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! .baIl Prince Kutusotf Smolsnsko. report
dated 18th December.
Consinuafion offhe Journal Of Military
otsrahons from tie stu to tide l3sh Q,
December.
December 8 Admiral Tchiehagof,
in bis FIRST report of the sth, states that
major general count Orourka had pur-
sued the enemy to Molodetchino, tax
ing Ave hundred prisoners and pieces
of cannon. By his second report of the
9TH December, it appears that his van.
guard, under the orders of major gene
raj Tchablitz, had pressed so close up.
on the euemy'a rear, as to carry off his
piquets, and subsequently entirely to de-
stroy that corps near Smorgoni, at which
place their main body halted, and were
not little surprized to see our cossaeks
appear, when they Immediately fed with
such precipitation as to leave all their
magazines. The ehemy's loss Oh this
occasion amounted to twenty-five pieces
of cannon and three thousand prisoners.
Headquarters, Molodetschno, Dec.s.
The enemy was pursued from this
place On the 7,h by count Orourka as
far as the BeIitza, with loss of nine
pieces of cannon, and above one thou
sand prisoners, a great number Of tum.
Drills and other carriages. In conse-
quencc Of the extreme cold, & the great
want of provisions, the number OF per-
sons psrishing on the high roads have
considerably increased, amongst whom
are noticed many of Napoleon's guard.
Aid de-camp general count Oschar-
onsky reports, under date Woloschina,
7th December, that on that day he ar
rived there, and proposed following the
grand army in parallel line, endesyor-
ing at the same time to cover its left
flank, and to observe the movements Of
the corps under Prince Schwartzenberg.
Admiral TehitchagoE reports on the
9Th, that his van guard, commanded by
major general TchsP!itz continuing to
pursue the enemy and press him close
ly, had compelled him to abandon sixty
one pieces of cannon-Col. Mordegnasse
aid-de-camp-general Of the staff, the
abide camp of marshal Davoust, and 9
thousand men we're made prisoners in
this affair. The whole of the road from
Smorgoni to Oschnisany was so com
pletely strewed with dead bodies, and
dead horses. and so covered with artil-
lery Wagons, tumbrils, and carriages,
that it was rendered almost impossible.
The dissatisfaction amongst Napole-
ons troops, has increased to such pitch
that they with enc voice charge him as
the author-of all their misery.
Headquarters, Smorgome, Dec. 10.
Colonel Knorring reports, under date of
the 9Th, that he detached some squa-
drons to- watch the enemy's motions on
the side of Nobaswerskena and StalbzeH.
General count Wiugenstein states,
that keeping with his corps 70 the right
Of TchitchagotTs army in parallel line,
he was on the 9Th at Nestawischkach.
His van guard at Swiranke, and his Ca
valry under the command OF abide.
camp general Kutussff; and ma ge-
neral Borosdin at Nementschine.
9th December. The partisan colonel
of the guard Scsslavin, reports, that hav'
ing come up withthe enemy's cavalry,
he immediately attacked them, they were
oyerthrowh, and he entered wilma as 1t
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
LaRdskoy, ali attempt was made to car
ry the town itself; but finding them
selves too weak for the enemy's inian
try dispersed throughout the houses,
they were under the necessity OF waiting
the arrival of the advanced guard OF
Tchichagoff's army.
Admiral Tchichagoff reports, on the
10th of December, that Encouragement
Tschabilz, regardless Of all obstacles,
and pro6ling of the disorderly flight OF
the enemy, had pursued them into Will
ma, taking thirty lone pieces of cannon ;
and that the suburb. had been occupied
and picquets posted round the body OF
the town, under the orders of msjer-ge.
nerals Orcurga and Laskine.
headquarters, Oschnisam, llth De-
cember.-Major-General Ignatsef de
tacbed on the 9th of December, eight
battalions from Bobrouisk to Minsk.
Admiral Tchichagoff reports that Ma
jor, general Tsehabli,z dislodged the G.
nemy from wilma, on the 10th Decem.
Der, where they left a great number Of
cannon, and very considerable magazines
but time did not permit to furnish tht
details.
Headquarters wilma, 18th December
Count Wittgenstein reports, under