ity 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
MAPS.
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1. The advance and the retreat of the Ten Thousand, facing 1
2. The advance and the retreat of Napoleon in his Russian
campaign, facing 1
SKETCH OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER.
(INTRODUCTORY TO THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS.)
In the year 423 B.C. Darius Nothus ascended the throne of Persia. That
country was then the greatest empire in t
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