The caption for this 1906 illustration reads: ‘NAPOLEON ABANDONING HIS ARMY AT SMORGONL—The time came at last when Napoleon himself abandoned his perishing army to the fury of the Russian winter. In 1812, at Smorgon, he got into a carriage and, with a few of his generals, rode madly away from the hideous suffering and disaster which he could not check. His excuse was that he went to gather reinforcements, but he left his soldiers to despair.’ Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French military and political leader who became the emperor of France. His invasion of Russia in 1812 led ultimately
The caption for this 1906 illustration reads: ‘NAPOLEON ABANDONING HIS ARMY AT SMORGONL—The time came at last when Napoleon himself abandoned his perishing army to the fury of the Russian winter. In 1812, at Smorgon, he got into a carriage and, with a few of his generals, rode madly away from the hideous suffering and disaster which he could not check. His excuse was that he went to gather reinforcements, but he left his soldiers to despair.’ Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French military and political leader who became the emperor of France. His invasion of Russia in 1812 led ultimately to his downfall – with the winter taking a great toll on his troops.
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