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The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne (1812 - 1813) offer a personal account of his experiences during Napoleon's Russian campaign. As a sergeant in the Imperial...
History of Warfare | Napoleon's Road To Moscow | 1812. It was to be Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest adventure, an invasion of Russia with an army of more than 650,000 men, the largest the world...
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Before Moscow waiting for the Boyars' Deputation, by Vasily Vereshchagin The entry of the French into Moscow. 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 ...
The Battle of Borodino, fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest battle of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. [145] The Grande Armée attacked the Imperial Russian Army near the village of Borodino , west of the town of Mozhaysk , and eventually captured the main ...
But, public opinion demanded a major battle and, on September 7, at the village of Borodino 125 km from Moscow, the Russians and French encountered each other in a brutal engagement.
An abandoned city. Napoleon's Grand Armee catching sight of Moscow, 1812. Early 20th century book illustration/Global Look Press. After much deliberation, General Mikhail Kutuzov – Russia’s...