. Battles of the nineteenth century . on the 20thand 21 St. About a tenth of the houses remained intact,especially in the Kitaigorod, or Chinese quarter;many rich merchants dwellings, and here andthere a palace or church reared their barbaric. < a 3i8 BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. forms amid the general chaos ; gay flower-bedsstill bloomed in the suburbs, and the old red wallthat surrounded the Kremlin was comparativelyunharmed ; but the aspect of the place, whichshould have furnished winter quarters for theGrande Armce, struck a chill into the heartsof all, and caused the Emperor to s
. Battles of the nineteenth century . on the 20thand 21 St. About a tenth of the houses remained intact,especially in the Kitaigorod, or Chinese quarter;many rich merchants dwellings, and here andthere a palace or church reared their barbaric. < a 3i8 BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. forms amid the general chaos ; gay flower-bedsstill bloomed in the suburbs, and the old red wallthat surrounded the Kremlin was comparativelyunharmed ; but the aspect of the place, whichshould have furnished winter quarters for theGrande Armce, struck a chill into the heartsof all, and caused the Emperor to say that thecommerce of Russia was ruined for a century,and the nation had been put back fifty stx, however, a new Moscow had arisen andNapoleon vras a captive in St. Helena ! Six thousand Russian wounded are said tohave been in the city when the French entered:what became of them one dare not contemplate. On the return of the troops universal pillagebecame the order of the day, and readers of theearly French editions of Labaumes narrativewill understand why I pass much over in of the inhabitants had returned, othershad been concealed in the vaults of churchesand the cellars of their homes ; but the grena-diers rou
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