The battle of the Berézina took place between November 26 and 29, 1812, between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte, in retreat after his invasion o
The battle of the Berézina took place between November 26 and 29, 1812, between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte, in retreat after his invasion of Russia and the Russian armies led by Mikhail Kutúzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pável Chichágov. Since then, the term "Bérézina" has been used in French as a synonym for "disaster." History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire contemporaine par l'image 1872
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