. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across theirdescendants may be found to-day living in the villages where their fathersdied, and thoroughly Russian in their language and habits. The Russiansare said to have treated their prisoners kindly, and doubtless they hadorders from the Government to do so. Frank asked if the French army made any attempt to reach As before stated, it was Napoleons intention, the Doctor answered, RETREAT OF THE GRAND ARMY. 235 to spend the win
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across theirdescendants may be found to-day living in the villages where their fathersdied, and thoroughly Russian in their language and habits. The Russiansare said to have treated their prisoners kindly, and doubtless they hadorders from the Government to do so. Frank asked if the French army made any attempt to reach As before stated, it was Napoleons intention, the Doctor answered, RETREAT OF THE GRAND ARMY. 235 to spend the winter in Moscow, and move upon St. Petersburg inthe spring. But the burning of Moscow made it impossible for him toremain, and tlius his plans were spoiled. Russia refused to make termsof peace with him, and some of his messages to the Emperor AlexanderI. were not even answered. The Russians doubtless knew that cold andhunger would compel a retreat, and they could rely upon the winter andthe Cossacks to make it disastrous. Russia had concluded a treaty of peace with Turkey, which wouldrelease a large army to fight against the French. She had also made. NAPOLEON RKTRKATING FROM MOSCOW. a treaty with the King of Sweden, by which the trooj)S of the latterwould join the Russian army early in the spring, as soon as the weatherand the roads would permit them to march. It was certain that Napoleonwould be overwhelmed if he remained^ and the only alternative was theretreat. 236 THE BOY TRAVELLEKS IN THE EUSSIAN EMPIRE. The arinj that came to Moscow was about one hundred tliousandstrong; all the rest of the available forces of the Grand Army were left togarrison places on the road to the Nienien and to collect provisions. Onehundred and sixty thousand men crossed the bridge at Smolensk in themarch to Moscow; twenty thousand were killed on the road, and fortythousand were left to guard the magazines, hospitals, and stores at somefour or five places. The terrible waste of war can be no bett
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