Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Retreat of the French Army. 1812

Admiral advanced guard Alexander arrived artillery attack Bagra Bagrathion Barclay battalions battery battle Beningsen Beresina Bobruisk Borisow Borodino bridge cavalry chasseurs columns combat command corps Cossacks cuirassiers Davoust defend despatched detachment directed division Dnieper Doctorow Drissa duchy of Warsaw Dunaburg Dwina Emperor enemy enemy's English evacuation fire flank force French front gained guns head-quarters honour horses infantry Konownitsyn Kowno Krasnoi Kutusow Lauriston main army Marshal ment Milaradowitch miles Minsk Mittau Mohilew Mojaisk Molodeczno morning Moscow moved movement Murat Nansouty Napoleon Niemen night o'clock Orsza Oudinot Pakra passed Petersburg pieces of cannon Platow Polotzk Poniatowski position Prince Raeffskoi ravine reached rear guard redoubt regiments of Cossacks Regnier reinforced retired retreat Riga right bank river road Russian army Schwarzenberg sent Sir Robert Wilson Slonim Smolensk Steingell Tchichagow tête du pont thousand tion Tormanssow Touchkoff town troops Viceroy whilst whole Wiazma Wilna Witepsk Wittgenstein wood wounded