Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-17

Beac,.t letters FROM ST. Petersburg make ti,c
loss OF the French, in TIE action of tic 7th
September, amount ~ 1900 killed, a',5 u to-
tai OF $4,000 hnrs &c combat besi,cs this ii
IS sad that Le.ebrc an,l New Mere wN.Eicd
and that IN the sct,cns or the Eth and 9Th. 1850
frrnah were taken PRISONERS. and riany pieces
al artillery ;ateu l., INN atom of tie South
ol Enrope, Ircan;ag tho peninsalal Ihe pea
SAINTS OF Sinolcrsko and other Eukclcms in
Russia, have armed themselves in Gucriilas, &
are daily bringing French prisoners % the lead
quarters Of the Russian ,,rmys
ST.. PErERsUvac. Sept. 70.
BULLETIN or THE RUSSIAN ARMY
Prince kuiusov-, General i'll Chief oi all tTc
armies, communicates the toiiowing tron Do
volino, or the 7,h Sept
Since my last despatch, in which ! had the
honor to acquaint your Inrcrial Msiesty, az
| the attack which tne cncmy male on MY pGs;ii-
On At Bnrodino, on the 5,h September, he again
directed great force agcins. the left aAnk,
commanded by Gen. Bagrathion. Seeing the
impetuosity with which the great strength OF
,he enemy was directed against that point, T
Judged II necessary, in order to check him, to
! make a movement towards the heights, which
had previously been fortifeti--the action lasted
from .wo in the afternoon until night. Mark
the faschood Of 3onspar,c, who in his bulle-
tin scarcely notices this action The troops
OF your majesty this day displayed the bravery
which / have constantly observed since have
served with them. The second division of
| cuirassiers, being obliged tn make second
attack at dusk, distinguished itself exceeding
lyi and generally all the troops fought without
losing All inch ct ground, every where repusing
the enemy with loss much superior to ours ;
we took pieces of artillery, 3 of which VIC a.
bsndone'l, being useiess.-Gany officers dis
tinguished themselves, who must be specially
y =
am now occupied in making list.
SECOND RUSSIAN BULl.ErtN.
Gen. Prince Kutuzow, Commander in Chief
OF the armies ofh, majesty the Emperor of all
the Russias, communicates the following to his
Imperial Majesty from the field of battle at 10
rodno on the Stll Sept. After the attack that
the enemy made on the 5th on our lett flank
with very considerable force, nothing parti-
cular occurred on tho 9th but yesterday at 4
IN the morning, avsiling himself of the fosgy
weather, he again directed his forces against
our left flank. The action became general aud
CONT ucd until night ; the loss of both parties
is great; but that of the enemy, Judging from
the repeated and vigorous attacks that he made,
and from our positions being fortified must
have been infinitely superior. Your lmpe rial
MAjesty's troops fought with incredible vSlor /;
the batteries passed alternately from our pos
session to that of the enemy, and from his to
1A' e'e S'oSe WI 'ife' aCSion, INC enemy,
though superior in force, had not gained one
inch Of ground. remained the whole night
upon the feld ofbatte and as soon as shall
be reinforced by the new recruits and by the
reserve of Moscow, and the artillery repaired,
aided by the help of the Almighty, and by the
incredible bravery Of tho army, shall see what
can undertake against the enemy.-Prince
Bagration was wounded in the foot by ball.
Lieut.. Gems. Turechkow, Prince Geortsc hskow,
and Maj. Gems. Bachnsticw, and Counts yoron.
zov, and Krtow, were also wounded. We
made some prisoners, among them General
tain further Particular.
His Imperial Majesty in acknowledgement
OF the services of the General in Chief Eutu-
zow, has granted him the post of Marshal Gen.
cral, with 100000 roubes; and 5 roubles to
each soldier who was in the action of this eyer
memorable day.