No. I.

1st, An article published in the London | the 4th September the enemy made a reCourier of the 7th of Oct. 1812; 2d, An connoissance in force, and was driven back Extraordinary Gazette, published by the with loss. On the 5th September, the Government on the same day, with Lord French attacked the left, and were repulsed Cathcart's Letter; 3d, three Articles from with considerable slaughter, both in the St. Petersburgh, published in the Courier action and in the retreat, and with the loss of the same day; 4th, Two Russian Bul- of seven or eight pieces of ordnance.letins relating to the battle of Mojaisk (or On the 6th September nothing of conseBrodino); 5th, Two French Bulletins, giv- quence took place; but Prince Koutousoff ing an account of the same battle, and of brought up his reserves, completed his disthe arrival of Napoleon in Moscow. positions, and added several intrenchments and batteries on his left.On the 7th September, under cover of a thick mist, the French again attacked the left with great impetuosity, and with all the means have hitherto employed in their most desand successions of fresh troops that they perate exertions.They were received by the divisions of grenadiers belonging to the left wing, commanded by Prince Bagration; and the centre of the Russian line having in its turn attacked the mass directed against the left, the affair became general. Prince Koutousoff dates his dispatch from the field of battle.The enemy are stated to have covered their retreat by the Wirtemberg infantry, and by large corps of cavalry.-General Platow, however, with the Cossacks, followed them, and killed or took great numbers.

A great Victory gained by the Russians!! -A very different account, thank Heaven is given of this battle from that com

No. II.

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municated in the French Bulletin. The Russians claim a signal victory, and have celebrated it at Petersburgh by the discharge of 101 guns, and by TE DEUM, at which all the Royal Family assisted. They report that Davoust was killed, and Murat and Ney taken. The 18th Bulletin informed us that "Davgust had received no injury," but said nothing of Murat and Ney having been taken; nor did it make the slightest mention of any French Generals made prisoners, though we have no doubt there were. Buonaparte confessed having had six Generals killed, and seven or eight wounded. Montbrun or Caulin-enemy retreated upwards of thirteen versts. I have detained this dispatch two days, in court, who were killed; may have been mistaken for Davoust. expectation of further events, and of a more detailed report; but as letters have been received as late as the 9th September, I have thought it expedient to transmit, in its present form, the account of an affair which must for ever add lustre to the military achievements of this empire, and which, though it may not be decisive, must at least prove a most important feature in the history of this war.I have seen letters from distinguished officers of great experience; they consider this as by far the most dreadful and destructive engagement they ever witnessed, infinitely beyond that of Prussian Eylaw. Several General Officers have been wounded, besides those named; and the loss of officers of other ranks is stated to have been in proportion to that of the men. I have not heard the Russian loss estimated at less than 25,000 men.The loss of the French should be infinitely greater, because of the pursuit, and because the fire of their artillery ceased at an early hour, while that of the Russians continued as long as the guns could be brought to bear.- -The new raised troops from Moscow were brought up, and appear to be perfectly efficient. Those who were

The London Gazelle Extraordinary. Foreign Office, Oct. 7, 1812.-A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was this day received by Viscount Castlereagh, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from his Excellency Viscount Cathcart, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of the Emperor of ALL THE RUSSIAS.

St. Petersburgh, Sept. 13, 1812. My Lord, I am most happy in having to begin my correspondence from St. Petersburgh, by announcing that the arms of his Imperial Majesty have been victorious in a most obstinate and general action, fought on the 7th September, at the village of Brodino, between Mojaisk and Tjate, on the great road from Smolensk to Moscow. It appears that Buonaparté had concentrated his forces after the affair of Smolensk.Prince Koutousoff, on his part, had selected a position, and had established his forces in its vicinity.On

that the battle was fought 20 wersts from Moscow, on the (27th ult.) 8th Sept. It is said that Murat is among the prisoners. -Various other letters from St. Petersburgh have been received; they all agree that the result of the battle was in favour of the Russians. It is stated in some of them that the French lost 100 pieces of cannon. One of them concludes with observing, that the rejoicings at St. Petersburgh on account of the victory was excessive: he says he could not write for the roaring of cannon.

