II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow.

II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow.

Sketch of Napoleon (Introductory to the Retreat from Moscow) 152

Sec. 1. Description of Moscow; arrival of the Czar 157

Sec. 2. Alarm in Moscow at the advance of the French army; preparations for the destruction of the city 162

Sec. 3. Departure of the Russian governor from Moscow 168

Sec. 4. Napoleon's first view of Moscow; the French enter the city 175

Sec. 5. Napoleon takes up his quarters in the Kremlin; the city discovered to be on fire 182

Sec. 6. The fire compels Napoleon to leave the city 190

Sec. 7. Napoleon returns to the Kremlin; plunder of the city 195

Sec. 8. Rostopchin sets fire to his country-seat; anxiety of Napoleon at not hearing from the Czar 201

Sec. 9. Napoleon determines to leave Moscow 215

Sec. 10. Departure from Moscow; the first battle 224

Sec. 11. Napoleon holds a council of war, and decides to retreat northward 233

Sec. 12. Napoleon's attempt to destroy the Kremlin; view of the battle-field of Borodino 238

Sec. 13. Napoleon reaches Viazma; battle near that place 243

Sec. 14. Dreadful snow-storm on the 6th of November; its effect upon the troops 247

Sec. 15. Defeat and entire dissolution of Prince Eugene's corps at the passage of the Wop 253

Sec. 16. The Grand Army reaches Smolensk 257

Sec. 17. Napoleon leaves Smolensk; battle of Krasnoe 263

Sec. 18. Napoleon reaches Dombrowna and Orcha; he holds a council 267

Sec. 19. Arrival of Marshal Ney 272

Sec. 20. Capture of Minsk by the Russians 277

Sec. 21. March through the forest of Minsk; passage of the Berezina 280

Sec. 22. Napoleon abandons the Grand Army, and sets out for Paris 291

Sec. 23. Sufferings of the Grand Army after Napoleon's departure; arrival at Wilna 298

Sec. 24. Conclusion 308

Index to notes and list of proper names with their pronunciation 316

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