They started to retreat because they didn't have ... The next day they withdrew, leaving Napoleon proclaiming victory. Moscow was at his mercy, but the Russians refused to make peace.
Russia’s legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on ...
On June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte launched the most audacious campaign of his career. With the most enormous army ever assembled in Europe, he made the fateful decision to invade Russia.