The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-16

- Admiral ChilChtSoN LSl'S IN pursuit "a
the eueny by the t"ad ~ Moiodetschno, q
in order .h;.t cur UcoDs should not press
one another on The SAME road, aud by that
means Ietard our u,ovc..cntS, am taking
the dire clion OF k-'steuwitch, Narotsch, &
Nesta wisChky, thus acting on the Hank OF
the enemy, and Crdeavor!ng particular
ly with ~, CoSsacks, even To cut him CH
entirely.
A,,Noment.chin, I shall be enabled to act
in concert with A,,uial Z Chi,o hagCtf, and
at the same time ~ keep III CHECK niacdCn-
adj IS aimya
The cnemy's loss during the three days
have pursued'h.m, and irDm the difficulties
l opposed 10 him, in crossing the BcfeZyna.
must be above twenty thousand men as l
have already sent OFF, as prisoners thirteen
Thousand, and his loss in killed, wounded,
and drowned, must amount To more than
7 coo. Independently OF the ID pieces of
cannon taken frcM he enemy, * of which
have already most humbly made my re-
port, he has lost three others, besides one
eagle, which have thereby the honor to
lag at the feet of your Imperial Majesty.
81. Petersburg, Dec. 10.
Nv Lord. "f
In my dispatch of the 18th instant, your
Lordship would find bdlietins, containing
reports of Major General kutusoff of the
I'd Dec. & of Count WittScnstein of the 4sh
Dec. These reports described Bonaparte,
with the remains of his army, as marchiAg
from Eemhine upon WILMA, the former thro,
MolodetchiEo. the latter by Narotch and
Nementchina.
In this part of the pursuit, the Russian
corps Lave stuck very close to the enemy
but the light troops that got before him,
wee not OF sufficient force To stop him.
His course was altered in consequence
Att1 ha.
at Molodetchne instead of Keieka; and
having gained some time by destroying the
bridge, he continued through Smergono to
Wilma, which place he appears to have rea-
ched the 10th Dec. sac
The advanced guards of the several Rus
sion plumps arrived in the immediate
neighborhood of Wilma nearly at the same
time, and the retiring army was compel
led to continue its retreat trsm the town
almost without a halt. ...,....,~
1t is said. that an aid d. camp of Marshal
Davoust was sent to order the rear guard
to defend itself before Wilma as long as
possible but instead of the French rear
guard, this officer found the Russian at-
vanced guard, which made him prisoner,
having already demolished, o. sent to the
rear, the whole of the French rear guard
Thanksgiving and Te Deum will form
part of the church service tomorrow, DE
ing the festival of St. Nicholas) for the de-
feat OF the French army, and the capture
OF $50 pieces OF ordnance, and several gc-
neral officers, together with the occupation
| of Wilma.
| have the honor to enclose three reports,
being the journal of military operations from
! the 29,h to the Goth of November old style
Marshal Prince Kutusoff's report of the
25th of November, from Badaschkewich," &
his intermediate report Of the occupation
nf wilma, and continuation OF the pursuit
Of the enemy. ,.t go.
Jhs farther report is not yet arrived,
but understand the magazines fall sorts
to have been we'll stored, the quantity of
ordnance to have been considerable, and
| that among the prisoners (nst less than
| twenty Thousand many OF whom are sick
or wounded) there are several general off
GERS or officers, of distinction who were
under cure, and could not be moved,
Two general officers were taken in acti-
witty. The one, | understand to be General
| lie Fevre, who cas- prisoner of war in
! England on parole, the other an cid Pc.
| lish general. sn
The apparent direction of the enemy's
retreat il towards Kovno; perhaps q CO.
| lumn may take the road of Oiica.
| From the state of the weather, it is pos
sible, the Niemen may not be passable, in
consequence Of floating ice.
The commanding officer at Riga reports
on the 18th December, that Marshal Mac
| donald has made variation In ms position
| I am not sure that the number of piece:
of ordnance, mentioned in the notification
of the Te Deum to foreign ministers, refers
to who was taken at wilma exclusively, or
whether it does not include what has been
taken since the last general statenent that
was published.
Ihave the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) CATKCART.
Continuation Of the Journal of the NGlG-
tary oherati0ns from I'd 10 SIN Dec.
Lieutenant General Schepseg reports
on the Cd December that Count Condo
witch; was marching with the militia under
upon MohelOw.
Admiral Tchitschagof reports on the
1st Decent that he was purusing the
enemy in The direction of Sembini and vi.
amen to Plestschentz, while the detach-
IN ent which he had sent in advance to des-
troy the brigades, annoyedihim in flank
The enemy lost OF the Goth November, Sc
ven pieces Of cannon. and on the 1st De-
&c Der two pieces; besides a great many
prisoners. which are hourly augmenting.
Head quarters OF the army at Mawenitz
December ID. Major General Foutcha-
kof reports on the 17th December, that he
arrived on the 9Th December with his corps
at Bostck.
General Count PlatoG reports on the 1st
December, that in pursuing the enemy lac
had taken one cannon, and made three
hundred prisoners and some officers.
The Abide Camp General Count Os-