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	The Battle of Borodino
		General Plauzonne, however, seeing that the intrepid soldiers of the 106th Regiment were allowing themselves to be separated and were not waiting for the rear of their column to come up, ordered them to halt so as to offer a combined resistance to a Russian column which was coming down to crush them.
		At that very moment, however, General Plauzonne was killed, and in the momentary confusion into which his death threw his men, the Russians swept down on them and very few of the brave fellows escaped.
		The battle now seemed to be approaching its close.
	www.wtj.com /archives/lejeune1.htm (1646 words)

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		Founded on the precise spot of the Battle of Borodino (1812) the Borodino museum is the oldest in the world among the museums situated at battlefields.
		The Battle of Borodino is depicted as the main event of the War of 1812, that predetermined the liberation of Europe subjugated by Napoleon.
		Exposition is based upon the original objects connected with the Borodino battle, – uniforms and weapons of both armies, colours, standards and awards, personal belongings of the participants of the battle, documents and maps, archeological artifacts found in the battleground: cannon balls, grenade fragments, case-shot and musket bullets.
	www.borodino.ru /eng_museun.shtml (590 words)

	Borodino : Battle of Borodino : 1812 : Moscow : Napoleonic Wars : Invasion of Russia : Napoleon Bonaparte
		Borodino : Battle of Borodino : 1812 : Moscow : Napoleonic Wars : Invasion of Russia : Napoleon Bonaparte
		The emperor's plan was to smash the Russians in one great battle and so he threw his men at them with little tactical thought.
		Late in the morning, a bold attack by Marshal Murat's cavalry overwhelmed the fleches and around 2pm a joint assault by infantry and cavalry finally seized but the crucial Raevski Redoubt, but lacking reinforcements Prince Eugene de Beauharnais' men could not exploit their success.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle_borodino.htm (318 words)

	Battle of Borodino - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Borodino, Battle of, battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on September 7, 1812, between a French army under Napoleon and a Russian army under...
		In 1779 a young Napoleon Bonaparte was sent from the small island of Corsica to a military school in France.
		In 1812, when Napoleon I invaded Russia, Kutuzov was made a prince as well as commander-in-chief of the Russian army, relieving Prince Mikhail...
	encarta.msn.com /Battle_of_Borodino.html (143 words)

	Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars @ The Wargamer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The battle of Borodino took place in September of 1812 as Napoleon was on his long march to Moscow, dragging with him some 133,000 men to face against a well-entrenched force of 120,000 Russian troops.
		Leipzig occurred in 1813 and was one of the largest battles of the era: an estimated half-million troops fought in the fields of Austria, and Napoleon was dealt another crushing defeat.
		Napoleon's Waterloo is of course the famed battle in which Napoleon met his end at the hands of the Duke of Wellington.
	cossacks2.wargamer.com /battleforeurope_preview.html (822 words)

	209 - War and Peace
		On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth not a shot was fired by either side, and on the twenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself took place.
		Before the battle of Borodino our strength in proportion to the French was about as five to six, but after that battle it was little more than one to two: previously we had a hundred thousand against a hundred and twenty thousand; afterwards little more than fifty thousand against a hundred thousand.
		Not only did the Russians not fortify the position on the field of Borodino to the left of, and at a right angle to, the highroad (that is, the position on which the battle took place), but never till the twenty-fifth of August, 1812, did they think that a battle might be fought there.
	www.jus.uio.no /sisu/war_and_peace.leo_tolstoy/209 (1049 words)

	Borodino : Pictures
		Many events were contained in this heroic epoch: long and heavy retreat of the Russian armies in land, a bitterness of defeats of the first months of the campaign, the tragedy of the surrender of Moscow to the enemy, the triumph and the joy after enemy's proscription from the limits of Motherland.
		Later, being in exile, the threw down French Emperor had recognized, that from 50 battle, given by him “in the battle under Moscow the greatest valour was displained and the least success was gained.
		The 8th of September was a celebration of 190-year-old anniversary of Borodino Battle.
	summoning.ru /photos_eng/borodino.shtml (238 words)

	The Battle of Borodino
		The village of Borodino stood in front of the Raevsky Redoubt and was occupied by the Guard Jager Regiment.
		After the battle their positions could still be seen, clearly marked by the dead whose bodies were still arranged in formation.
		Despite the fury of the battle, the Russians succeeded in withdrawing six of the guns from the redoubt.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/1812/boro1.html (9050 words)

	Book10
		Any one looking at the plain of Borodino, and not considering how the battle actually was fought, would pick out this position, covered by the Kolotcha, as the obvious one for an army, whose object was to check the advance of an enemy marching along the Smolensk road towards Moscow.
		And so the battle of Borodino was fought, not at all as, in order to cover the blunders of our commanders, it is described by our historians, whose accounts, consequently, diminish the credit due to the Russian army and the Russian people.
		The battle of Borodino was not fought on a carefully picked and fortified position, with forces only slightly weaker on the Russian side.
	www.pku.edu.cn /study/novel/warpeace/war10/ewar19.htm (1189 words)

	Gallery. Contents.
		The legendary battle that History had not seen alike before - the Battle of Borodino - started on the 7th of September 1812.
		The place of the battle is totally gained by us and the enemy retreated to the position from that he came to attack us".
		By its tragedy "The killed jaeger", "Borodino battlefield on the 7th of October 1812", "The crossing of Berezina on the 28th of November 1812" are especially remembered.
	www.museum.ru /museum/1812/English/Painting/contents.html (502 words)

