Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-08

Gated hImseb wiz sho '
him. Alter having s.p'
the enemy at a distance the whole Of 'he
70 a.h. and constantly repulsed them, ne
made a movement at night, by the r'Sh'
flank, passed the Borystenes' ana oisap'
,,o;n,ed all the calculations OF the enc
" The 18th the enemy Passea tue
porvstepes at Ora, and the Rus
.ian army fatigued after having LOST
many men, gave over this enter,
nrize. The army ct N"llyn'e haa
p,narchsd since the 18th upon M.nsk, x
was going against Boriso~. General
Dombrow xxi defended the head OF the
bridge of Borisnw with 5000 men. nc
Esd they ere attacked aud foFceo %
yscuate mat position. Ihe eoehy 'ne"
n.sse,; the Bere sina marching upon 30
i; the division of Lambert composing
,he van guard the second corps s'm-
,papted by the duke Of Rsggio' VINO was
q. Tcberein, had received orders.t TO adj
,ance to BGrisow, to insure the passage
! the Bcresina. Tie Oath the duke OF
Rcggio encountered he division otLam-
oer,, 4 leagues from Boriso~, attacked
and bea, them, made 1000 prisoners,
took pieces Of cannon, 500 Wagons
Of the baggage of Volhynies army, and
drove the enenv to the right bank OF
the Beresina. General Berthier, with
the 9Th cuirassiers, distinguished him
self ~ handsome charge, the enemy
only saved themselves by burning me
bridge, which was more than 800 toises
long.
Nevertheless The enemy occupied all
the passages Of the Beresina. this river
is 40 toiscs broad, and was tiled with
floating ice, bHt its borders are covered
with marshes 500 toises long, and when
renders it difficult obstacle to over
come The enemy's general had placed
his four divisions in different passes
where he supposed the French army
would attempt passage. The 2e:h at
day break the emperor after having de-
ceived the cnersv by divers movements
made on the 25,h, marched against the
village of Studzianca and caused like.
wise two bridges to be thrown over the
river, Notwithstanding division of the
eaemy were opposed. 'Phe duke of
Reggie passed, attacked the enemy and
kept them engaged two hours. The e.
nemy retired to the head Of the bridge
of Borisew general Legrand, an ffficsr
Cat arnI hl
dangerously wounded the army passed
on the 26lh and 9Th. The duke Bel
lune commanding the 9th corps bad re
ceived orders to follow the movement
of the duke of Reggie, to compose the
rear guard, and to detain the Russian
army of the Dwina which followed him
The division OF Partonaux composed the
rear guard of this corps The 9th at
noon the duke of Bcllune arrived with
two divisions at the bridge Of Slu9zian.
ca. The division Of Partonaux LETT b.
risow at night; one brigade ofthis di,i-
sion, which formed the rear guard. and
which was ordered to burn the bridges.
set off at in the evening, it arrived be
tween 10 and IL o'clock, endea ored to
Gnd its first brigade, and the general of
division, who had set out two hours be
fore. The search va. fruitless-they
then became uneasy. All that We have
been able to hear since, is, that this FIRST
brigade set out at o'clock, missed thei
WY at s. took the right instead OF thr
left and went TWO or three leagues in
that direction, that in the night and Chi,
led with colo, it was roused by the Fl
OF the enemy which they took for th,
French army thus sur ounded, the,
must have surrendered This c-ne!
mistake has lot Us 5000 infantry So,
horses and 3 pieces artillery. it is ~
moicd that the eete.a Ct the division
"a, not with his c",u,nn but had march
d OF head. All the army having
pass ed on the morning Of The 18th, Tie
duke Of Befune guarded The head of the
bridge on the left bank, the duke of
Regg'o with all the army were on the
right bank.
B,'isow having been evacuated. the
armies Of Dwina ard VoIhynie commu.
nleated, they concerted an attack the
es,h at day break the duke of Reggie
caused the emperor to be Informed that
lie was attacked ALI half an hour after
wards the duke Of Bcllune knew it on
the left bank. tic army WIS under arms.
The duke of Elchinssn went to the as
sistance of the duke de Reggie and the
doke ofTrevise followed him. The
fight became brisk, the enemy wished
10 break Cur right, general Doumerc
commanding the sth division of cu,as.
slcrs ard composing part Of the two
corps who remained on the Dwina, or
dered charge of the cavalry by the 4ih
AID 9Th of the cnliassicrs, at the mo.
ment when The legion Of the Vistula was
engaged in the woods to pierce the GEN.
ire OF the enemy which, was beaten and