No. IV.

(Translation.)-Bulletin A.

enemy had made on the 5th instant, with a considerable force upon the left flank of our army, nothing of importance was undertaken against us during the whole of the 6th. But yesterday, at day-break, that is to say, about four o'clock in the morning, the enemy, availing himself of the foggy weather, again directed the whole of his forces against our left flank. -The battle. became general, and lasted until night: the loss on both sides is great; that of the enemy, to judge from his terrible attacks upon our fortified position, must greatly have surpassed ours. Your Imperial Majesty's troops fought with incredible valour. The batteries passed from the possession of one party to that of the other, and the re sult was, that the enemy, with his superior force, has, in no one part, gained an inch of ground. I remained at night master of the field of battle. So soon as I shall have recruited my troops, supplied my artillery, and augmented my forces by reinforcements from Moscow, I shall, trusting in the as

valour of the army, see what I can undertake against the enemy.- -Prince Bagration, to our great regret, has been wounded

We

Prince Koutouzoff, General of Infantry, Commander in Chief of all the armies, reports to his Imperial Majesty as follows, from the village of Brodino, under date of the 6th September:-After my last most humble report to your Imperial Majesty, in which I announced that I was waiting the attack of the enemy in the position of Bro-sistance of the Almighty, and the incredible dino, the 5th September, the enemy directed a very strong force against our left flank, which was commanded by Prince Bagration. Observing the impetuosity within the foot by a ball. Lieutenant-Generals which the main force of the enemy threw themselves upon this point, I judged it necessary, in order to fix his attack, to direct it against the heights, which had been previously fortified. The engagement lasted, with great obstinacy, from two o'clock until very late at night; and your Majesty's troops displayed on that day the bravery which I had observed from my first joining the army. The second division of cuirassiers being obliged to make its second attack in the dusk, particularly distinguished itself, and in general all the troops, so far from losing an inch of ground, defeated the enemy on every side, with much greater loss than they sustained themselves: eight guns were taken, of which three, being rendered totally useless, were left on the field. Many officers deserve to be individually named to your Majesty, a list of whom I shall forthwith have the happiness of transmitting; for the present I confine myself to giving your Majesty a precis.

(Translation,)-Bulletin B.

Toutschkoff, Prince Gortschakoff, Major-
Generals Bachmstieff, Counts Woronzoff
and Kretoff, have been wounded.
have taken from the enemy some prisoners,
some guns, and a General of Brigade. It
is still night; and I have not been able to
procure any more details.- -His Imperial
Majesty, in acknowledgment of the distin-
guished services of the General of Infantry,
Prince Koutouzoff, has been pleased to ap-
point him Marshal General, and to grant to
him 100,000 roubles, and also five roubles
to each soldier who has had a share in this
memorable battle.

No. V.

Eighteenth Bulletin of the Grand French

Army.-Mojaisk, Sept. 10, 1812, ...

On the 4th the Emperor set out from Ghjat, and encamped near the post of Gritneva. -The 5th, at six o'clock in the morning, the army put itself in motion. At two in the afternoon, we perceived the Russians formed with their right upon General Prince Koutouzoff, Commander Moskwa, the left upon the heights on the in Chief of the armies, makes most respect-left bank of the Kologha. At 1,200 toises fully to his Imperial Majesty the following report from the field of battle at the village of Brodino, the 8th of September. Since my report of the attack which the

in advance of the left, the enemy had bee gun to fortify a fine height, between two woods, where they had placed 9 or 10,000 men. The Emperor having reconnoitred

did at Austerlitz, at Friedland, Vitepsk, at Smolensk: and that the latest posterity may speak of your conduct this day with pride

