Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. But after winning a costly victory at Borodino and ...

When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow ...

thought he was victorious yet had to retreat, losing most of his army and, soon after, his empire. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in September 1812, Napoleon captured Moscow and ...

The Russian MFA posted on Twitter Adolph Northen's famous painting 'Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow,' against the backdrop of which Pompeo had issued the aforesaid statement. There is a comment on the ...

An image of heroic tragedy hangs over Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 - the Emperor's Grande Armee fighting a losing battle with the winter as the remains of Tsar Alexander's army close in ...

The bodies of French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow have been laid to rest at a ceremony in western Russia. Along with the 120 soldiers, three women and three ...

The term derives from the name of a river that the French army crossed in November 1812, in retreat from Moscow after Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia. The French crossed the Berezina ...