New-York tribune., 1914-11-29

lose ... .leuce Of the dead Instead Of treasure
they found only stone collins covered i'm purple
velvet Disguised at finding their hopes disap-
pointed, they broke the collins 70 piece.
"To all these excuses OF cupdty was added an
orgy of lust; neither gentle blood nor the nno-
cence of youth nor the tears Of beauty were re-
spected Horror struck 10y such caamiues, still
hoped the darkness Of night would blot out the
frightfu picture; but on the contrary it served
only to make the conhacratiou more terrible.
The terror that froze every heart intensi-
fed by the CHASTITY shreks of the victims o.
murder. or the cries for mercy Of women strug-
Cling desperately with their rayishers, whose
rage was merely famed by resistance. To these
frightful sounds was added the agonized bowling
Of innumerablc dogs, chained as is customary in
Moscow TO the doors of the palaces, and unable to
escape from the flames"
Unable to make any peace terms with Emperor
Alexander, Napoleon forced by lack Of food
and the growing boldness OF the Russians to be-
gin his retreat from Moscow on October 10, not
10 the south in warmer and less devastated eoun-
tries, but practically over the same routa by
which the invasion had been made toward Smo-
lensk, Veleika and Kovno, the Niemen, dis
tance Of TIA miles. The Cossscks determined to
embarrass the retreat On October "a there was
4 sharp action at Malo-Jaroslayetz, won at big
cost by the French Labaumes narrative con
tnues:
SIGNS ALONG TIE wARPATH THAT DEEP
ENED DESPAIR.
October 26-We found upon our route eonvine-
ing evidence Of the paltry results achieved by the
sanguinary action Of Mao-Jaroslavetz. On all
hands were to be seen ammunition wagons aban-
doned for want Of horses TO draw them, and the
shattered fragments of carriages and tumbrils left
on the ground for the same reason. Such serious
losses at the very beginning Of our retreat were
= gloomy augury Of the fate which awaited US.
Those who carried with them the loot OF Mosco"
now began to tremble for their plunder But
there was above all feeling of dismay at the
deplorable condition of our cavalry, especially
when we heard the continual explosions caused by
the blowing up Of our ammunition wagons the
sound Of which reverberated from afar like the
roar Of trunder
az. was nghtfaH when we reached Ouvaroskoe
Surprised to see the villages in flames, we found
on inquiry that orders had been given to burn
everything on our route. In this place was
chateau. which. although built OF wood, was equal
in aspect to the finest palaces Of Italy It's furni-
ture corresponded with the appearance OF the eX-
terror; priceless pictures, valuable candelaoia
and profusion of rock crystal transformed these
apartments when lighted up into veritable fairy
land None of these beautiful things were carried
Of. but next day was informed that our soldiers
finding that fire was too slow a method Of destruc-
tion. had blown the chateau to pieces by means OF
ammunition wagons full Of powder placed IN the
basement.
CHASTITY SIGHT IN VILLAGE, FIELD AND
FOREST
"The villages which a few days before had
sheltered US were ablaze when we reached them
s,oin. Under their still smoking ashes were
numerous corpses Of soldiers and peasants as
well as Of infants with their throats cut and
Young girls murdered after having been raw
ished.
october 3O-The further we advanced the
more depressing grew the landscape the fields
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