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was done, but I shall only say that so early as when

we joined the frst army at Smolensk, we heard of

the resolution to burn Moscow, rather than leave it

as а resoursse for the епету, and that we all heard

this with јоу and triumph.

At Andreevsky а few 0f ту companions died of

their wounds. Some of the more slightly wounded left

ив as дооп as they could rejoin the army, but before

I was in а condition for moving, we received the јоу-

full intelligence that оиг principal асту under kontou-

zof had succeeded in making а Папк movement оп

the right and almost оп the rear 0f the French, esta-

blishing itself in а good position south-west of Mos-

cow, оп the road to kalouga. This made us quite se-

сите at Andreevsky; for the frst 10 days of our stay

we had deen very much оп the alert, and had all

our means of transport ready at а moment's notice.

Marshal Ney had established his head-quarters at

Bogorodsk in the Wladimir road, and if he had had

апу available light troops of cavalry our situation

would have been very dangerous, for there were not

amongst us all 12 теп capable of defending themsel-

ves; but most of the French cavalry was in fact al-

ready destroyed, and the greater part of the remain-

der together with the whole of the Polish cavalry, was

with Murat observing marshal koutouzofT's position.

Very soon after we heard of the brilliant afair at Та-

routino, where Murat was surprised and beaten by

our army, and that this had forced Napoleon to as-

semble all his troops, abandon Moscow and march

against koutouzoiT.