The Tartars clambering, by means of ten thousand ladders, over the walls, and rushing through the gates, with no ear for mercy, commenced the slaughter of the inhabitants.

The city was set on fire in all directions, and a scene of horror ensued indescribable and unimaginable.

The barbarians, laden with booty, and satiated with blood and carnage, encamped on the plain outside of the walls, exulting in the entireness of their vengeance.

Moscow, the gorgeous capital, was no more.

The dwellings of the city became but the funeral pyre for the bodies of the inhabitants.