Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-01-14


rochot had sent To headquarters mail, inter
eepted by dets shment, containing two sealed
boxes, and two ossesAl!el with ornaments p!- |
aged from INC Russian churches.
On The twcn,y-iourth, the "a ne detachment /
mad stopped two eouriers with dispatches, and |
on the same dag twenty caisSons OF the enemy
l1deh With ammunition, and taken officers
AMI 30 men prisoners.
On the 27th, they took prisoners officers
ana <S7 soldiers; and on the same day, two
sq"sdrons of Dragons OF the guard had defeat
cd a battalion and two squadrons of The French
guards, taking two officers and eighty-siN pri
Yates prisoners. The enemy received some re
Inducements during the action; these were,
however, equally defeated with loss
On the twcnty-eighth, Col EprinoT having
at the head Of detachment fallen in with the
enemy near The village of Nishuiiska, in the di-
rectIon OF Podol, completely defeated them, and
made 500 prisoners.
| Gen Korf reports in the same day that his
det.chments had taken from the enemy some
baggage, amongst which were found some in
terestng papers
On the thrteth Sept, gen. Milordorswitsk
| attacked the enemy near the village of -re-
herikow. The volunteers from the militia
charged the enemy with the bayonet with the
most exemplary courage, and dislodged them
| from this village.
| 1t WAS in this affair that gen. Fcrrier, chief
of the staff to the king Of Naples, and the
capt. of cavalry, count Poosky, sid-d,-camp
TO prince Poniatowaki. were taken. This is
the general Ferrier ofwhon mention WAS made
! in the bulletin, of the l.t Of oct.
Toe prince W.dbolsky, with 500 Cossacks.
| is advantageously posted near the village OF
tlossondro. to harrass the enemy ON the side
OF NIoiaisk
The aid-de.camp general baron Eorf, in his
report OF the S0th Sep. states, that the enemy.
with escort ten squadrons and its artIlerv
had marched on the village ofKlemorvo, in or
der to forage. Col. Bulukin attacked them
with success. The French lost in this affair 200
men killed; 100 priyates were made prisoners,
| of which a. were culrassiers.
| On the first october, some detachments Of
Cossacks made one hundred and two prisoners.
on the night OF the ID and Sd, they made SO
| prisoners.
On the 4th Of October, the advanced guard
gen.Milardovi;ch had defeated, near the viii
| lage Of Snassoa. all the attmpts ofthe enemy tn
carry il fourteen pieces of cannon, placed AZ
the edge of \ forest, had overturned whole.
French columns
| Three pieces of the enemy's Hvng artillery
We're dismounted, four cassions of ammunition
blown up. The web derected fire of the Rus
sian artillery obliged the enemy's cavalry to re-
retreat. Ten ofEcers and one hundred and ff.
| " privates were taken prisoners. -Four French
q
chevsl. the 5th and 9th liulans, Wertcmburg
regiment OF Prussian. hussars, suffered conside-
! rable loss in this action.
Marshal Kutusow had received a report from
/ gems. Tomazov and 'rhitchakOw, ofth> 26th
Sept stating that their army had passed the
| StyrN on the Sd, which movement had obliged
prince Schwsrtzenburg to fall back OIL Bresch
| Lori CAthsErt's dispatches speak in The high
| eat terms of the state OF the Russian army
Ii 4ppeats by letters from our feet off the
Scheldt, that the defeat of the French ne.r
| Nosssw Was known at Flushing on Monday
| Il SEs known also at OStend, where. according
TO the statement OF the captain o. vessel from
thence, an account had been received Just be-
fore he sailed, THAT tie ench were driven
out of Moscow, and that EonapRrte was almost
sut Of Russia"
One material fact has perhaps not been suffi.
! GENTLY impressed upon the public mind. Vie
tor had been ordered from Smslensk to ioin
| MRrs; before the 18Th, the day on which Kutu.
soft attacked the latter. But the attack WAS
made before he could join with such effect,
that il WAS immediately followed by the evacu.
alton Of Moscow in precipitste manner. Aud
though Bonaparte marched with the troops un-
der bis immediate command, though Yictor's
division NAV have united itseif to Nlllrat after
the battle, BonAparie with all his force did not
think prudent 10 attack Kutusoff, al least had
not four DAYS after Muraps defeat. He zcems
to be chiefly intent upon secu ing his retreat
and the Russian general seems 10 think so
himself andnot TO expect battle, or he would
not have detached so large body OF cavalry
under Plstow, as regiments) to 3molensk, 20
attack the ehVTny IN that quarter. Bat Bona
pRrte, 1.-The be lIsriiy pressed in front orr his
rear, may be under the necessity Of hazarding
battle, not with the view Of regaining the
ground he has evacuated, but Of cutting brs
wry back to Poland.
The Russian successes have occasioned
great sensation all along the ensmy's coast
and, we viii venture TO say, have not been felt
leIs inland, though We have not yet had an op.
portuniiy of learning the public sentiment
The exteit of Bpnspartc's losses, and the ne |
cessitisE of bis situation, may be inferred from |
the enormous ievies and con'cripton which |
arc TO be demanded-60 out of every 1000 Of |
young men who may happen to be f9 years of |
age.
TINS new and most enormous conscTiption, !
coming upon the back ofdisaster--fOr disasters |
cannot be concealed-nust increase dissaHec |
ton The late cOnspirStOrs were all military |
The French srnes must be tired Of this war. /
fare IN climates where disease cuts CT those |
whom the sW ord has spared--and even the vas. |
sal powers Of Austria, Bavaria, and SanxOny, |
must be foreign 10 their interest and dsstruc |
tive Of their resources. Tacitus, who was SO /
yell acquainted with human nature, has put |
into the mouth OF GalgacLs the following OBJ |
seryatiOns the truth Of which we yet may live |
TO see proved against fIonapare.
An army compounded of many nations, so |
different that II is success al1nc which holds /
them together, misgortunes and disasters will |
surely dissolve them Unless you suppose that |
the Germans snd,tfe Gauls are vet attached to |