MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
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waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter.
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splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides.
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joining with Egypt, which attacked Turkey to draw Napoleon from Russia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Russians defeated Napoleon’s superior Grand Army by retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -History has taught us that Napoleon, in his invasion of Russia in 1812, marched into Moscow with his army largely intact and retreated only because the citizens of Moscow burned three-fourths of the city, depriving the army of food and supplies. The harsh Russian winter then devastated the army as it retreated.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thousands of men died while fighting at Smolensk and elsewhere. But the Russians did not truly make a stand until the September 7 Battle of Borodino, which took place just 75 miles from Moscow. That day, the French and Russians pounded each other with artillery and launched a number of charges and countercharges.