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History of the Expedition to Russia
Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812By Count Philip de Segur
Length21h 45m
About this audiobook
History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 is a historical account of the French invasion of Russia, written by French general and a historian Count Philip de Segur. The French invasion of Russia of 1812 was begun by Napoleon to force Russia back into the Continental blockade of the United Kingdom. On 24 June 1812 and the following days, the first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the border into Russia with somewhere around 600,000 soldiers, the opposing Russian field forces amounted to around 180,000–200,000 at this time. Through a series of long forced marches, Napoleon pushed his army rapidly through Western Russia in a futile attempt to destroy the retreating Russian Army of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, winning just the Battle of Smolensk in August. Under its new Commander in Chief Mikhail Kutuzov, the Russian Army continued to retreat employing attrition warfare against Napoleon forcing the invaders to rely on a supply system that was incapable of feeding their large army in the field. The fierce Battle of Borodino, seventy miles west of Moscow, was a narrow French victory that resulted in a Russian general withdrawal to the south of Moscow near Kaluga. On 14 September, Napoleon and his army of about 100,000 men occupied Moscow, only to find it abandoned, and the city was soon ablaze. Napoleon stayed in Moscow for 5 weeks, waiting for a peace offer that never came. Lack of food for the men and fodder for the horses, hypothermia from the bitter cold and guerilla warfare from Russian peasants and Cossacks led to great losses. Three days after the Battle of Berezina, only around 10,000 soldiers of the main army remained. On 5 December, Napoleon left the army and returned to Paris.
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GenreHistory
Length21 hrs 45 mins
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Publish dateNov 2, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TO THE VETERANS OF THE GRAND ARMY.
62Chapter III.
2HISTORY OF NAPOLEON'S EXPEDITION TO RUSSIA.
63Chapter IV.
3VOLUME I.
64Chapter V.
4BOOK I.
65Chapter VI.
5Chapter I.
66Chapter VII.
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6Chapter II.
67Chapter VIII.
7Chapter III.
68Chapter IX.
8Chapter IV.
69Chapter X.
9BOOK II.
70Chapter XI.
10Chapter I.
71BOOK IX.
11Chapter II.
72Chapter I.
12Chapter III.
73Chapter II.
13Chapter IV.
74Chapter III.
14Chapter V.
75Chapter IV.
15BOOK III.
76Chapter V.
16Chapter I.
77Chapter VI.
17Chapter II.
78Chapter VII.
18Chapter III.
79Chapter VIII.
19BOOK IV.
80Chapter IX.
20Chapter I.
81Chapter X.
21Chapter II.
82Chapter XI.
22Chapter III.
83Chapter XII.
23Chapter IV.
84Chapter XIII.
24Chapter V.
85Chapter XIV.
25Chapter VI.
86BOOK X.
26Chapter VII.
87Chapter I.
27Chapter VIII.
88Chapter II.
28BOOK V.
89Chapter III.
29Chapter I.
90Chapter IV.
30Chapter II.
91Chapter V.
31Chapter III.
92Chapter VI.
32BOOK VI.
93Chapter VII.
33Chapter I.
94Chapter VIII.
34Chapter II.
95Chapter IX.
35Chapter III.
96BOOK XI.
36Chapter IV.
97Chapter I.
37Chapter V.
98Chapter II.
38Chapter VI.
99Chapter III.
39Chapter VII.
100Chapter IV.
40Chapter VIII.
101Chapter V.
41Chapter IX.
102Chapter VI.
42Chapter X.
103Chapter VII.
43BOOK VII.
104Chapter VIII.
44Chapter I.
105Chapter IX.
45Chapter II.
106Chapter X.
46Chapter III.
107Chapter XI.
47Chapter IV.
108Chapter XII.
48Chapter V.
109Chapter XIII.
49Chapter VI.
110BOOK XII.
50Chapter VII.
111Chapter I.
51Chapter VIII.
112Chapter II.
52Chapter IX.
113Chapter III.
53Chapter X.
114Chapter IV.
54Chapter XI.
115Chapter V.
55Chapter XII.
116Chapter VI.
56Chapter XIII.
117Chapter VII.
57HISTORY OF NAPOLEON'S EXPEDITION TO RUSSIA.
118Chapter VIII.
58VOLUME II.
119Chapter IX.
59BOOK VIII.
120Chapter X.
60Chapter I.
121Chapter XI.
61Chapter II.
122Chapter XII.
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