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

round Were tnlrty artillery tumbIiis - ma
ny Wagons.
The mann army halted at Ravenitza, p--
ccmber the 4th. Major. general Tou,sc.i.-
koii reports. TN the "a. that he arrived yst
ms corps irons Bobi insk on that day It 60
linki. General Field MAJ shall Prince e.
hntusoH omo!ensko, wishing to approach
the army under Admiral rschitschagoi,
has removed, to day, his III al quarters to
kos,no.
Dec. 5th--General Count Platoff reports,
on the last. that he had joined the advanc-
ed guard OF Admiral Tschtchagof, & was
at Chotinits che. --Having the same
day pursued the enemy, he took one piece
OF cannon. and about Ohe thousand prison
ers. HE French officers who have been
made prisoners confirm that, on the 28th of
November, Generals Oudinot, Dombroiiski,
| Say ontschick, and several other Brigade
Generals, were dangerously wounded.
Colonel Aoussiny reports that he iounl 1T
Mmsk, besides considerable quantity OF
bread. about three thousand excellent
french muskets. fabricated at Ii &c
Report Of The Commander in CL.Iof the
| Russian drmieS, Fitid- Marshal Prince
| hufnSG SmcienSko. 10 His IngheriGl AIG-
| jesty, ofthe 12th Dee. 1872.
| After slight resistance the enemy was
Obliged yesterday to abandon the City oe
Wilma, which the troops OF your Imperial
| ~
lchitchagoF Immediately took possession
or. The enemy had not had time TO drs-
troy the considerable maya zines which he
hao prepared there 1--WE have taken from .
him quantity or cannon. The advanced
guard and al the. army under Admiral
chitchagoif are III pursuit OF him. am
myself at the distance OF of twenty versts
from Wilma; but l. will not fail to transn.it
to your Imperial Majesty a detailed report.
as soon as Shall arrive there
ETtract o(a Oishach from General Yis-
count Cathcurt, dated 81. PcterS6urgh.
| Dec. %, 1912. -. .N~
| L have the honor toitransrnit herewith
translations of the continuation of the Jour
nal OF military operations from the Sth TO the
18th OF Dece inber. and of Marshal Prince
kutusoif Smo!ensko's report, dated 18th Es-,
ccmber.
Confirmation Of the Journal Of 69Nitarv
| Oherations, from the s:h TO he 19fh o.
| Dec.
! Dec. 8.--Admral Tchitchagoff, in his
| first report of the 5th states, thar Major
ISeneral Count Orourka had pursued the.
enemy to Molodetchino, taking FIVE hundred
prisoners and eight pieces OF cannon By
his second report OF the 9Th December, it
/! appears that his van guard, under the or
ders CT Major General Tchabitaz, had
pressed so close upon the enemy's rear, rs
|
entirely to destroy that corps near Smorgo-
nj, at which place their main body halted,
and were net little surprised to see cur
Cossacks appear, when they immediately
lied with such precipitation as to leave all
their magazines. The enemy's loss on this
occasion amounted co tweaty. FIVE pieces
OF Cannon, and three Thousand prisoners.
Head Quarters, Moi0de .scf1o, on Dec.
The enemy was pursued from this place
on the 7th by Count Orourka as far as Be-
litZi, with loss of nine pieces of cannon, &c
ABOVE cne thousand prisoners, great num-
Der OF tambriis and other carriages. In con-
sequence of the extreme cold, C the great
want OF provisions, the number of persons
perishipg on the high roads have considera-
bly, increased, amongst whom are noticed
many of NapoleoA's guards.
Aid de Camp General Count Oscharons-
ny reports, under date Woleschna, 9TH De-
cembcr, that or that day he arrived there,
and proposed following the grand army in
parallel line, endeavoring at the same
time to cover its left flank, and TO observe
the movements of the corps under Prince
schwartzenburgh. Admiral FchitchagoT
reports on the 9Th, that his van guard, com
manded by Major General t'chaplitz con-
tlnuing to pursue the enemy and press him
Ielosely, had compelled him to abandon sixty
one pieces OF cannon. Colonel Mordegnas
| Aid de Camp General Of the STAFF, The Aid
dc Camp of M'rsilai Davoust, ami two
Thousand men were made prisoners in this
affair. The whole Of the read from Smor..
goni to Oschnisany was SO completely strew-
ed with dead bodies, and dead horses, and
so covered with artillery Wagons, tumbrils.
| and carriages, that it was rendered almost
! impossible.
| The dissatisfaction among Napoleon's
| troops has increased to such a pitch, that
| they with one voice Charge him as tie au
| thor of all their misery.
| 9th December.--The partizan colonel of
the guard, Sesslavin, reports, that having
come up with the enemy's cavalry, he inn
/ medateiy attacked them--they were over
thrown, and he entered wilma, as it were
on their very shoulders In this attack, he
took six pieces of cannon and one eagle.
Having afterwards joined the detachment.
under Major General Laudskoy, an attempt
was made to carry the town itself but find
ling themselves too weak for the enemy'g
infantry, dispersed throughout the houses,
tthey were under the necessity OF waiting
the arrival Of the advanced guard of TChi-
chagofF army.
| Report of the Commander in Chief Of the
| Armies, General Field Marshal Prince
| Kutusof Smoensko, 90 His Imperial Ma
| jesty, Dec. ii, 1919.
! At the time OF the capture Of wilma by
our troops on the 10th Of December, the
enemy dsfled through tire streets, whilst
Count PlatoH, in order TO cut oil his retreat
BY the road TO Kowno, occupied it with all
his cossack regiments, as well as with those