Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-02-15
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FRENCH AND RUSSIANS.
PRTLADELpHI4, FEB.

PRILADE LIMA, FEB S-By the arrival
of the fastnsai.t ng ship Ann Maria, Donaldson,
in 29Hsysffom Lisbon, the cdftQr of the Free.
auis15ournal has been favored With the peru
sal of London papers to the 2lst Decembs-. from
which we have time only to make the following
extracts -
Dispatches had been received from Lord
Cathcart, dated the twenty-third and twenty
fifth November containing an account of con-
tinued series of victories. ana successes obtain
ed by the Russians over the French On the
9th November, countJDrioff Denizoff defeated
a corps of the TmpefSal guard Ander general
Paraguay D'Hilliers one division under char
penter was nearly cut TO pieces ;V'Hillier's di-
vision made rapid retreat, and Augereau
brother to the Marshal, after losing 10000
surrendered the remainder two thousand men
to Captain Pargner On the 18th, faraging
party ofthe cavalry & artillery was attacked by
the shrne officer. who killed 800, & made 1900
prisoners of these important corps, and took
1000 prisoners and 40e cSsriagss chiefly laden
with stores. The Frebsh "A thth retreat from
Smolensk, under DayeNsb, wcrtAturned by a
reinforcement under Psince Galas1ln and after
fighting the fight Of despaiPEE aye 9p the day
with the loss of two Generalss So ulcers, 2l7O
rank and file prisoners, 20 pieces Of cannon and
three standards. The baton of Davoust was
one of the trophies of this glorious day. The
loss of killed and wounded was immense but
the strongest feature of all was he presence of
Bonaparte. When the day turisd he Aed and
left his army to their fats.' The French having
quilted Smo!ensk, Marshsa Cutus6f advanced
in additional force to cut offSEbe rear division
under Ney. On the Seventeenth Ncgember a
bout three in the afternoon, this Memorable
action began by an attack on the Russian line ;
the French under cover of fog, advanced To
thffeot OF the batteries; forty pieces of cannon
andfhe whole musketry of the line opened on
them at the distance Of two hundred and fifty
PAGES. Under this deluge Nf fire, they could
neither fight nor Ay. fia8pf truce was sent
to Gen. Mllaradoyiteh, and at midnight the
whole French corps of twelte thousand men
laid down their arms ~
The loss in the battle was enormous. Mar
shall Ney was wounded he ned, and was pur-
sued by the Cossacks across the Dnieper Four
generals of division are said to have been
wounded, and upwards Of 100 officers were
among the prisoners. On the l4th Nov count
Wittgenstein, on the Dwina, was attacked by
Victor-the French were defeated with the
loss of3O00 men and retr&ted, pursued by the
cavalry. II was said thaalonaparte had shot
himself on the night oft destruction Of News
corps, but il was still more strongly reported
that ne had been dangerously wounded. Let
ters7tEom Berlin mentioned that couriers had
ARR r:9 in that city for the purpose Of pro-
curib4ghe most eminent surgeons TO admins
ter AID 20 great parsonage OF the French ar
ny, who had received deep sabre cut on the
neck, and three Of the principal practitioners
had gone OH with all possible speed.
Marshsl KutusoF has been created Prince Of
Smolensk in consed tsaGssDf his brilliant a.
ehicvemcnts in the destrucS bon Of the corps Of
Ney ard Dayoust. MA
General Count La,nbcrj wS6 commands the
advanced guard Of Admiral TahtehagoF has
efeated Bonaparte's advanced guard under
Domorouski and made 5000 prisoners the kill
ed are IN proportion.
Count Wittgenstein is at Copysse, in com.
munication with Admiral TchitchagoT In
his report Of the gath Nov he states that he
had killed great number ofthe enemy and Ia.
ken 800 prisoners.
Accounts from the grand army Of tke u Nov.