Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1899 — RETREAT FROM MOSCOW. [ARTICLE]

RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

It oxii 36iw_ 25; at about 7 o'clock iin rtte- tnnrraihig. when we saw tile head off tfiteiojflunm- Tte first we saw were SiwuC whom were an horseBtadfc. Bat rile- muaoriry on foot. Tte Ihm«r ptunriiily i&agged themselves ;tflmjg. allniHrt; aR having their feet rEroatfi! amfl rHiunih up in nigs and pieces .iff -ihnwnHftini. and! tffping of hunger. We rflitni sarnr milat was- left off the cavalry •off tilte gmurff. Thtc Ehipetor came next tin Stott., wirii. m stick in his hand. He wins mitffibtfl up iin a large capote lined 'with Sun; aci£ wore on his head an ininranriiihe vaDvet cap edged with IHladfc fiteskuiL tskn his- right marched, .(fee om ffior.. Sing: Murat; on his. left, ffteiucc Etigme-.. ffieeroy off Italy; then Knrdlmfe ®tntiiiec. ffrim e of Neuf•dhmdfc Bfey; Marnier; Ea*ffebvre,. and 'friliur Murriiafe atuE Generals, whose «*rg»! Bmfl Beem parrlyr destroyed. inievr wens- Suol>W(h£ by *JM) to 8< 0 tffiitHirs .miC siiiotfirers. marching in or* 'Bor aznfl Bsmimg in the greatest silence tfite oagfles off rite regiments- to which alley Bail] BeilmgetE anil that had so ofttlen Befi tSiemi tie vicewyr. They were Bite remnant! uff ower men. My gmin fliiantt. wih» liinE oat seen the army Sht a miinrih. gazed on. silenrly, but his tfttnmnfisive- mace meats- showed only ten welll whuc Be- fie It. E sow big tears roil *d»*»iii ate cßeefts- and: fail on his mttstutifttft, ffixymi which icicles were hanging:. Them, turning tie me: “Really, tCMupartriMU. I JO not know whether I am asfitwp' <«r amte. 1 weep because I Ihime* seem ami' Emperor marching on Smti. a stack iin Bis- hand—Be that was sn» gntniit anfi wtio> made ns so promir'— ffhfum “MOmiens- off Sergeant BourgHgjnc.'”