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Russia’s most brilliant victories over Napoleon
Napoleon s Retreat from Russia.
Adolph Northen
Defeating the French emperor on the battlefield was no walk in the park, so to speak. But the Russian army did it on several occasions.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
On Oct. 19, 1812, Napoleon’s 
Grande Armée, having idled away more than a month in Moscow, left the burned and devastated city on its retreat back through the western provinces of the Russian Empire, where it could wait out the winter. The emperor decided to make a detour to Kaluga in the south, where he planned to seize the rich stores of food intended for the Russian troops. ....

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