Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-07
LONDON Der. ;.
THE EIGHTEENTH BULLETIN.


We have received The Paris papcrs Of the
| twenty sixth last. containing the Eighteenth
Bulletin OF the French army. Hard mnst
be the man who reals it without horror
What frightful spectacle must tina, field
present, which was covered with fifty thou.
| sand men, dead, diving or languishing with
wounds! and vet the DESTROYER of mankipd
tho enemy OF human rature-the author
| OF this mass of stuff ring-of all this wreck &,
| ruin-as it to inflamc our indignation. and
excite disgust equal to our horror. with nm
paralleled selfshness boasts. that during this
whole work of death he never exposed his
own person. This bloody narrative is dated
| Mojaisk, the tenth of September, on which
day he had his head quarters in that CITY:
| and the dreadful battle of the Eth, which il
| details, was fought, rot at Boredino, az pre-
virus report stated but little village called
Moskwa. between Gahat .sd NJ cjaisk.
Bonaparte having rcconnoitered the pos;
| tions or the Russian army on the 9Th. com
| menced his attack ar six O'clock in the morn
ing OF the 7th--having previously published
| AN address TO his troors, reminding them of
their former exploits, with an assurance
that victory would give them plenty, good
quarters tor the winter, and peedy return
home; thus anticipating the possession of
peace. The two armies are stated to be
nearly equal, being about l9O, 900 each. In
two bombs the positions ofthe Russians were
carried, their redoubts taken, & the French
artillery, which appears to- have been i'm
nnense, placed on their heights Two hours
appears to have been sufficient for this great
result, and had the day closed here. il is
confessed the loss OF the French would have
exceeded that of the Russians. TN, the
latter, undismayed by the loss of their bate
ries, renewed the fight by attempting to re-
cover them, and in this attempt they dis
played degree ofpassivc valor, almost un.
precedented, but which, at the same time.
exposed them to immense loss. For two
hours they stood in close order, presenting
their solid masses to the showers of chain
shot, until Marshal Ney, penetrating through
the breaches this made, dispersed them ON
all sides, and the battle ended az two O'Clock.
The total loss of the Russians is stated ar
upwards of 10000, ard that Of the French
OF 10000 men, but the former is probably
exaggerated, and, in the general manner in
which 1t is given, Cannot be considered a cor
rect account 1t IS so clear, that the result
was not so decisive as the Bulletin would in
sinuate. It is an account of a beaten army
but we find no proofs of a routed and dis
persed army.-There is not one word of a
pursuit, or Of the numbers taken in the pur-
suit. In add sion to the Bulletin, is also an
Official Reportof an officer, specially char.
ged for the purpose OF the several positions
and losses of the different divisions of the
Russian army on the fatal day of Moskwa.
BY private letter. dated on the 9th ult.
from Paris, which we have likewise seen, tel
egraphic dispatches are said to have reach
ed that capital announcing the arrival Of the
French at Moscow. We fear this intelli
gence may coincide with fact. 1t is further
stated, that the Russians had lost $4,000
men in the battles which preceded the oc-
cupatioa Of that city ESQ. there must have
been other engagements after that Of Mosk-
wal and lastly, il is added, we shall soon
have peace with the Russians
There is an article in the French papers,
affecting to be dated from Perpignan, but
written under official direction at Paris,
which boasts of the forces under Soult and
Suchet, and Of the consequent confusion pre-
duced in our operations by their union. This
account is evidently too true.
PARIS, Sept IS.
Yesterday, at IL o'clock, the cannon an
nounced the arrival Of the 18th Bulletin Of
the Grand Army, containing the details of
the memorable battle of the 9TH
BERLIN, Sent 10.
The return Of his majesty the King from
his journey to Tocpltz is every day expect,a
ed.
PERPISNAN, Sent. ia
The concentration Of the French arm
in Spain is on the point Of being effected.
ready the army Of the centre has ioS
that ofthe Duke of AIbefera and these
corps, the movement Of which are comb
with thcseof The array Of sre Duke Of