The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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enter Moscow, he would not have entered, it ;--that he W.. 1
even now ready to quit the spot, if such was the do ire o
a Sovereign, whom he was anxious to oblige. In short, ti.at-
if ALEXANDER desired peace, he had only to say so, and
peace should be that instant concluded." Tris bait m
have taken with almost any individua:, sooner than widi the-
Emperor of Rust A. Ile remelt) be: ed the I,wning
the flattering words, the feigned hemrity•of Til.it,—atel
felt, that it was not for SINOS to betray a second Tr., . it
is needless to say, the friendly oiler was rejeced.
In addition to the statemen:s contained in the ave"e
Extraordinary, the following pa, ticulars have been n
ptild'e, and may be cottsidth cd as official :—" In the La: tle .
of the 18th ult. between (;enetal KUTLISOW and Mu RA E.
Prince ATOWSKV, who com:-.landed the sth ceTs c f
the French array.. was killed, and Gene,als JOIN VILI
MONC Ey, and D.% au made. prisoners. The lo‘s of tiie
French cannon was in gle,a Ille:tSlIr0 owing to the. Wea
satin; uncommonly bad, and the toads so cut up, as te,
:tiniest impa,sable. The horses of the French cavalry', I.oin
want of fo; age, and not beieg inured to the clima c, we•e
feeble, and scarcely tit for service; whih• the Ike sia
were in their usual eood condition. Gen. PLATOW,
15 regiments of caval'v, l'ad been dispatched towards S., •-•
lenske, to act against Vies rots. pen. Court WINZiNf.,Ett,
was taken prisoner, with part cf his :Staff, by a T.ll e• -
tachment while reconnoiu ing at a di•tance from i‘lost ow
Gen. ()ERTEL I" who commanded at Mozvt, had dt•ti -
guiOted himself by a sinks of masterly manaeuvies clout
F2th u, the 9.2 d of :Feptetnbe:•, in the course of which troe • •
had eompellted Gen Dom alum-it:l to raise the him ks.th
Ilobraisk, and fall back upon Mobilow, who the 10.,1
his magazines, and the total disper-ion of a coro; f
men ; of whom I.QOO were killed in various Uio.,tlt enc. '..0-ters
ters during the above-mentioned per iod
A Tieligoland Mail arrived on Thwsdiv, bring•trg•
and Altona papers to the g0;l1 ult. ft appears (torn tir.e-,
that the news of the recapture of 7.`.loseow, by t-•:e itu-s• • •
has spread over the Conti:lent with unexampkd ,-;teide
and produced every where the ince,t !vowel ful Fer-4:14)1i t
Warsaw, the Meath who act as Magistrates, .y.th Cr, A
ST ANISI, AUi PoToc_Kl at their lie,td, wei e Geo t'•! •Ilto

neral panic, and already thought saw t.,r s t
their gates. Their first care was to shut the bars is i s .1
then they issued a proclamation to quiet, as they pre,e'
the minds of the people.
It will he recollected, that one of the ! itcy French 13. t. 3
recorded the fact of several Russians hqving ben ;
death, for no other crime than being faithf-A to t!.e ca:' . r
their Country, in endeavouring to tender the pow:ssioo -•h
Moscow of as little avail as posible to the it,vad• s lov de-
stroying it. It DOW appears that this a- rocious act
tempted to be covered by the mock salemnity of a .•y
Commission, at which the charge of sett n.; fire to CA., •-tiv
was formally made against 26 Russians, se oral of whom f c
natives of Moscow, and for which ten of them w .te se, te..i.ed
to death ; and the remaining 16. although it was a, k
!edged that there was not evidence sufficiew to coi:y i• t
them, were ordered to be detained in the prisons of i'tiose!.w,
to prevent the mischief they might commit ! h:trl it n -t befit
for their own record published to the world, it .yel.tl ct
haps, have scarcely been believed that so Wantoa ,trpt ,a-
rous a violation of every principle of justice hart t( h-
committed ; yet such is the fact avowed in the I t ::•..b•-tti-
cial document. A .Military Commission, of
French Officers, is appointed to try 20 nalves .4", f
upon no other charge than that of the faV e.xercks,-%she
rizlits 'of war against an invader; and by that-Military Cum.:

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