Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-12-18

LA1E&R W III
more than COO, 900 balls & shells, I.5OOOOa
cartridges, 100000 lbs Of gun powder
100000 lbs. of saltpetre and sulphur. II
was not until the 18th that the powder.
saltpetre, and sulphur was discovered at a
fine establishment, half a mile from the
city-this is a matter Of Importance we
are now supplied with ammunition for two
campaigns. We every day discover cellars
full of wine and brandy.
Manufactures were beginning to flour
ish at Moscow they are destroyed. The
conhagration of this capital will throw
Russia 100 years back.
THE weather is becoming rainy-tle
greatest part of the French army is in bar
racks, in Moscow"
RUSSIAN BULLETINS.
Report ofthe General in Chief Kata-
Sou, to has Imperial Noiesty, .from
the Village Chitin, dated Sept. 4, fl6J
After the sanguinary though victorious
battle fought by your Majesty's troops on
the Goth ult. tSept. ~ | was oblige@ 10
leave my position near Borodino, for Tea-
sons Of which | nave already had the hap
piness to inform your Majesty. After that
battle the armies were much weakened.
Under such circumstances we approached
Moscow, having daily much fighting with
the enemy's advanced guard. The REIN
~forcements which | hoped to meet with
had not yet arrived. The enemy formed
two new columns, one on the Borowsk.
and the other on the Zwehigo roads, with
the view of acting against my reserve near
Moscow.-In consequence of this | could
not risk another battle, the issue of which
would not only rave been destructive to
the army, but would have reduced Mos.
cow to ashes. In this truly iamentable
situation, and after consulting my Gene
rails, amongst whom there were some Of a
different opinion, ! was compelled 10 let
the enemy enter Moscow, out Of which all
the valuables, the stores in the arsenals,
and almost all other property, imperial or
private, were previously conveyed, scarce
ly a single inhabitant remained in the town.
take the liberty most humbly to repre-
sent to your majesty, that the entrance Of
the enemy into Moscow, is not yet the an
Inhalation Of the Empire. | am making a
movement with my army towards the Toula
road. This will enable me to keep open
my communications with the neighbouaing
governments Any other measure would
have prevented this, and also have separated
me from the armies of Tormazow and
Tsohichagow. | must confess that the a.
abandonment of the capital is very hard
but considering the advantages which may
accrue to us from it, and particularly the
preservation Of our armies, it is no longer
to be lamented and / now promise to oc-
cupy, with my forces, a line, by which 1
shall command the road leading to Tostae
and Kacouga, annoy the whole line of the
enemy extending from Smolensk to Moscow,
and be enabled to cut of all achievements
marching to join him FROM the rear. By
thus occupying the attention Of the enemy,
l hope to compel him to leave Moscow, and
to change his whole line of operations.
The General Winzengerode has received
orders from me to post himself on the liver
road, and to detach a regiment OF Cossacks
on that to Jeroslava, to protect the inhabi-
tants from being molested by small bodies
of the enemy. / am no great distance from
Moscow, and as soon as I have collected my
troops, | can with confidence await the APP
proach of the enemy. AS long as the army
Of your Imperial Majesty is entire, and ami
mated with its known courage and zeal, the
loss of Moscow Is not yet the loss or the
empire. For the rest, your Majesty may
rest assured that this event is the necessary
consequence of the loss CT Smolensk.
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.
1t is with a heavy heart we are compelled
to INFORM every son of the country, that the
enemy entered Moscow on the Sd (l5thl
Sept. The glory of the Russian empire,
however, is not thereby furnished. On the
contrary, every individual is Inspired with
fresh courage, frmness and hope that all the
evils meditated against us by our enemies
will eventually fall upon their own heads.
The enemy has not become masters of Mos
cow, by overcoming or weakening our for
ees :athr Conlmander in Chief, bggrhs adj
vice of a council of war, has found it expe
dent to retire at a moment OF necessity, in
order by the best and most etiectual means
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