferred."—
We have thus great reason, with the pUblic at large,
to complain of the manner in which the Government,
in this particular, is carried on, as- if it were rather
private property than an institution for the welfare of
all the people. We most be u miserable. race of mor-
tals if we cannot bear to be told of reverses some-

times in so eiversified a war as we are at present in-
volve 4 in. A 7 e hope those men nho are placed at
the head of our affairs, will reflect upon what we
lk
have said on-this important concern of the I'' te.S..
With regard to afildre in the North we re, in
the following artichaNiaid ell'erillili can be cimildur-
ed as additional and iikiintiCitifOrtniitiOn :—. 1
- 14-1. the battle of •t .iBth 'ult. betwee trGenetal 1
, ....
KUTUSO,Ii ind Altranf,.Ttince PonwroWSut, who
cOmmittidecktile 54 corps of the French army, was
.141114, and :..Clunerels-Joinriz.tr, MONGET, and
DAittl, made prisoners. The loss of the French can.
non wuin great measure owing to the weatiterl:'
being uncommonly bad, and the roads so cutups es j
to be almost impassable. The horses of the Fren4l
cavalry, from want of forage, and not being inutAil 1
to the climate, were feeble, and scarcely fit for set-'
i vice; whist the Russian horses were in their usual
i good condition.

" General PL4.Tov, with.ls regiments of cavalry,
had been dispatched towards 'Smolensk°, to act
against VICTOR.

The 'account of General Count Wrszt:coe.'
acorn's having been taken *honer by a French de-
tachment, whilst reconnoitring, at a distance front
Moscow, is confirmed."
General Otrerm, who commanded at Mozyr, had
distinguished himself by a series of masterly ma-
noeuvres from the t2th to the 22d ofXeptember, in
the course of which time he had compellid General
Dossnnowsar to raise the blockade of Bobruisk, and
fall back. upon Mohilow, with the loss of his maga-
zines, and the total dispersion of a corps of- 5000
men ; of whom 1000 were killed in various encoun-

tars during the above-mentioned period. •
By the vessel, which brought the diipatcbes re-
ceived on Wednesday from Admiral noel:, letters of
a recent date have been received from Rign. One of
these communicates intelligence, that on the 14t1t
ult. a strong force under General Louis left that
place for the puipose of attacking the Prussians,
whose original numbers in that neighbourhood had
greatly diminished.