The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-08 00:00:00

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44 The great Russian Army is moving from Jelna
to Krasnoi. The• Cossacks perform wonders.—
They not only destroy the columns of 'infan-
try, hut even attack the artillery itself with the
greatest bravery. The French have lost between 30
and 40,000 rcen on their retreat from Moscow. The
whole road is covered with the dead bodies of
men and horses, ammunition chests, baggage, gun.
carriages—in one word, there never has been an
example of such a Iliskt in the Memory of man.

" All the valuable articles which had been pluti-'
dered at Moscow are retaken : upwards of 100 wag-
gons have fallen, into the hands of the victors. The
French are in want of every thing, and are reduced
to the necessity of eating horse-flesh. Their fa:
'airy no longer exists, and they are daily losing
part of the little artillery they have left. Fifteen
Officers of the Italian Guards have arrrived in our
army, and requested to he taken into our service.
We are assured that the strength of the whole great
Freuch army dots not now amount to above 60,000
men.
" Intelligence received from Count 'WITTGEN-
STEIN, 'stated, that he is at Orelea. Major-Cvn.
HARPS, who was sent forward by Count WITTGEN-
; STEIN, reports, that the head of the Frznzh columni
bad arrived at Smolensk."
1 Moscow, Ocr.'2s.—The following was yesteraly
made public by Major-Gen. liowArsicir:—
". The enemy, who is daily put into difficulties
. and beaten by our troops, was forced to abandon
Moscow on the 11th inst. but even in his flight he
though of a diabolical expedient to depress the pious
f Russian nation with a fresh catise of sorrow, and
by means of mines to blow up the Kremlin and the
Temple of Gon. 'But wonderful is Gon in his
sanctuary! A part of the snits of the Kremlin,
and nearly the whole of the building, flew into the
air or were destroyed by the flames ; but the dame
and the temple, where the relics of the Saints are
kept, were preserved undamaged, as a proof of the
nte's mercy towards the Russian Monarch and the

Empire."
A traveller from Konigsberg states, that a Russian
army, from 30 to 40,000 men strong, tinder Athriral
TsciriTscitAoore, was on its march against that city,
after hating totally defeated Prince SCHWARTZ EN.
BERG, and retaken Warsaw and Grodno. Another
report says, that the Russians were ten German
miles from Warsaw, and marching on Daatelc. A
corps of 10,000 men was organizing at Konigsberg
for the defence of.thai city. On the 18th the Rus-
sians entered Eyck, a Prussian fortress, not far from
Ortelsburgb.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM COPENHAGEN, DATED
NOV. 25.
“ • Weitim reeeivedikcaeonts.iters tiat, the Palace

of ECILMUNL Is 41004 f-his wounds."
Wontow, ollicer who left Smo-
lensk, as a courier, in the evening of the Bth, set out
the moment the Emperor was entering with his head-
quarters. He had an opportunity of seeing his Ma-
jesty, and assuring himself that he never was better
—The army was also in the most satisfactory
state.--Tbe season favoured the Marches. They
are made without any serious annoyarice on the
part of the enemy, who at first announced an in-
tention of troubling that movement, but that two
or three vigorous receptions, similar to the battle of
Moralovits, in which he greatly suffered, quickly
disinclined' him from. all attempts.
They talked seriously of going into winter quar-
ters, and, in truth, they cannot defer it. The weather
becomes rigorous it this season of the year; it is
eves astenishieg, that the strong frosts have not al-
ready onsateticed. • • •
nature with which the soldiers are covered offer
---**eance. They have made use of every
led, wkinsut the greater
red the last preparations.
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