The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-06
FOR THE ENQUIRER.

hNfefCsS ,
Of the battle Of duferHts.
The Rufian general Kutufow, has written
a lengthy letter to Alexander. emperor of Ruff
liza, concerning the battle of AunerlitZ. This
letter is dated on the I4th January, Rufian file,
aimoft two months after the battlc. Kutufow
apologies for the delay, as follows. "I tho't
1t unnecettary TO fend to your maicfty an earlier
account refpe6ting the circumstance Of that
affair, as intended after the receipt of all the
particulars, to tranfmit to your maiefy a cir
cumftantial relation" Thus introduced, il
was reafonahle to expect that an interefing and
candid representation would be given. But
lnitead ofthis, the whole appears to have been
a premeditated fabrication, intended, no doubt,
to appeafe and deceive the tupid and debated
nations, over whom Alexander exeFcifes DEPOT
&c tway. SO far as refpeSted Alexander him
telt, much of the matter contained in Kutufow's
letter was unnecel1ary, becaufe Alexander was
not only an eye witnefs, but, as has been pub
lifhed, was pefonally engaged in the battle.
There can he no doubt that he know much
more than is contained in Kutufow's letter.
If reliance is to be placed on Kutufow's let
ter, we NUT believe that Bonaparte, in the ac-
ton OF AufterlitZ, had twice as many men as
the Rufians ; that the Rufians after ioling a.
bout 10000, in killed and wounded, and flaueh-
tering $4,000 French, were 70 kind hearted as to
top their deadly blows to turn about to re.
treat ; to abandon their ally and the common
cante to break their faith with G,eat-Bri-
tain, Whole money was then in their pockets ;
to give up the field of battle, with about A hun
dred pieces of cannon, to their vanquihed enc
my, and to return to their homes, in fuch hate
and confuton, that the commander and chief
could not colle6 f~ufficient materials, 10 form n
report, until the I4th of January.
The wife Solomon faid that therewas nothing
new under the fun. But if Solomon lived at
this day, he wuuld fpeak a different language.
He would TO his aftonifhment behold, the vic
torious Rufiians all running away and abandon
ing their cannon, and the vanguinled French, in
pohefion of every thing which victors could ak.
All this may do with the tupid and en-
iaved Ruiiians, or with the infatuated Enelilh,
but turely no enlightened American, will coun-
teDance fuch a palpable fabrication a compo-
6tion, which contains the means of fits own def
truetion. But if ii be admitted that one Ruff
an is as good in battle as two Frenchmen, then
the victorious Bonaparte is no more than aBug-
e-boo, and there is nothing TO be feared from
him. The population OF France and Runia are
nearly equiponderant and let Bonaparte do
what he may with Spain, Italy and Germany,
fill he will he compelled TO flop ON the borders
or Ruiiia. There, all at once and AS it were by
enchantment, one man drawn from the plough is
equal to two well-difcipliaed Frenchmcn.
According to this opinion, one half of the
10000 HUMANS which were hired or fold to
Great-Britain, if they had been brought into
the field, would have killed or driven away all
the French who had crofTed the Rhine, be-
caufe even the Englifh accounts do not
pretend that more French troops crofTed the
Rhine than Tx divilions of $4,000 each many
OF theie were detached towards the Tvrol, into
Swabia, and to Vienna, befdes numberlefs
fnall attachments which were difperCed in Ger
many, to iupport communications, and other
necefiary pnrpofes. But without defending
to particulars, there is no candid enquirer who
viii lay, hat BonaParte upon that day COM
manded more than $4,000 men.
Now, if the Rufians are 70 well pIeafed with
themfelves for their exploits at the battle of
Auiterlit8, If they could fupport an unequal
%conteft of two to one-if they loft no more
than 1900 men-ThCre yet remain 100000
which belong To the Engliib. They according
to Kutuiow's account will be equal to $50 oco
of Frenchmen. The Britilh are Till at war.
They have the Command OF the fea. They are
IN conitant alarms from the fear Of i~nvafion.
Whydo they not land thefe invincibles in Hol-
land, in Flnaders, in Brittany, in Provence. or
Tome other parts of France
kutuiow's account of the battle Of Aulerlitz,
reminds us OF the exploits of Suwarrow, in
italy and Switzerland. As long as he could
overpower the French by numbers, he COM
PEELED them to retreat, but after all bis z,i6fs-
rfcS and trIWabb5 he gave up the field aud
iurreudered his honors and glory TO MAIZENA,.
He was TOO llRht-footed for the French Gene.
raj. He entirely efcaped, and haRily return.
ed to Ru!ia with the wreck Of his army to rem
der an account OF the celebrity of his movements,
and by way of honorable reward was banifn-
ed to Siberia where he died with A broken
heart. The Englih hitorian Stephens fays,
" 1t IS impofible to contemplate Suzuarr1zv,
without hutting the heart to companion, and
even rejoicing that he was fuffered to languib
IN dfgrace, and die amidf thofe ~tortures he had
70 frequently inflicted"
1t will not fare 70 badly with Kutufow. A
IeXdnder was prefent. He faw, knew, COM
manded or permitted every thing, and, it is We
ry probable, has required the hoary-headed fol-
dierto make out fonething 10 be publilled and
circulated among the diltant provinces.
All thOic who confde on Kutufow's account
TsrbotyH ct HferGhm, may from this day forward
banilh their fears as relate to Bondparte. They
may believe, if they can, that one Ruffan Is
equal to two FrenchmeH, and that the fame
Barbarians Of the north are about to perform,
what has been Intellectually attempted by the
diiciplined Iegions of the fouth.
Before the inhjed is difmifed, it is proper TO
notice, that Kutulow admits that three lieut..
generals & ten major generals were either killed
wounded or taken~We may fuppofe that
theie were above one third Of the generals of
thote ranks, who were engaged in the action
1t 10, there would he 80 diviions fuppofe a
diViion to conht Of only COCO men, and that