The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-09 00:00:00

TILE STATESMAN.

of the Alezandrej regiment of hussars; and that 200
cuirassiers, who had lately been made prisoners in
the vicinity of Moscow, have all asserted, that the
enemy is almost entirely without any kind of provi-
sions. According to the report of Generat Ton-
, *Assow, dated vicinity of Latsk, 25th Sept. the said
General had kept his position at the river Her, in
expectation of soon effecting a junction with the army
of the Danube, from whence he was perpetually ha.
tatting the enemy ; who being informed of the prepara-
tions making by the said General for passing that river,
had made a strong recognisement, which brought often
affair of cavalry, which cost the enemy a number of
men. and in which, according to the statement of
the prisoners, the Generals Prince Scilly teizevnEac
and REGNIER, were personally engaged. On the
20th of September, the Adjutant-General Count
Ltmamor, with two regiments of Cossacks, defeated
a regiment of 'Watts, near the town of Resewety.—
Having received information that there still remained
icavalry of the enemy in the neighbourhood, he made
j dispositions accordingly, and at day-light attacked
the enemy's camp, and put their cavalry to flight,
and killed many of them, besides taking 9 officers, 3
surgeons, and 14D soldiers, prisoners.--Gen. Ton-
i MASOW, in the same Report, states the junction of his
army with the Army of the Danube, under the corn-
! mend of Admiral TeIfITSCHAGOFF having actually'
taken place on the 17th of September. By re-1
port 9' recei* from General WteLtecenonx, date 4
from the town of Dnvidoo ka, on the 2d, 6th, 111.4
Bth of Octeber, we find that Cie enemy was still re-
maining at Moscow. On the Ist of October, the 1
enemy took from him one Officer and 31 soldiers,
forming part of a detachment which had loft Moscow
to procure provisions; and the Cossack Officer GoRD.
core, who commands at Wasktiesensk, had on the
• same day sent in 99 prisoners. Two squadrons had
been cut to pieces by the Cossack regiments of I low-
piss it and TSCHERUOZVROff, and 1 Captain and 132
dragoons taken prisoner'. On the 6th of Octo-
ber, the Cossacks took two Officers and 131 men
prisoners, on the road to Jaioslaw. move-
! ment has been observed on the road to at. Pe.
tershurgh. The detachment at Wosknesensk has
I sent in 84 prisoners. A small party of Cossacks,
!on the same road, bad made 39 prisoners, 27 of
whom had horses with them. On the Bth October
every thing was still quiet on the road to Peters.
burgh. Major-General BENEKENDORTF has report.
cd that Colonel TscaaMozuaovF had made an ex•
cur.ion on the Smoleusko road, even to the vicinity
of Moseisk, where the hospitals of the French army
are established; and after an affair of cavalry, in which
the enemy .ere routed, had taken 3 offieers and litti
private soldiers. According to the prisoners' !tam e-
melt, there had daily died in the hospitals about 150
I men for want of provisions.
According to re ports received by General WS:MN-
GERODR, he did not believe the French had more
than 50,000 mon at Moscow, and that the remainder
of their force had put itself is motion against our
1 Grand Army.

PETE/STIURGII, Oct. 16.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS

RECEIVED FROM ADJUTANT-GENERAL BARON WIN-
ZINGERODL, 429T11 SEPT. (11TH OCT.) ADDRESSED
TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY FROM TILE TOWN OF

LEN.
1 hasten most submissively, with the report to
your Imperial Majesty, of the offensive movements
of the enemy on the road to Dorytrijeu has ended in
his taking possession of the town of Dutitrijen,
which was yesterday entered at seven o'clock in the
morning, by a corps, consisting of 6 or 7000 men,
under the command of Gen. DELsoe. The posts of
Cossacks, which were posted on the road to Daii.
trejen, could not resist a force so much superior to
them in number, Itnd therefore retreated on the road
leading from Dmitrejen to the town of Klen. On this
road the enemy has not advanced above six wersts,
since the evening of the 29th.
Yesterday the enemy likewise made an aggressive
movement on the flied to Petershurgh ; he has gar-
risoned Tschemaja, Gras, and has formed his camp
some wersts in advance of that station. His advanced
posts were in the village of Tsehasehrukowo, and,
this day we have not observed his makiug the lest
motion.
I do not believe that this offensive movement of
the enemy, on both the premeditated roads will have
any further object in view. • The enemy merely wish.
ed to expel! the neighbours who were so troublesome
to him, and likewise obtain a larger space for forag.
leg, but I have not been able to use a number of
troops equal to his force on both these roads.
I have, therefore, and in order to assemble my
forces in one part, directed Major-General
KINDOILY, to join me with the body regiment of
Cossacks, and I am encamped near the town of
Klen.
I have at present all the roads upon which the