The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-19

of citadel. surrounded by high walls. rhlr
~ thousand wounded or SICK Russians are
IN the hospitals, abandoned, without sue
cCnr and without nourishment.
The Russians acknowledge that they lost
hity Thousand men in the battle of Mos&wa.
FRINGE bagration was mortally Wounded
A list has been made of the Russian gene
rails wounded or killed in the battle; 1t a
mounts to between IS and so.
z'sventieh Bulletin Of he Grand .9,.my.
Alosceqy, Sefif. ~
The Russians have celebrated re Denni
for the battle of Polotzk. Ye Denm have
been sung for the battles of Riga, for the
battle OF Ostrowna, S for that Of Smolensk
According to the Russian accounts they
were every where conquerors, and they
drove the French to a great distance from
the ncld of battle. Ii was then amidst the
strains OF the Russian lie OeUD,s that the
army arrived at Moscow. There they
Thought themselves conquerors ~ least the
popllace thought SO, for wei informed per-
sons Know what was passing,
Moscow is the en.reEot Of Asia and of
Enropc. It's warehouses were immeigse !;
every house was provided for eight months
with necessaries OF every description. 1t
was only the evening before, and the day
OF our entrance, tha5 the danger became
known. We found in the house OF the mi
serablc Rostopchin some papers, and a let
ter hall written; he lied without finishing
it.
Moscow, one OF the finest and richest CT
ties in the world, is no more. On the 14th
the Russians set fire to the exchange, to
ihe Bazaar and the Hospital. On the 10th
violent wind arose. Three or four hundred
rutiians set fire to the city in 500 different
places at the same moment, by order of the
governor Rostopchn. Five-sixths of the
spread with a prodigious rapidity it was
an ocean OF flame Churches. of which
there were 1000 above 1900 palaces, i'm
mense magazines, nearly all have fallen
prey to the flames. Tie Kromlin has been
preserved
Their loss is incalcuable for Russia, for
her commerce & for her nobility, who had
lett ali there. 1t is not over rating its value
TO state it at many milliards.
About LOO OF these incendiaries have been
unprecedented and shot; all Of them declar-
ed, that they acted under the orders of Ros.
topchin, and the director OF the police.
Thirty thousand sick and wounded Rus
SANS nave been burnt. The richest COM
mefcial houses IN Russia are ruined. The
shock must be considerable. The clothing
the magazines, and the equipments of he
Russian army have been consumed. They
nave thus lost every thing; they would re-
move nothing. because they always thought
- Impossible tor us to reach Moscow, and
because they were willing TO deceive the
people. When they saw III in the hands of
the French, they Conceived the horrible pro-
Ject OF destroying by FIRE this first capital
ms holy City, the centre OF the empire /;
and they have reduced to beggary 900 600
respectable inhabitants. This is the crime
OF Rostopchin, executed by felons liberated
from the prisons.
The resources which the army had found
are consequently much diminished; howe
yer, we have collected, and are still collect
ing, number OF neoessaries. All the eel
lars are untouched by the FIRE; and the in
habitants, during the last twenty-four hours,
TO stop the progress of the flames; bus the
governor had taken the horrid precaution 20
carry or or destroy all the engines.
nc army is recovering from its fatigues ;
Il has abundance of bread potatoes, cab
bages and other vegetables, meat, sailed
provisions, wine. brandy, sugar, coffee--and
in short, provisions of ali sorts.
The acknowledgement is twenty wersts on
the road to Nassau, by which the enemy is
retreating. Another French advanced guard
IS OH the road TO st. Pctersburgh, where the
enemy has not single soldier,
The temperature is still that of autumn
The soldiers have found, and still continue
TO find, number of pelisses and furs fol
| the winter. Moscow was the depot of those
articles.
Twenty first bulletin cftde Grand .4rmy
| " MoSco7o. Sept. 90.
Three huHdred incendiaries have been
arrested md shot; they were provided with
fuses, Sin inches long. which they had be-
tween two pieces OF wood they had also
squibs, which they threw upon the roofs Of
the houses. The wretch Rostopchin had
these prepared on the pretencc that he
wished 90 send q balloon fall OF combustibie
matter amidst the French army. He tins
got together the squbs and other materials,
necessary for the execution OF his project.
| Ihe fires subsded ON the 18th z Goth
three quarters of tie city are burned a
uong other palaces thar beautiful one Of Ca
tharinc. which had been newly furnished ;
not above a quarter OF the houses remain.
! While HoStopc!in was taking away the
! fire engines of the city, he left behind him
$1,000 mu,kets, $50 pieces OF cannon, more
tIan 900 balls and shells, 500. coo art
ridges, 100 900 pounds gunpnwder, 4OO, 900
I lbs. OF saltpctre AVID sulphur. 1t was not
I'LL the 10Th, that the powder, saltpetre, and
sulphur were discovered ct fine establish
meut, half league from the CITY. This is
Il matter OF Importance; we are now sup
Piled with ammunition for two campaigns.
We every day discover cellars full Of VINE
and brandy.