The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-20
Foreign INTELLIGENCE.
From late Loaa7u Paners.
iii BULLETIN OF THE
FRENCH ARMY.
Ghaf, sem. 8.

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The II. Quarters were on the Sist of Au-
gust. at Villitchcro on the LIST K ID of
Sept. at Chat.
The King of Naples, with his advanced
guard, had his head gu ,rters on the frat /
wersts in advance of Shat; the viceroy
hac his, the same distance liz advance on the
left; < Prince poua.ows&i pushed forward
leagues OH the right. Some discharges C.
artillery and attacks with the sabre we're
exchanged IN each direction aud a few hun
dreds of prisoners were taken.
The Chat river em,.,es itself into the
Wolga. Thus We are i'll possession of those
waters that flow itself into the Caspian sea
The Chat is navigabie to the Wolga.
The city of Chat contains a population of
or 10000 souls. Many of the houses are
built OF stone & brick. There are manv
parish churches, and several manufacturer
of linen cloth. 1t is perfectly clear that
agriculture has made great progress in this
country Within the last 40 years. 1t no Ion
ger bears any resemblance to the lescripti-
ons which are given of .ie. Potatoes, pulse,
and Cabbage grow there in abundance the
granaries are full. The present is the har-
vest season. & we enjoy now the same wea-
Their here as We have in France at the com.
mencemeut of October.
HE deserters, the prisoners. the inhabi-
tants all agree that the greatest confusion
prevails at Moscow, and in the Russian ar
say, which is distracted with diversity of
opinions, and has suffered enormous losses
III the different actions. Some of the Gene
rails have been changed. 1t appears that
the opinion of the army is not favorable to
the plans of Barclay de Toll he is accu
'ed of having made his divisions fight in de-
tail.
The Prince of Schwartzenburp is in Vol.
tavnia rho RhS H,, hal l.
We found in this place two bulletins.
which give an account of the action before
omolensk, and of the battle of Drssa.-
They have appeared sufficiently curious to
be annexed to this bulletin.-Wnen we
shall receive the sequel of these bulletins,
they shall be sent to the Moniteur. 1t
appears by their contents that the edi tor
has profited by the instructions he receive ed
from Moscow" that truth is not to be told
to the Russian people, but lat they are to be
deceived by lies. Smolensk was set on fire
by the Russians. They set fire to the su-
burbs on the day after the battle, when
they saw our bridge established over the
Boristhenes. They also set fire to Drog-
hoboui, to Viasma, and to Ghjat but the
French came up in time to eXtnguish it.
This may be easily conceived. The French
have no interest in burning those towns
that belong to them, and i'm deprivinp them
selves OF the resources which they afford. =
The Cellars are every where filled with
brandy. leather, and every species of arti-
Gle that is useful to an army.
III the country be wasted, if the inhabi-
tants suffer more than state of war war;
rants, the fault is in the Russians.
The army rested on the second and third
IN the vicinity of CHAT.
1t is positively asserted, that the enemy
IS employed in forming an entrenched camD
in front OF MoJaisk, and has established
lines before Moscow. - :-:,
At the battle of Krssnoi, colonel Nor
beuf, of the sixth light cavalry, was woun-
ded with bayonet at the head of his regi-
'nent. in the midst of a square of Russian
infantry. which he had penetrated with the
greatest intrepidity.
We have thrown six bridges over the
Ghjat. Aloniteur, Sem. 8.