Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Retreat of the French Army, 1812

Admiral advanced guard Alexander arrived artillery attack Bagrathion Barclay battalions battery battle Beningsen Beresina Berthier Bobruisk Borisow Borodino bridge cavalry chasseurs column combat command corps Cossacks Davoust defend despatched detachment directed division Dnieper Doctorow duchy of Warsaw Dunaburg Dwina Emperor enemy enemy's English evacuation favour Fcap fire flank force French guns head-quarters honour horses hundred infantry Kalouga Kowno Krasnoi Kutusow Liston Lord Majesty Malo-Jaroslavets Marshal ment Milaradowitch miles Minsk Mittau Mohilew Mojaisk Molodeczno morning Moscow moved movement Murat Napoleon Niemen night numbers o'clock Orsza Oudinot Pakra passed Petersburg pieces of cannon Platow Polotzk Poniatowski position Post 8vo Prince prisoners Raeffskoi ravine reached rear guard regiments of Cossacks Regnier reinforced reserve retired retreat river road Russian army Second Edition sent Shumla Sir Robert Wilson Slonim Smolensk soldiers Tchichagow tête du pont thousand tion Tormanssow Touchkoff town troops Viceroy Vols whilst whole Wiazma Wilna Witepsk Wittgenstein wood Woodcuts wounded