-The army answered with reiterated acclamations. The ground on which the army stood was spread with the dead bodies of the Russians killed the preceding day.- -Prince Poniatowski, who was on the right, put himself in motion to turn the forest on which the enemy rested his left. The Prince of Eckmuhl marched on the skirt of the forest, the division Compans at the head. Two batteries of 60cannon each, commanding the enemy's po

it, resolved not to lose a moment, and to carry this position. Orders were given to the King of Naples to pass the Kologha, with the division Compans and the cavalry.that it may say of you, 'He was at that Prince Poniatowski, who had marched on great battle under the walls of Moscow.'the right, was in a condition to turn the At the Imperial Camp, on the heights of position. At four o'clock the attack com- Borodino, 7th Sept. three o'clock a. m.”› menced. In one hour the enemy's redoubt was carried, with the cannon; the enemy's corps driven from the wood, and put to flight, leaving the third part on the field of battle. At seven in the evening the firing ceased.On the 6th, at two o'clock in the morning, the Emperor surveyed the enemy's advanced posts: the day was passed in reconnoitring. The enemy were in a position much contracted. Their left was weakened by the loss of the position on the day before; backed by a large wood, sup-sition, had been constructed in the night. ported by a fine height, crowned by a redoubt, planted with twenty-five pieces of cannon. Two other heights, crowned with redoubts at 100 paces from each other, protected their line, as far as a large village which the enemy had destroyed, to cover the ridge with artillery and infantry, and to support the centre. Their right extended behind the Kologha, in the rear of the village of Borodino, and was supported by two fine heights, crowned with redoubts, and fortified with batteries. This position appeared strong and favourable. It was easy to manoeuvre, and to oblige the enemy to evacuate it, but that would have been renouncing our object, and the position was not judged sufficiently strong to render it necessary to avoid fighting. It was easy to perceive that the redoubts were but half formed, the fosse shallow, and neither palisaded nor defended with chevaux-de-frise. We reckoned the enemy's force at about 120 or 130,000 men. Our forces were equal, but the superiority of our troops was not doubtful.- On the 7th, at two in the morning, the Emperor was surrounded by the Marshals in the position taken the evening before. At half past five o'clock, the sun rose without clouds: it had rained the preceding evening. "This is the sun of Austerlitz," said the Emperor. Though but the month of September, it was as cold as a December in Moravia. The army received the omen: the drum beat, and the following order of the day was read:"Soldiers! there is the field of battle you have so much desired! henceforth victory depends on you: it is necessary to us: it will give us plenty, good quarters for the winter, and a speedy return to your country. Behave yourselves as you

-At six o'clock, General Count Sorbier, who had armed the battery on the right with the artillery of the reserve of the guard, commenced the fire, General Pernetty, with thirty pieces of cannon, put himself at the head of the division Compans (4th of the 1st corps), who skirted the wood, turning the head of the enemy's position. At half past six General Compans was wounded; at seven the Prince of Èckmuhl had his horse killed. The attack advanced; the musketry commenced. The Viceroy, who formed our left, attacks and carries the village of Borodino, which the enemy could not defend; that village being on the left bank of the Kologha. At seven the Marshal Duke of Elchingen put himself in motion, and under the protection of sixty pieces of cannon, which General Foucher had placed the evening before against the enemy's centre, bore upon the centre. A thousand pieces of cannon spread death on all sides. -At eight o'clock the positions of the enemy were carried, his redoubts taken, and our artillery crowned his heights. The advantage of position which the enemy's batteries had enjoyed for two hours, now belonged to us. The parapets which had been occupied against us during the attack, were now to our advantage. The enemy saw the battle lost, which he thought had only commenced. A part of his artillery was taken; the rest was withdrawn to his lines in the rear. In this extremity he attempted to restore the combat, and to attack with all his masses those strong positions which he was unable to protect. Three hundred pieces of French cannon placed on these heights, thundered upon his masses, and his soldiers died at the foot of those parapets which they had

