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Chapter 14

           TheRussianswhoenteredMoscow,findingitplundered,plundereditintheirturn.TheycontinuedwhattheFrenchhadbegun.TrainsofpeasantcartscametoMoscowtocarryofftothevillageswhathadbeenabandonedintheruinedhousesandthestreets.TheCossackscarriedoffwhattheycouldtotheircamps,andthehouseholdersseizedalltheycouldfindinotherhousesandmovedittotheirown,pretendingthatitwastheirproperty.

           Butthefirstplundererswerefollowedbyasecondandathirdcontingent,andwithincreasingnumbersplunderingbecamemoreandmoredifficultandassumedmoredefiniteforms.

           TheFrenchfoundMoscowabandonedbutwithalltheorganizationsofregularlife,withdiversebranchesofcommerceandcraftsmanship,withluxury,andgovernmentalandreligiousinstitutions.Theseformswerelifelessbutstillexisted.Therewerebazaars,shops,warehouses,marketstalls,granaries—forthemostpartstillstockedwithgoods—andtherewerefactoriesandworkshops,palacesandwealthyhousesfilledwithluxuries,hospitals,prisons,governmentoffices,churches,andcathedrals.ThelongertheFrenchremainedthemoretheseformsoftownlifeperished,untilfinallyallwasmergedintooneconfused,lifelesssceneofplunder.

           ThemoretheplunderingbytheFrenchcontinued,themoreboththewealthofMoscowandthestrengthofitsplundererswasdestroyed.

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