BOOK XII.

BOOK XII.

Chap.

—Napoleon's journey from Smorgony to Paris—Impression produced in the army by his departure—Dreadful effects of the increased cold

—Picture of the sufferings of the army from the cold and the climate

—Arrival at Wilna—Consternation of the inhabitants—Fatal effects of not distributing the provisions collected among the troops—State of the wounded in the hospitals—Arrival of the Russians—Flight of Murat—Evacuation of Wilna—Immense losses which that occasioned—Disaster at Ponari

—Details of Ney's mode of retreat—Losses occasioned to the Russians by the severity of the winter—Arrival at Kowno—Ney's defence and evacuation of that place

—First symptoms of Murat's defection—Arrival at Königsberg

—Marshal Macdonald's retreat from Riga—Details of the defection of the Prussian Army under Yorck

—Marshal Macdonald's retreat from Riga—Details of the defection of the Prussian Army under Yorck (Cont.)

—Marshal Macdonald's retreat from Riga—Details of the defection of the Prussian Army under Yorck (Cont.)

—Marshal Macdonald's retreat from Riga—Details of the defection of the Prussian Army under Yorck (Cont.)

—Conduct of Schwartzenberg and defection of the Austrians—Atrocities committed on the French prisoners at Wilna and Königsberg

—Defection of Murat

—Conclusion

DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES.

Portrait of Napoleon

Map of the countries between Paris and Moscow

Passage of the Niemen

Portrait of Murat, King of Naples

Portrait of the Emperor Alexander

Conflagration of Moscow

Portrait of Marshal Ney

Passage of the Berezina

Map of the countries between Paris and Moscow (To see this map assembled, click here.)

HISTORY

OF

NAPOLEON'S EXPEDITION

TO

RUSSIA.