such a field of battle. Out of six dead
bodies, there were five Russians for one
Frenchman. Forty Russian Generals were
killed, wounded, or taken; General Bagra-
tion. was wounded.- We have lost the
General of Division Montbrun, killed by a
cannon-ball; General Count Caulincourt,
who was sent to occupy his place, was
killed by a shot of the same kind, an hour
afterwards. The Generals of Brigade
Compere, Plauzanne, Marion, and Huart,
were killed; seven or eight Generals were
wounded, the most of them slightly. The
Prince of Eckmuhl has received no injury.
The French troops covered themselves with
glory, and displayed their great, superiority
to the Russian troops.-
-Such, in a few
words, is a sketch of the battle of Moskwa,
fought a few leagues in the rear of Mojaisk,
and twenty-five leagues from Moscow, near
the little river Moskwa. We fired 60,000
cannon-shot, which are already replaced by
the arrival of 800 artillery carts, which
passed Smolensko previous to the battle.
All the woods and villages from the field of
battle to this place are covered with dead
and wounded. We have found here 2,000
killed or amputated Russians. A number
of Generals and Colonels are prisoners.
The Emperor was never exposed; neither
the foot nor horse guards were engaged, or
lost a single man. The victory was never
uncertain. Had the enemy, when driven
from his intrenchments, not endeavoured
to retake them, our loss would have been
greater than his; but he destroyed his army
by keeping it, from eight o'clock till two,
under the fire of our batteries, and in obsti
nately attempting to regain that which was
lost. This was the cause of his immense
loss.Every one distinguished himself.
The King of Naples, and the Duke of El-
chingen, were peculiarly conspicuous.
The artillery, and particularly that of the
The actions
which have rendered this day illustrious
shall be made known in detailed reports.

raised with so much labour, and as a pro-wounded. Our total loss may be estimated tecting shelter.The King of Naples, at 10,000 men; that of the enemy, at with the cavalry, made various charges. from 40 to 50,000. Never was there seen The Duke of Elchingen covered himself with glory, and displayed as much intrepidity as coolness. The Emperor ordered a charge of the front, the right in advance; this movement made us masters of three parts of the field of battle. Prince Poniatowski fought in the wood with various success, There still remained to the enemy his redoubts to the right. General Count Morand marched thither, and carried them; but at nine in the morning, attacked on all sides, he could not maintain himself there. The enemy, encouraged by this advantage, made his reserve and his last troops advance to try his fortune again. The Imperial Guards formed a part of them. He attacked our centre, which formed the pivot to our right. For a moment it was feared that he might carry the village which was burnt; the division Friant advanced thither: 80 pieces of French cannon immediately arrest, and then annihilate the enemy's columns, which stood for two hours in close order under the chain-shot, not daring to advance, unwill. ing to retire, and renouncing the hope of victory. The King of Naples decided their uncertainty. He caused the 4th corps of cavalry to make a charge, who penetrated through the breaches which our cannonshot had made in the condensed masses of the Russians, and the squadrons of their cuirassiers; they dispersed on all sides. The General of Division, Count Caulincourt, Governor of the Emperor's Pages, advanced at the head of the 5th regiment of cuirassiers, overthrew every thing, and entered the redoubt on the left by its gorge. From this moment there was no longer any uncertainty. The battle was gained. He turned upon the enemy the 21 pieces of cannon which were found in the redoubt. Count Caulincourt, who Lad distinguished himself in this fine charge, has terminated his career. He fell dead, struck by a bul-guards, surpassed itself. let; a glorious death, and worthy to be envied.- It was now two in the afternoon; the enemy had lost all hope; the battle was ended, the cannonade still continued; the enemy fought for retreat and safety, but no longer for victory. The loss of the enemy is enormous; from 12 to 13,000 men, and from 8 to 9,000 Russian horses, have been counted on the field of battle: 60 pieces of cannon and 5,000 prisoners have remained in our power. We have had 2,500 killed, and thrice, that number

"Monsieur Bishop of, the passage of the Niemen, of the Dwina, the Borysthenes, the combats of Mobilow, of the Drissa, of Polotsk, of Ostrowno, of Smolensko, and, in fine, the battle of Moskwa, furnish so many respective reasons for addressing thanks to the God of armies; our will, therefore, is, that on receiving this present letter, you concert measures with those to whom it of right belongs. Assemble my