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According to Minard, during the war’s bloody 197 days, the strength of Napoleon’s forces dwindled from 422,000 all the way down to 10,000. The map showing the French army’s losses in manpower...
Map Description Historical Map of the Russian Campaign 1812. Illustrating: March of Napoleon to Moscow and from Moscow. Credits University of Texas at Austin. From The Public Schools Historical Atlas edited by C. Colbeck, 1905. Related Links About Napoleon's Russian Campaign About the Napoleonic Wars . More History
Russian failed counter-offensive and Napoleon's flanking march. Battles of Krasne, August 1812. Russian infantry division formed in one large square marched on Smolensk. They repulsed "40 cavalry attacks" before reaching the city where they "slammed the gate shut behind them." Military operations on the northern front. Battles of Kliastitzy and ...
Map depicting the first half of the campaign - the French invasion and offensive to Moscow. Situation on 24 July. Situation on 14 August and maneuvers toward Smolensk. Operations up to and around Smolensk. Battle for Smolensk. Battle at Valutino.
About this Item. Image. Shows invasion "Route of Napoleon to Moscow" (Königsberg to Moscow) and route of "Retreat from Moscow". Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Laminated, probably prepared as a book illustration.
This excellent collection of campaign and battle maps plus schematic diagrams covers Russian military history from ancient times to the Russo-Japanese War. Cartwright, Frederick, Disease and History , New York, Thomas Crowell, 1972.
Sketch Map of the Russian Campaign, 1812. Description: A sketch map of Western Russia at the time of Napoleon's invasion in 1812. "The disastrous campaign which opened in June, 1812, was conducted on so vast a scale that a brief sketch can provide only the slightest conception of the magnitude of the operations.
