Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-17
r1fRrHER EXTRACTS
FRon LI4s LONDON papers, REc1I'1D
arxsWt0Rk Br fHE EIsE.
LONDON, March 20.
GorrRHBunG MAIL.


GorrRuBuaG MAIL.
Admiral T schitss hagoff reports to his
imperial majesty, under date Of the -llth
Dec. IN. S. on his march, 20 wersts
from wilma, as follows:
Since my report of the 18th (S9th) OF
November, / have pursued the enem!
with all possible speed, and allowed him
no repose either by night or day: In
the FIRST days we were rather detalned'
by his having destroyed the bridges;
but a few hours were sufficient Tor U. 70
put them in repair again. afterwards
proceeded by forced marches; the van
guard did not lose sight OF him tor a
single moment-drove him from seve:
raj OF his encampments-forced him to
march by night, and took several cannon
and some prisoners from him. From
passing the Beresina as far as Wilma
we have taken $50 pieces OF artillery,
upward, of 700 boxes of cartridges,
hammers, and so great number OF Gag
gage Wagons, that the road IN several
places is choaked with them; we have
likewise captured two standards, some
generals and several thousand prisoners.
His rear guard has been attacked and,
cut up, so that he is flying in disorder
and without any defence; the men drop
down with (aintness, and thrown into de-
spair, surrender themselves. The enc
my's loss does not amount to less than
10000 men. The roads are covered
with their:killed and wounded and men
dying with the cold. Punishment tol
lows so quick on these miscreants, that
ihey fall victims to the flames in the
dwellings TO which they have set fire,
and are frozen to death in the very
houses which they have destroyed, BY
breaking the doors and windows.
We nave this DAY been carried into
wilma on their shoulders.
They have not succeeded in carrying
off any thing from thence. Exclusive
Of the $50 pieces IF artillery aforesaid,
a great number of cannon have fallen
into our hands; all the magazines are
full. Among the great number OF sick
and wounded are several generals; and
among these, as I ana informed, are &C.
nerals zajonezik and Lefebvre. Ny
van guard is pursuing them close at
their heels.
Lieutenant general Tschapliz has par.
ticuiarly distinguished himself, and by
his rapid and incessant pursuit OF the
enemy, there never passes a day IN
which he does not come up with him
two or three times, and force him to
leave chests of cartridges behind him.
One of marshal Oudinot's adjutants,
who was left behind by the marshal to
wait for MS rear guard, and to obtain in-
formation from them of the strength OF
the CORPS which was in pursuit OF them,
was made prisoner in Oschmany; and
as the rear guard had mean while been
made prisoners aud cut up, this young
man was most astonished when, instead
Of their rear, he behelG our van guard
He could not conceive how it came
there.
The prisoners confirm the intelligence
that Napoleon is no longer able to con-
ceal his difficult situation; that the
whole army, sinking under their ia
tigues, are murmuring, and becoming
dangerous to him. A few days ago we
took a great number of his guards. l
have bad several times for my habita-
lion the same house which he only quit
ted few hours previously, and he has
several times taken himself off at the
moment when the skirmishing COM
menccd between my van guard and his
resr.-St. Petersburg Gazette, Dec. 10
The adjutant general marquis Pau
lucci infolms his imperial majesty, I'm.
der date the 18th December, from Riga, !
as follows:
Since my last most submissive report
70 your ma csty, no operations have
:aken place with the enemy excepting
ais having with small number attacked
he advanced piqust of the post station
ID at Jungferhof, probably for the pur-
)oSo VI RECOMMENDING TIC Slludlion thci0'
No material alteration has taken place
n the enemy's position.
The head quarters of marshal Macdo- |
,ald still remain at Italgen. His army
3 IS or $4,000 strong. Il
The general of division, Grand Jean,
5 at Merit. His corps, which is com.
'osed of Bavarians and Poles, to the "a
Mount of ten battalions of infantry, two
quadrops OF cavalry, and 10 pieces Of
rtillery, is at Merit, Ponedel, and other
laces in the adjacent country.-Pefers-
arg Gazette, Dec. 7-ls.
ST, PETERSBURG, Dec. -.
!. Intelligence from the army, which is