The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-05 00:00:00

FRENCH P4PERS.

REPORT FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COUNT iVREDIE.
" CtiaveNka, near Rat.inetcrily„ On t. S.
" Being ignorant if M. the Marshal Count Gott-
sion St. Cyr has been able for the last two days to
give your Excellency any intelligence concerning
the position which I occupy with the 6th eorps 4
Bavarians, the Ist brigade of French light cavalry',
and the brigade of cuirassiers of General Hiriteir,
I think it my duty to inform your Eacelle.ncrof
the movements which f have made since the day be•
fore yesterday. Perhaps, Monseigneur, you base
b ‘en apprised, that on the 19th the enemy, who on
the 18th had been so bravely and completely beaten
before Polotsk, has by his superior,„l:Orce;, 010
much ground on Gen. Carbines!), who was.chartted
to preverit the enemy's pavage of the OWSChitz, and,
came by the rear of Polotsk. ,
"The enemy having been at theineinent dehouFh.
ing from the town of Polotsk, the Marshal Gou,ion
St. Cyr, caused me to be called to engage me to take
the command of the troops which he had reunited on
the left bank to prevent the enemy from debouchiug.
I took the commaud just as his tiralleurs were coming 1
out of the wood.—lt: was a battalion of the brave
1901flench tegiment of the line that I found had the
most to support, and to whom Igave orders to charge
with bayonet, as it was necessary to have the enemy
• driven back half a league through the defile, before
the night came on. This expedition performed, Mar-
shal Count Gauvion Si. Cyr, put under my orders,
the 19th, 37th, and •12-Ith regiments of infantry,
the 24• Swiss regiment,. the 7th Cuirassiers, and the
brigade of General Carbfeeau, to endeavour taking
with me a Bavarian brigade, very few in number, to
repulse the enemy from the Other side of the Ous.
theta, on the morning of the 22d. I divided. this
corps into three columns, myself lesding that of the
centre, the left wing being commanded by General
Bared Atney, and the right by the Bavariau General
de Strath.
" At half past four, A. M. the enemy attacked
tne ih-the defile, at the moonlit when I was prepapt
big to make my attack. As I had given orders not.'
.to fife,
.nor to punish the insolence,of the enemy, ex- i
cepting with the bayonet only, he was in the coursU
of an hour and a half, driven, through the defile,
which is three league!' In length. Thibrave 19th and
37th regiments of theline commanded by the worthy
Brigadiel.rienerat Greedier; covered themselves with
glory. Two Colonels, one. Major, and a great num-
ber of Officers, and 1800 men were made prisoners.
After having (Mouthed from the wood, I attacked
the chief corps of General Stengel, placed on the left
bank of the taaschatz,. having with him a numerous
cavalry and artillery. In the space of an hour, the
Bavarian artillery, 'which I had with me, silenced
that of the enemy, end I passed the Ouschatz by
wading. If General Baron Amey, to whom I had
give') 'orders to march down from andnia, by the
left of the Oeschatz, to take the enemy en his right
flank, had been ablate ItrtiVe at MIX' juncture, it is
most likely that. the whole of the enemy's dorpti
would have been destroyed...l was in purspiLof the
enemy on the road to Disiia, when I received orders
from Marshal Count G. St. Cyr, to ieiurn towards
Polotsk, his Excelleocy having resolved to.wait the
arrivil of the 9th corps, which is under the command
of Marshal the Duke of Bellutio.. •
isigerd) YREDE."

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