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1812. The following is an extract from Jean-Roch Coignet's notebooks and deals with his experiences on the terrible retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812. Coignet had fought with Napoleon Bonaparte since 1800 in Italy and saw service in all of the major campaigns.
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized: Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian ...
16 wrz 2024 · The retreat from Moscow, in particular, has become emblematic of the broader challenges faced by imperial ambitions against unwavering resistance and the unforgiving wrath of nature. Here, we delve into the specifics of this retreat, its background, and its profound implications.
Remnants of Napoleon's Grand Army retreating from Moscow in the winter of 1812-13 have bivouacked around a ruined church. The foreground in cluttered with debris and huddled figures. Discernible are grenadiers of the Garde Imperiale and members of the regular forces.
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte's Grande Armée occupied Moscow from 14 September to 19 October 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars. It marked the summit of the French invasion of Russia . During the occupation, which lasted 36 days, the city was devastated by fire and looted by both Russian peasants and the French.
On the 19th October, the French evacuated Moscow and its surrounding area. As the Grande Armée was leaving the city, Mortier, governor of Moscow, set up explosives around the Kremlin to carry out Napoleon's (strategically irrelevant) orders to destroy it.
