. 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 BIVOUACKING IN THE SNOW. official order has never been produced. The fire broke out in many placesat the same time; the French soldiers tried to suppress it, but found itimpossible to do so. Nearly twelve thousand houses were burned, besidespalaces and churches. The inhabitants fled to the country in all directions,and there was no stock of provisions for the support of the French army. iS^apoleon found that he must evacuate the city and re
. 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 BIVOUACKING IN THE SNOW. official order has never been produced. The fire broke out in many placesat the same time; the French soldiers tried to suppress it, but found itimpossible to do so. Nearly twelve thousand houses were burned, besidespalaces and churches. The inhabitants fled to the country in all directions,and there was no stock of provisions for the support of the French army. iS^apoleon found that he must evacuate the city and return to France. THE FRENCH INVASION OF RUSSIA. 233 On the 19tli of October he looked his last on Moscow from the SparrowHills on the west, and began his long and disastrous retreat. The wintercame early, and was unusually severe. Hardly had he left the city before ^fc •^^. BATTLE BETWEEN FRENCH AND RUSSIANS. the ground was deep with snow, and from that time onward he was har-assed by Cossacks, while his men perished of hunger and cold. Do youknow how many men were lost in the Russian campaign of 1812? Yes, said Fred; I have just been reading the history of thecampaign. 234: THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. According to the narrative of the Count de Segur, the yonth con-tinued, the array with which Napoleon invaded Russia comprised fourhundred and twenty thousand men. Very nearly half of these wereFrench; the other half consisted of Poles, Italians, Austrians, Bavarians,Saxons, and other troops allied with the French. One hundred and eighty-seven thousand horses were employed for the cavalry, artillery, and bag-gage. There were eighty thousand cavalry and the artillery numberedone thousand three hundred and sixty-two pieces. There w^ere greatnumbers of carts and wagons drawn by oxen, and immense herds of cattledriven along for supplying beef. Th
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