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Napoleon and his army entered Moscow on 14 September. To Napoleon's surprise, Kutuzov had abandoned the city, and it fell without a fight. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled along with the retreating Russian army, leaving the city nearly empty.
The sight of the fire deeply disturbed Napoleon who was horrified and intimidated at the Russian resolution to destroy their most sacred and beloved city before surrendering it. According to him most churches, monasteries and palaces survived as they were made out of stone.
24 wrz 2024 · Napoleon watched as Moscow, a jewel of the Russian Empire, burned to the ground. This was a devastating blow—he had captured the city, but its value had been reduced to ashes. Worse, Tsar Alexander refused to negotiate, and Napoleon realized that he could not hold Moscow indefinitely.
14 września 1812 r. do opustoszałej Moskwy wkroczyła armia Napoleona Bonapartego. Zajęcie miasta nie przyniosło mu jednak korzyści strategicznych. Po miesiącu, m.in. wskutek bierności wroga, zarządził odwrót, co było równoznaczne z klęską całej kampanii rosyjskiej.
19 paź 2024 · On this day in 1812, Napoleon left the burned and looted Moscow. He retreated along the Kaluga Road in the hope of reaching Kaluga and resupplying. However, near Maloyaroslavets, the road was blocked by Russian units. On October 12, the battle began, which lasted the whole day.
26 lis 2023 · Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow, the French army retreated for 200 miles.
According to the Bulletin de la Grande Armée, no. 20, 17 September, 1812, the governor of the city of Moscow, count Feodor Vassilievich Rostopchin, gave the order for three to four hundred brigands to set fire to the city. In the subsequent fire that raged, almost three-quarters of the old wooden city of Moscow was destroyed.
