Napoleon's Russian Campaign - Part 3: Road to Berezina
The morning after the Battle of Maloyaroslavets, Napoleon and his staff inspected the battlefield, littered with the bodies of dead and wounded...
Napoleonic Impressions
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The Military Gallery of the Winter Palace
It was Tsar Alexander I (1801-25)’s idea to create a gallery in the Winter Palace dedicated to the generals who had distinguished...
Black officers in the Russian army during the Napoleonic Wars
Most of the posts on this blog have focused on major personalities during the Napoleonic Wars. This post is somewhat different and...
A Guide to the Borodino Battlefield
This blog post serves as a guide to the battlefield of Borodino, featuring our photos of the buildings and monuments on the...
Voices of Borodino – A narrative of the Battle of Borodino through officers’ accounts
The Battle of Borodino took place on 7 September 1812. Napoleon’s Grande Armée clashed with the Russian army near Mozhaisk 70 miles...
Napoleon's Russian Campaign - Part 2: The Turning of the Tide
As Kutuzov ordered the army to withdraw from Tsarevo-Zaymishche, once again the Russian army was deprived of the chance of facing Napoleon...