1' • JAN. 17. THE NATIONAL REGISTEct. - - 43 i - - _ .• - The unexpected press of glorious intelligence received last night, the road to Weleike, probably •with the intention of joining the..main again compels us to delay the appearance of the Strictures on the army. I this moment am going .to march in . pursuit of him. Having Rev. Dr. TooK till our next. • joined Count Wittgenstein, I s h a ll, o f cours e r now remain. under . . - t his orders, according to the dhectlons receive(' from the Commander THE NATIONAL REGISTER. in Chief. REPORT OF GENERAL COUNT WITTGENSTEIN TO nts ustrzazAL , - • -- - --- MAJEJTY. Dated 22d Nay. (Dec. 4 ) in Bivouak, near Kamen. Colgan, . As soon as Napoleon had passed the river 2eresiaa, near Setstienzy, SUNDA 1. - , JANUARY 17. I directed Adjut a nt-G enera l K ueuso ff, w h o h as j o i ne d me w i t h li g h t cavalry, to march to Lepel with his whole corps, in order to enable . --- ---- - - him to act on the enemy's flank, who had crossed the river at that • • place, and to observe the remainder of the Bavarian corps tinder Gen. FURTHEL sUCCi;:sr.s OF THE RUSsTANs; Wrede, who was in the neighbourhood of Dokohiti i on his arrival. TWENTY THOUSAND MEN, A:zD TWO HUNDRED PIECES OF at Lepel, he was informed that the Bavarians had passed Dolginof CA k- NON TA KEN ! and Wileike, with the intention of joining the main army at Smorgena, . Most important news was yesterday received from the he therefore had detached Lieut.-Colonel Tettenban to reconnoitre, North. The evening pa: crs gave exaggerated accounts of , who reported on Dec. the 20th, that he had overtaken and defeated ' the intelligence which had arrived, and swelled the number , their rear-guard near Dolgineff, and taken •dt6 officers, and 1000 rank of prisoners taken to between forty and fifty thousand men. and file, and as our troops now occupy Dolginoff, their communica- This is not borne out by the dispatches of Lord CA TH CA RT . tim with the Grand Army is cut oir. Tliev, however, furnish abundant matter for exultation, as _. iAdmiral Trhichaeofl being in pursuit of the enemy t o m o te u sp e a c ce m . o n , t l h s . vill ► l tak h e , ano i ther route, ,. in order to give our troops more wi;l be seen from the following Government Bulletin, pub- proceeng by Nemouchina through Rosie- lished last night : newiche, Narochc, aid Ncstawishki, act on the enemy's flanks, and BULLETIN. endeavour to cut °Wins route nith the Cossacks. ' FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 16.—Dispatches have been this day re- From Nemnuellina I shall be able to coeoperate with Admiral Tali- ccived by Viscount Castlereagh from Lord Cathcart, his Majesty's chagoff; and to threaten Marshal Macdonald. Ambassador at St. retersbur g h. dated Dec. 2`2, ISI2. During the three day s' pursuit of the enemy, and his passing the They bring the reports of the operations of the Prince of Smolensk° river near Studenzy, his loss was Mem) , thousand men. I here al-. from the passage of the Beresina, to the flight of the French army ready sent al thirteen thousand pritoners, and the number of killed trona Wilna. on the 10th of December, where their rear-guard was and wounded is more than seven thousend. To the twelve pieces of taken prisonets. During the retreat from the Beresina, and at Willis, cannon, which I had the honour to report to your Majesty on the the French lost above twenty thousand men in prisoners, near two 17th (29th) of this month, I now add two more, and an eagle taken hundred pieces of cannon, seven. General Officers, a great number of from the enemy ; the latter I beg to lay at your Imperial Ma jesty•s Stafl'Officers, a great part of Buonaparte's personal baigagz, and all , feet; . their magazines, which were very considerable. The subjoined article contains statements of a most grati-. Here it will be seen that upwards of twenty thousand' lying nature ; h u t on a reference to the Eng lish Covernment men arc made prisoners.. Add to this, the loss of the Bulletin it will at once be seen it is not entitled to much cre- enemy in killed and wounded, in the operations wlikh gave dit : the Russians such an advantage, and the total number may ' 4 GoTTENDUROU, JAN. 9.—A courier has just arrived from St. re- tersburgh, and is said to bring ietellieenee thin on the 10th ult. the Pe- not fall very far short of that stated to have been s u sta ined RUlSlillii entered IVilea, takiee in and before that place eight Gene- in prisoners only. rats, 393 Officers, 21,a;ai inieates, eaa eani.on, two colours, one eagle, On this glorious occasion we congratnlate our readers and itnd the whole WAt impassable. aaine-. The Niemen is believed to he the world on the new shock received by the t} rant, who has maceonaen's corps is "surrounded, and it is hoped will be obliged to so long oppressed it. Some further interesting particu l ars surrender. " - will be found in the following Russian Bulletins received " The En ernon has left Petersteinh for Wilna." 3 ester day, and which in fact may be regarded as containing General KUTIIsOFF has issued a Proclamation to the roles the substance of the Extraordinary Gazette which is expected offering clemency, and stating that it was his imperial Ma- to be published this day. jesty's intention that a new organization of Poland should RUSSIAN BULLETINS. take place. • • REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL coLINELIITCNEF KUTUSOFF, • TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESI'Y. For this purpose, the EmPEttolt left Petersburgh for Wil- • , , Dated Beresina, Nov. 20 (Dec. 2) na on the 19th. In my preceding report 1 had the honour to acquaint your Impe- Several (general Officers have been taken, among whom is rial m.jesly with my arrival at Babinovitche, where I discovered the , General Ler P.IIVRE, who violated his parole, and run away , corp , . of Count Wittgenstein, and established a communication be from Cheltenham. tween him and the main army. In the mean time 1 acted on the enemy's flank, and almost at the same moment on his vanguard from nanerwreen- • Orcha to Borisov. DEFECTION OF THE PEUMAN CORPS, AND KUONAPARTES By our repeated attacks the enemy found difficulties at every step: CA I,L FOR 350.000 lell&N. , and 1 took in different affairs 3 Generals, 73 Stall, and other Offi. In two instances have the French lately been the heralds cers, and .5029 rank and file, and telled, of course, as many. Near of their own discomfiture. Their 29. th Bulletin gave us a pretty Borisow . I joined Count Wittgenstein, and by his orders I act and faithtul account of their losses in their retreat, up to the pas- defend his right flank. 1 have taken to the right of the Beresina, from , sage of the Beresina, and The Monikur has now informed us whence 1 hope to cut oil' this road from the enemy, in order to limn of a still more important event than the capture of some of na difficulties in crossing th u beiesina, and to be before him on the their flying divisions,—the defection of the Prussian corps Ned to Vileleike. in the service of France. We consider it as still more itn- On my arrival in Lepel, I was informed by the inhabitants, that a p .rtant, because it gives an example, which we trust will be s t ron g corps of the enemy was under the command of General Wrede, in Dolapue. I immediately sent out a strong vanguard, under the followed by the troops of other Powers, and because we command of Lieut. Col. 'Uillenburn, to reconnoitre him, and he re- think, as Count IiEGNALI..T himself told the • Senate, ported that the enetr; . ; the rnerneat !..t , rrc:ivrol '2'l7 troops, retired on A that " the desertion of an army is the most inevitable means , . . . . . .