The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-23

tho were Iisuaup.ef. nnS IN Tie act of re.
ewing their rations OF a>nr; and were
here'v unable 10 torn uaiii they had re-
.reated qnsrtcr of Il league. The enemy.
.nboldened, took po>sessl"n of IL pieces of
crnroa and 26 caisscns nj gene, !, Sebasti-
ni's, ~ thirty 5agSa,, wa;Sini: i'll all
hey took IS Wagons. instead ot 100, re-
ported IN tns last bulletin.
In the meen time. tn enemv's regular
cavalry, andt columns ct infantry. also
arrived, and were in hopes of gaining me
woods aAd the vicinity of NnronoSvo before
us; hu, the King 81 Naples was already
there. lie marched forward. and rushed
upon the Rrssian regular cavalry. making
ten or Twelve different chnrees. He imme-
Iirtely afterwards perceived a Russian divi-
sion OF six battal'nns, commanded by lent.
zen. Muller, which he charged ard broke.
This division was massacred; Lieut.. gen.
Muller was k,ivh.
During this affair Prince poniatowski re-
pulsed another Russian division The po-
fish geacsal Fischer was killed by a cannon
ball.
The evenly have net only experienccd
loss superior to our's. but are covered with
shame by having violated truce of adj
vanced posts a thing seldom If ever known.
'Our loss amounts TO 500. killed, wounded
and missing--that of the enemy is donbe.
Several Russian officers were taken prison.
ers two of their generals were killed
The King of Nap,es, during that dav, ma
infested great presence of mind, & proved
himself worthy of the hign rank he occu-
pies.
The Emperor, desirons os compelling the
enemy to evacuate his entrepchm ents, and
throwing him further back F; as we'll to ia
c'iitdte ms own movements TO places he had
chosen for winter quarters. as TO accelerate
the execution Of his interior projects, or
dered gen. Lauriston IN the 18th, to place
his advance guard behind the defie of Win
Kowo. IN order tha' the movements should
not be perceived.
Since Moscow had ceased to exist, the
Emperor bad il in contemplation, either to
abandon that mass of ruins, or to OCCUPY
the krsmlin only with 5000 men but the
hremiin, AFTER fifteen davs labour, was not
deemed sufficiently strong to be main, aimed
ITS occnpatior would have weakened and
protracted the movements of the army IN
lieu OF being beneficial. tn project Moscow
from bcggars and plnnderers, would re-
quire force Of 10000 men. Moscow is
this day very unwholsome plice. A no
pulation of 100000 souls, wandering in thu,
neighboring woods, d, ing with hunger, and
lurking about the gardens in quest Of we've
t2hies to subsist upon. 1t was needles TO
| retain place which was neither Of milisa-
! ry nor political Importance.
| All tue stores found in the city being ia
ken care OF, the Emperor caused the Krem-
lin to be mined. The Duke of Treviso
blew it up on the Esd at 2 o'clock in the
morning. The arsenal. barracks and ware
houses, were all DESTROYED. The Duke Of
lreviso then marched for Vereia The
aid-de-cHmp of the Emperor of Russia, Win
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cut his way through At the mead of 500 Cos
sacks. was taken prisoner; also young
Russian officer naTed Narinskin.
he Emperor intends to set out on the
@4th for the Dwina, and there take a posi-
ton which will bring him so leagues nearer
to Petersburg.
OF 1000 stone houses in Moscow 200 only
remain-of 5000 wooden buildings, ONLY
about 500 remain. 1t was proposed 70 the
Emperor to burn the rest of the citv. and
thus crafty the wishes of the Russians :;
and also to extend the fire all round Mos
| COW. There are 1000 villages and MANY
country seats and castles. 1t was also sup-
gested, that four columns of 1000 men
| each, should be formed, with orders to
burn every bnuse for twenty leagues round.
-Such measures it was said would teach
the Russians to wage war according to Gus
tomary rules, and not la Iartures. If
10y Jun OhC NitiSSt, nay, one mouse, we
| should burn them an hundred. But the
emperor refuses giving assent to measures
| that would cause SO much misery to a 20.
pulation rendered already wretched by the
calamities of war. He was satisfied in or
dering the destruction of citadels and mill
tary establishments, agreeably to the usa-
yes of war.
,.. PANTS, November 9.
The movements of the Grand Army, in
dictated i'll the 25th Bulletin, were announced
some days previous, by private letters re =
ceived from Moscow. The rapid march of
the army to that city, and the brilliant vic
tory at MoSkwa, would have secured to the
victors comfortable quarters for the winter,
if the rage. mingled with despair, of a. bar
barous enemy, bad rot suggested the hor-
rid resolution of destroying. with his own
hand. one OF the capitals of his empire
Moscow, reduced 10 ashes. was more than
an advance post of the French army. the
occupation of which, under such Circum
stances, would be a deviation from the
general plan Of the Campaign. 1t should
lever be the principal, and indeed the oniy
object of a wise and prudent chieitain. plac.
/ ed at the head of an l,nmense army in tin
centre Of Russia, to make timely provision
/ for the shelter Of hig followers during tho
severity OF the season.
| The month Of November once arrived
winter in Russia is hourly looked for the
! great rains and heavy falls of snow render
i tle road impracticable, until it is efficient
| y cold for severe frost cold created from,
! danpuGss, IT is well known, is far more
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