There are few campaigns that; either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken; the completeness of its failure; or the enormous loss of life entailed; appeal to the imagination in so great a degree as that of Napoleon against Russia. Fortunately; we have in the narratives of Sir Robert Wilson; British commissioner with the Russian army; and of Count Segur; who was upon Napoleon's staff; minute descriptions of the events as seen by eye-witnesses; and besides these the campaign has been treated fully by various military writers. I have as usual avoided going into details of horrors and of acts of cruelty and ferocity on both sides; surpassing anything in modern warfare; and have given a mere outline of the operations; with a full account of the stern fight at Smolensk and the terrible struggle at Borodino.
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