Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-12


diver, to drive all this back again.
and return the corn and cattle from
the villages from whence it had been IN
taken. I. on the I'd Qith) Sept. at
IsurP. NJ. reached village, where
i found my van guard, consisting OF
the regiment Of Don Cessacks o. Tue
Grkow, and two squadrons OF the
hussar regiment Of sumysch, a COM
naav of the ith regiment OF yasefs
Of the smolensk regiment OF infant
~. aud two pieces of light artiiieFs.
Near this place the enemy pereel7ln,s
oaiv oar cavalry coming cat OF the
wsod, fariousl, charged it. but Coz.
Grekswg. Will, his regiment, anu the
saradrons Of 9umyssh hnssars, I'm
mrdiatrly overthrow them, and drove
them back to Glusk. Even the en-
em,'s insantrv. 1000 strong which
were encamped before Glusk, tel
back into the village for which rea-
son, ] ordered my infantry to ope-
rate. and drive the enemy out OF
this nlace. in which ne sought to
establish himself. The valiant Ma
ior Genlsky, of the Smo!ensk resi.
,aeut of infantry, instantly arrived
there with his detachment. and sent
a COMPANY of yasers ofihe 4tst, and
some volunteer sharpshoetersbelO
iny to the battalion under his com
manG. and placed himself. with one
battalion, and two pieces OF arrilie'
~ in front OF tie place ; when the
enen,'s infantry perceived ours.
they divided themselves iato two
parts-The one half remained IN
the empty houses. from whence they
were. however, driven. h0twithstand-
ing the obstinate defence they mate.
and their advantageous position, IN
she course of an hour the other
half AT the same time retrealed a.
cross the river. and in their retreat
destroyed tic bridge. on the other
si.'e of which he. hsWevcr halted,
and brought up two pieces OF cannon
70 ,'rfaad IL. and the remainder Of
their hrin= traops. Major GentOut
took pos; at Glnsk AMI acted SO eff
fectu.I!y Wit, bis corps, that with
the assistance Of the bG,-arS OF the
&nu.Ys"k Regiment, and the Don
rcssach> Of Coi. Grekowg. which
stey gaze CT the other side, he threw
the enemy into disorder, who after
a two hours engagement fled, and
.eft us masters Of the field Of battle
and magazine Of provisions which
;nn, bad collected, Of which the ne
"-.s.'y quantity was used for the
snnpor, Of the troops. and the re-
.nainher returned to its former own
,rs. Their hospirsI, with 15G men.
80 fc'! into our hands. he took
three differs prisoners, among whom
is the laEe commander OF GiEok. and
--men. On orr ,ide We had
Only one superior officer, and SO men
* laser rank, killed.
Having gained the. victory over
the enemy at this point, ] took n,
wg to Niitscha and Gorbatsche.
Wfsehe, ~ prevent his joining the
c"rns ~ General Natachnsko, and
to allow tie ethers lime to recover
themselves. Ag,ecabIy TO this on
the same evening. having repaired
thr bridge. my van guard crossed
Her to the other side. and on the Sd
(i5ihi September. at day break. /
began 10 pursue the fying enemy
win the CORPS under nv command.
On ti.i, road I IiieHise found a NUN.
',~r of""ssons laden with provisions
ard forage. all Of which | returned
10 'hr places from whence they canie.
st six Nr"sts from Gebatschewitscbi
nv san guard, which WAS two v ersts
brfure me. was in very narrow de-
files received BY very considerable
Huaber or the enemy, with a bate
~ of two pieces Of cannon : on their
flank were posted sharp slso"ters.
tindihg myself at this distance fre,n
ny van guard. l surnised that the
enemy. seeing only this detachment
wsi.tG eiis."ayor 10 cut it off. Tie
eheHiy pH>ited herd Oh cur van guard.
whirh l directed to fall back in gond
order, and with slow pace, to Join
the eorps.-Aiterwai4js NY VAN
guard. composed Of two wager barta-
lions OF the 9Th and itst REGIS. and
Of the Don Cossae regt. l com
manded them TO disperse themselves
in the ends on tn. flank. / myself
marched forward, placing the brave