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Tango01 | 15 Jun 2019 8:54 p.m. PST |
"Napoleon's lumbering and once-grand army was approaching Moscow in September 1812. Brought a thousand miles by imperial ambition, the dust-covered, multinational host raised its hopes in the belief that at Moscow it would deliver the blow that would end the campaign. Worn by constant marching, and unable to fight a Russian army that withdrew neatly and efficiently, the French and their allies longed for battle. A battle for Moscow. And, sure enough, the Russians were preparing to defend their city. The Czar's army, as frustrated by relentless retreat as the French were by constant pursuit, was looking for a battle before the French and their allies reached the city gates. If they lost, they lost Moscow. If they won, then Napoleon's troops would plunge into an abyss. At the end of August Kutuzov, the sly Russian commander, weighed the odds and began his search for a defensive position somewhere along the Moscow road…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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