HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
replace him. The Russians were 
entirely of this opinion; and, pre- 
suming on the discouragement of 
the Poles, sent several insulting mes- 
sages to the king; to which he an- 
swered, however, with a composed 
dignity, suitable to his character 
and station. The different bodies 
of which the Russian army consist- 
ed, being now united under the 
command of Suwarrow, his \hole 
effeGtive force amounted to near 
sixty thousand men. That of the 
Polish garrison in Warsaw did not 
exceed ten thousand. They were 
commanded by the two generals 
Madalinski and Dambrowski, whose 
invincible courage determined them 
to defend the city to the last extre- 
mity. It was assaulted by Suwar- 
row in the same manner as he had 
done Ismailow in the last Turkish 
war. After a most intrepid and reso- 
lute resistance of eight hours, the 
Russians forced their way into the 
suburb of Prague, divided from the 
other part of Warsaw by the 
Vistula: they slaughtered indis- 
criminately every one they met; 
neither women nor children escap- 
ed their barbarity ; and the numbers 
that perished in this horrible mas- 
sacre were computed altogether at 
twenty thousand. 
All hopes were now at an end, 
and the chiefs of the patriots endea- 
voured to open a negotiation with 
Suwarrow ; but he rejected them 
as rebels, and refused to treat 
with any but the king and thelaw- 
fully established magistracy. A de- 
putation from these waited upon 
him accordingly ; but could obtain 
no other terms than security of life 
and property, on surrendering the 
city at discretion; to which the 
Russian general added from his own 
motion, forgiveness tor the past, 
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In consequence of this agreement, 
the executive council, appointed by 
the insurgents, resigned their autho- 
rity to the king, and all who re< 
fused to accede to the capitulation, 
were allowed to depart, with this 
admonition, however, that they 
would ‘not escape, and when taken 
must expect no quarter, This num. 
er was aboutthirty thousand; bat 
they were so closely pursued and 
pressed by the Prussians and 
Russians, onevery side, that, want. 
ing provisions and amunition, they 
were in a short time compelled to 
disperse; a few only making their 
way out of the confines of Poland. 
The Russians took possession of 
Warsaw, after disarming the in. 
habitants, on the ninth day of No- 
vember. An army of thirty thou. 
sand men were quartered in the 
city, and encamped around it, and 
batteries of cannon planted against it 
on every side. Towards the close of 
December, some bands of insurgents, 
who were dispersed in the provinces, 
made all possible haste to surren. 
der, The courts of Petersburgh and 
Berlin divided between themselves, 
and that of Vienna, what had re. 
mained, since the last partition, 
in 1793, of Poland, at their pleas 
sure ; and the cruel courtiers of the 
empress shared amongst them the 
possessions of a great number of the 
proscribed owners. . Stanislaus Aue 
gustus was sent to Grodno, in Li- 
thuania, where he was condemned 
to live obscurely on a pension that. 
was granted him by the empress ; 
while prince Repnin, appointed go. 
vernor of the provinces usurped b 
Russia, ostentatiously displayed the 
pomp of a sovereign. THe nobles 
Zajoncheck and Kolontay, who 
were among the first and warmest 
supporters of the revolt headed by 
Kosciusko, 
