Napoleon 8 in Vasion of Russia

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G L Y , T NE PLA B R HOUS E, 44 m o 45 RA H BO C NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1 91 4 vi P REFA CE to illustrated necessary success , which may be by his own saying : Itis a proof of the weakness of human Well might Goethe say of him He lives entirely in ” the ideal but can never consciously grasp it . In its eneral ieatnres in the randeur of numerous. g , g its io s in exec ufion concept n , and in some respect its , as moved the sublime spec tacle of that mighty human stream onnn ac ross Euro e mto B ussia fi htin its p g p , g g back m oss the B erezina in whwe ic fiood so man , y y r r The hor o . dramatic figure of the Great Emperor , standin in the snowdurin the retreat dominatin the g g , g Ne rr retreat of y, that wa ior of transcendent courage , s r e d in u who , a ked where was the reargua d , r plie all tr th , “ ” I am the rearguard ; and in response to a summons t e e i u As regards h fundam ntal causes of fa l re , specula tion leads us to inquire into the persomal attributes of the e greatest soldi r of all history . There appears to be no P RE FA CE vii ' u ha N e n nt c do bt t t at this time , although apol o s i elle t retained all its shar ness and his vision all its olenrness p . e u o c l e l n in i his phynical nature had b gu t de in . A re dy h s torty- third year he had lost in physic al and mental fimtf ailnre of his ph m - the esc ape os gu fiM h - would B ut he c ontwted himself with sitting in his study at ault in execufion Nordo we find him dominntin the f y . g i e r But in sp t of failu e , when all has been considered , the c ampaign of 1812 will remain for all time one of the most wonderful episodes in the history of the world , sulfidentof itself to secure eternal fame to the Man of To have struggled with hope under such astounding and minds . But like the emperor to calculate combine to seize every favourable chance with unerring rapidity ; to u s stain every reverse with undisturbed constancy , never urged to rashness by despair yet enterprising to the t r u most ve ge of daring consistent with reason, was a display of intellectual greatness so surpassing , that it is N has c not without justice apoleon been alled , in reference viii P REFA CE as well to asta es as to the resent the f orc mestof p g p , ” mankind. The author is greatly indebted to General Bogdano ’ r r vieh s history of the war, published in St Pete sbu g in ’ 1859 no s . The accuracy of Bogda vic h narrafive has been e test d by reference to the correspondence of Napoleon . t may be mentioned those of De Segur, Marbo , Labaume, Fesensac J Buturlin Mi Chambray , , omini , and khailovski Danilevski The a h . ut or has also had the advantage of v to M ad ance oscow . TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Tm; Owens or WAB PAC . Poland Policy of Annexation CHAPTER II PB BPAB A'rm Ns Boa WAB Grand ’ — s Plan Napoleon atDresden CHAPTER III Tm: OPPOSING Forums The Grand Charac ter of the x CON TEN TS CHAPTER IV PM TB B Term s or WAB CHAPTER V Tan INVASION OB LITHU ANIA — General Distribution Russia CHAPTER VI ’ — ’ Napoleon s Plan- The Russians atB riseur Oudinots — en tions against Bagration Oudin ot and wn t — ittge s ein Movements of Schwarzenberg Comments CHAPTER VII FB OM m DWINA TO m s DNIB PB B — Napoleon at Vitebsk Distribution of the Frenc h — — Forces Russians assume the Ofiensive Skir C ON TEN TS Tn BATTLE or SMOLBNsx Pm — — — Ac tion atLuhino Comments The Decision to advance on Moscow CHAPTER IX Tun ADVANCE TO BosomNo Russian Desire f or Battle Frenc h Pursuit — — Command Action at Shivardino Position of — of the Position The CHAPTER X Tm Bu rns Boaonm o — Napoleon at Shivardino Attack on the Russian — — Left Eugene takes Borodino Renewed Attac k — on Russian Left Nay assaults the Left — ’ Russians retake the Redoubts Poniatovski s — Advance The Battle at Semyonovskaya — ’ Redoubts Murats f Sem yonovskaya Battle in the Centre — — ’ Reinforcementof the Russ ian Left U varov a xii CON TEAMS CHAPTER XI THE OCCU PATION or Moscow at — — Vinkovo Evac uation of Moscow Operations FROM Mosc ow ro MALorAnosLAm -rz CHAPW R XIII Tn B ETB BA 'I' ro to Borim v CONTENTS xiii THE PAssACB or m BsaBzINA BAG. MAPS AND PLANS Ma the T e re O e a s p of h at of p r tion . Ma s r te the O ra s r u S s p to illu t a pe tion o nd molen k. a e s an i s E v r n Pl n of Smol n k d t n i o s. The a e B ttl of Borodino. Fr Mosc S sk om ow to molen . r na The Passage of the Be ezi . PO LEON ’ S IN VA SION O F RU SSIA CHAPTER ' I — — — The Berlin Dec ree Napoleon an d Poland Polic y o f — Ann exation Con tro versy with Russia t i b . power han Cont nental equili rium This truth , recog nised N but M aritim e by apoleon, ignored by other N of the apoleonic epoch, was at the base of the causes mental reason of the prolonged contest between England to - da y. N s e Thus , although apoleon had made himself ma t r in as En lish shi s c ould sail the seas unc hallan ed and g p g , stand between him and the dominion of the world . And war with Russia arose in the first instanc e f rom A I ’ 2 NA POLEON S INVASION OF RUSSIA establishm ant en a m the of his contin t l syste , by which he hoped to destroy the maritime supremacy n of Engla d .

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