Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-02-04

| 4th and 18th or the 1uirlssiefs, at the moment
when the legion Oft the Vis,ola was engaged in
the woods to pierce To- centre OF the enemy,
which was beaten & put to rout These brave
cnlrassIers surrounded excessively six batta-
lions of infantry and quito rout Sthe enemy's
cavalry which came TO the assistance Of it's in.
'antry 5000 prisoners, 9 colours and 6 pieces
of cannon fell into our hands
The duke dc Bellunc caused the enemy
to vigorously charged, made 5 to 5000 pri-
soncrs, ahd drove them out of the reach of the
lcannon OF IN bridge. Gen FOurnier made
handsome charge o. the cavalry. In the battle of
! i}ercsina the army of YohYnic suffered much
--fhe duke de Reggie was wounded but not
dangerously, by bail which he received in his
side-The morning Of the goth VIC remained
upon the field of battle. we had two rou,s To
choose; that of M.nsk and that of wilma. The
road TO Mins'e is through forrest & un:nhabit-
able marshes, and 1t would have been inpoSsi
BILE for the army to subsist. The road to vii
ma on the contrary is through very fnc co4n-
try. The army, without cavalry, with bat lit
tic ammuntion, very much fssgued with fifty
| days march, bringing after it, the sick and
wounded OF 50 mary battles, requires rest The
| S0th. the head quarters were at Pleclntsi
the list of December at S!aiki and the So at
| Moledetschno where the army received the
first conveys from wilma. All the wounded
officers and soldiers and every thing that in
numbered us, such baggage &c were sent
to Wilma The result of The eynosition lust
made, is, that it is necessary for the arnly to
recruit itself, 20 remount the cavairv. 60 pro-
vide artillery and obtain provisions. It's great
est want Is rest. The provisions and horses
have arrived.
General Bourcier has already more than
10000 horses in the different depots The
artillery has repaired its loss The generals,
the officers and the soldiers, have suffered
much with fatigue and, want Many have lost
their baggage IN consequences of the loss of
their horses-some by the ambuscadcs OF the
Cossacks. The CossackS. have taken many
stragglcrs-and engineers employed in making
drafts, and wounded officers Mbo marched with
out precaution, preterring to Nn risks, than to
march with the convoys The report Of the
general officers will shew those officers and
soldiers VINO have most distinguished them
selves, in the details of these memorable -
vents. In all his mDvetnsnts, the emperor has
marched =; the mddks-eS his guards. the Ca
, valry commanded by harshal due oslstria, ana
the Infantry commandedNbN the due of 'lantz.ck
His majesty is satisfied WITH III go conduct
/, that ms guard have shown-they hav always
been ready to go wherever circumstances re-
! qureti--but circumst> noes hive Aw:vs been
2 such, that his simple presence has sufIiced to
inspire confidence and ensure success.
The Prince OF Neutchatel, the grand mar
shall, the grand master of horse, and all the aid
de camps and military officers of the household
! OF the Emperor, have always accompanied his
majesty
Our cavalry was sol dismountcd, that W.,
could scarcely mite tse dsf ers who had horses.
20 form four conpyriSs d $50 m n each. tn
generals performed tls fuiies of cap aims, and
[ the coloneis those OF sob -ofiicers This soua.
dron, commanded by general Grouchy, and I'M
der the direction of the King of pies never
lost sight Of the Emperor in all his motions.
The health OF MS majesty VS. never better.
L
NEW Y RK, ia nary IS.
ADMIRAL WARREN'S SOU ADRON
? Mr.. Thorp, who arrived here Yesterday
in the ship Columbia. informs us. that he
was "A passenger on board the schr Lady
Hamilton, Albro, from Charleston, for New
York laden\with rice and cotton-that on
: Wednesday, in lat. aS9I SO, of Baruegat,
: while LAYING to, in a Meavyyale from N w
the ship San Dowfhsp,A Admiral Warren,
! fell in with and eaptuwdthcN LADY Hamil-
ton, and af5sr takinsssih an the passen-
. gers and cyew, exceptirsssheA captain, they
ordered .fke schr., for Bermuda.
: Mr,Thorp states that he was two DAYS
on bsfrd the San Domingo, and learnt from
tl@Dficcrs, that they had few days be-
fore captured the Haytian ship Republican,
from PortNau Prince for N. York, with a
valuable cargo of epifee, which they order
,, ed for BermpdaE vrbe squadron had also
S'ptuiSN" oSsl' ii'fh iSpoIOH lOi fNtbuinO0u,
laden with flaister; apd a. Rhode Island
sloop forIfhe Southwark, laden with hol
low waVG which latter cargoFhey took out
, and Ufen burnt bQrh vessels-the captains
an%1crews are on Roard the AdmiraI's ship
The sloop Two Sisters, Captain Wood, of
, Staten Island, from Virginia, laden with
oysters, for New York is also captured by
Admiral Warren, whose squadron, Mr.. +.
, informed us, had captured II vessels since
they made theifkWst appearance or San
dy Hook. The bihSers Vlso stated, that
they had captured afA buirt the privateer
Teazer of this pora
Mr.. Thorp further Informed us, that he
sailed from Charleston N theO5th inst. and
left there the brig Polly to Soil the same
day for N York that IN the 18th inst 4 or
5 ships arrived at Charleston, one of which
was black looking ship, with Jacob Bar
ker's signal and one of the others was a
large new ship, with vanished sides
Messrs. Rose, Thorp, and Gardner, who
were prisoners onpQard 6he San Domingo,
for two days, state that Ndmiral Warren
and his officers TREATED Them with great
humanity and politenesN.]
January 2a
ADMIRAL WARREN'S' SQUADRON
REMAIN OFF THE HOOK.
The sloop Two-Sisters from Virginia,
with Oysters, was also captured and detain-
ed some days.--She was released on Satur-
day evening, andpfas arrived at this port.
by the Two-Stters, we learn that the