Napoleon now found himself 500 miles from friendly territory, outnumbered, poorly supplied, and with winter approaching. What followed was one of the most harrowing and disastrous events in military ...

Napoleon went to Kaurakin, the Russian ambassador ... were so many that the Russians didn’t dare fight. They started to retreat because they didn't have a choice. They had to retreat.

The Night Bivouac of Napoleon's Army during retreat from Russia in 1812, by Vasily Vereshchagin A snow-caked cluster of troops after the ruinous invasion of Russia. By the end of the French ...

TASS/. Remains of about 60 soldiers who died during Napoleon’s retreat in November 1812 near Smolensk discovered during the Russian-French archeological dig in 2019 are planned to be reburied in ...

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.