Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-21
FOreien EMtal!igence.
Received a. Boston by the ship Powhatan,
capt. Herticl, from Liverpool

NINETEENTH BULLETIN OF The GRAND
ARMY.
AFoScoB. September rs.
After the battle 81 Moskwa. the French
army persued the enemy upon Moscow, by
the three routes, Mojaisk, svenigorod and
Hzlougt
The king of Naples was on the 9th at
Noubiaskce, the yiceroy at Rouza, and
p-ince Ponigtewslli at Femnskne, The
head quarters were on the 18th transferred
frnt' q irisS - Pescina on the IS Il they
sere = the caste Of Berwaka; on tie i4,h,
st MID DAY, we entered Mosco". The e.
nemy had raised on the Sparrow Mountain,
two werst, from the city, some rcdoubts,
which h Abandoned
The cry Of VI tcow IS as large rs Paris
it IS an extremely rich civ, iui If palaces
uf ali ,he noi5ies of the erpire. T'Ae Russi-
an governor, HoStGpciiin shed TO ruin iris
fine CITY, when liz io ,.hauttoned by the
Russian army. lie had armed SEQ maze.
factors, whom he had taken from the dun
| geons he also sunnoned together 5000 sa-
telhtes, and distributed arms among rhcm
| from the ar.cual
! Our advanced guard arrived in the cen
tire o. the city, and was received by fire
OF muskeiry, which issued from the Krem
I'm. The king Of Naples ordered a batter,
OF few pieces Of cannon 20 BE- opened, dis
persed this rahble, and took possession of
the Hremlin. We have found IN the arsenal
$4,000 new muskets, and 1913 pieces of can
non, on theirc rriages. The most complete
anarchy reign-d in tho city some drunken
uadmen ran through its different quarters,
every whore set FIRE 60 them. The cover
nor Rostapchin had caused all the mer-
4, chants and shopkeepcrs to be Carried of,
| through whose instrgnentalily order might
have been re-eatab.isacd More than 4CO
French and Germans were arrested by his
| orders; in fac he had taken the prccauti-
on Of carving of he fremen with the fire
engines 50 that the most complete anarchy
has deshia,ed this great and cine city. and
the tlames are devouring it We have found
IN Il considerable resources of every kind
The emperor is lodged in the hremEr,
which is ,pthe Centre Of the city, ike . Kind
nj citadel surrounded by high walls hr-
~ tn usaud wounded or sick Russians are
in tue hospitals, abandoned, without sue
cOur, and 'Sithouj nOur,shmsnt.
The Russians acknowledge that they lost
fly thousand men in the battle or Mostwa.
Prince Bragation was morally wounded. A
iist hes beea pade If Jsc Russisn generals
wounded or x. Cd in the battle; it amounts
30 between - and so.
1
Twentieth Bulletin u The Grand .4,my
Moscow, Sept IL.
The Russians have celebrated re DeuD7
Tor the battle of Pootzk. It Drums have
been sung for the battles of Riga, for the bat
tie Of Ostrowno. aHd for that ot Smoensk
According to the Russian accounts they
sere every where conquerors, and they
drove the French to a great distance from
the field If battle. l. was then amidst the
strains of the Russian re Deums that the
army arrived at Moscow. There they
thought themselves conquerors; at least
the populace thought so, FOR well informed
persons knew what was passing.
Moscow is the eHtrefiof of Asia aud of Eu-
rope. It's warehouses were immense; eve
~ house was provided for eight months with
necessares Of every description. 1t was
orly the evening before, and the day Of
our entrance, that the danger became
known. We found in the house of the
miserable Rostopchin some papers, and a
letter half written ne fed without finish
insit.
Moscow, one Of the finest and richest ci-
ties IN the world, is no more. On the 18th
the Russians set fire to the Exchange, to
the Bazaar, and the Hospital. On the 10th
violent wind arose Three or four hun
bred ruffiaus set FIRE to the city in 500 diff
fcrcnt places at the same moment, by or
der of the governor Rostopchin. Five-sixth,
of the houses were built of wood and the
fire spread with a prodisious rapidity il
was ain ocean of fame. Churches, of which
there were 1000; above 1000 palaces, i'm
mense magazines, nearly all have fallen a
prey to the flames. Che Kremlin has been
preserved.
Their loss is incalculabIe for Russia, foi
her commerce, and for her nobility, who had
left all'thcre. Ii is not over rating It's va
lue to state it at many rniliiards.
About 100 ef these incendiaries have been
apprehended and shot; ell Of them decor.
ed, that they acted under the orders OF Ros-
topchin, and the director of tine police.
Thirty thousand sick and wounded Rus
slams have been burnt. The richest Corn.
morcial houses in Russia arc ruined The
shock must be considerable. The clothing
the magazines, and the equipments os tic
Russian army have been consumed. They
have thus lost every thing they would re-
move nothing. because they always though,
it impossible for us TO reach Moscow, md
because they were willing, 70 deceive tine
people. When they saw all in the hands ui
the French, they conceived the horrible pro.
ject # destroying by FIRE this first capital
and they have reduced to beggary 200, OOl
respectable nhabitants. This is the crime
nf Rostopchnn, executed by feions liberated
from The prisons.
The resources which ;he ARMY had found
arc consequently much diminished howe
YER, We have collected. and aae still collect
ing, Z number Of ncCcssaries Al the eel
lars are untouched by the fire aud the in
habitants, during the last twenty-fuur hoar,
bad saved many articles They endcayor
cd 9, stop the progress Of Inc names bn.
the governor had taken the hnrrid grccau