	Chapter Chapter 19 of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
		ON THE 24th was fought the battle before the redoubt of Shevardino; on the 25th not a shot was fired on either side; on the 26th was fought the battle of Borodino.
		Up to the battle of Borodino our forces were approximately five-sixths of the French, but after that battle they were only one-half—that is, before the battle a hundred thousand against a hundred and twenty thousand, and after the battle fifty thousand against a hundred thousand.
		The ancients have transmitted to us examples of epic poems in which the whole interest of history is concentrated in a few heroic figures; and under their influence we are still unable to accustom our minds to the idea that history of that kind is meaningless at our stage in the development of humanity.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/52/96/19360/1.html (566 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Battle of Borodino
		A battle between Napoleon's Grande Armee and General Mikhail Kutuzov's Russian forces at the village of Borodino, 70 miles West of Moscow.
		The battle, which cost some 108,000 casualties, is described in Tolstoy's "War and Peace".
		Later, being in exile, the thrown down French Emperor had recognised, that from 50 battle, given by him "in the battle under Moscow the greatest valour was displayed and the least success was gained.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/b/borodino.shtml (174 words)

	Battle of Borodino - All World Wars
		Battle has been raging already for seven hours, but Napoleon still has not succeeded neither on the left flank, nor in the center.
		In the distance village of Borodino with Church of Nativity is burning after artillery fire and hand-to-hand action.
		In 1912 in honor of War of 1812 in Moscow he opened his third panorama "The Battle of Borodino, September 7, 1812".
	allworldwars.com /index.php/Battle_of_Borodino (1340 words)

	War and Peace, Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy - Section 218 of 365 - Book Club/Fiction - ArcaMax Publishing
		The French soldiers went to kill and be killed at the battle of Borodino not because of Napoleon's orders but by their own volition.
		The dispositions drawn up by Weyrother for the battle of Austerlitz were a model of perfection for that kind of composition, but still they were criticized--criticized for their very perfection, for their excessive minuteness.
		Napoleon at the battle of Borodino fulfilled his office as representative of authority as well as, and even better than, at other battles.
	www.arcamax.com /fiction/b-1004-218 (699 words)

	Tour of Borodino battlefield and museum with an English speaking guide
		The Battle Panorama is housed in a cylindrical building, built in 1962 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino.
		Borodino Panorama is Friday and the last Thursday of the month.
		The Battle Panorama is housed in a cylindrical building, built in 1962 to commemorate the 150the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino.
	www.threewhales.ru /t15.htm (618 words)

	Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia for PC Review - PC Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Napoleon in Russia concerns itself with Borodino, the centerpiece battle of Napoleon's epic invasion of Russia.
		When the French met the army of the Tsar at the small town of Borodino on September 7, 1812, less than 75 miles from Moscow, it was the high tide of the Russia campaign.
		A bloody, brutal, and tactically brilliant clash, Borodino left Napoleon in control of the field and Moscow, but it was a victory he could not hold.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/battleground6napoleonir/review.html (796 words)

	"The Battle Borodino"
		That serie was finished with "The Battle Borodino".
		"Borodino battle" wasn`t like first works, it was really different with its rised professionality, and more, it was made like silent comedy, historical cheap popular film.
		"Borodino`s battle" took part in special programm of the "Vivat, Russian cinema!" festival, dedicated to cinemathography anniversary, in august 1995.
	dmitrfrolov.narod.ru /The_Battle_Borodino.htm (426 words)

	The Museum-Panorama "Borodino Battle" - Moscow
		The Museum-Panorama "Borodino Battle" is devoted to the brightest episode of the Patriotic War of 1812 - the battle between Russian and French armies near the Borodino village, which Napoleon called "the battle of giants".
		It is a 15 meter (50 feet) high and 115 meter (383 feet) wide canvas located in a round hall with a viewing platform which is "the centre of the battle".
		In a basis of a plot of a panorama - the most intense moment of the Borodino battle - storm by the Frenchmen of village Semyonovskoe at midday on August, 26th (on September, 7th) 1812.
	www.hotelsrussia.net /content/lnk047.aspx (318 words)

	World History 1810- 1820
		On September 7th the Russian army finally gave battle at the Battle of Borodino.
		From October 16th-19th the allies and the French fought the Battle of Leipzig otherwise known as the Battle of the Nations.
		Napoleon was defeated in a series of battles each bringing the allies closer to Paris.
	www.multied.com /dates/1810ad.html (1670 words)

	The Battle of Borodino
		The battle – with over 280,000 men present on both sides and between 75,000 and 80,000 casualties – proved to be one of the largest battles of the 19th century and one of the bloodiest battles in military history.
		Borodino and I hope this material will prove useful to scholars in their future endeavours.
		Russian Artillery on the Eve of the Battle of Borodino: 7 September 1812
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/Borodino/Mikaberidze/c_Mikaberidze.html (237 words)

	POKLONNAYA HILL (Victory park) in Moscow. Excursion.Travel and tour to Russia. Moscow City Tour and Novodevichy ...
		The defense line was built by military engineers on authentic drawings, and serving a model was a strip of land where the Battle of Kursk, one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War, took place in July-August 1943.
		The Museum-Panorama "Borodino Battle" is devoted to the brightest episode of the Patriotic War of 1812 - the battle between Russian and French armies near the Borodino village, which Napoleon called "the battle of giants".
		The main exhibit in the Museum is the huge panorama by Frantz Rubo, depicting the scenes of Borodino Battle.
	www.bestrussiantour.com /dailyfiles/epoklonnaja.htm (553 words)

	The Fragments of Panorama "The Battle of Borodino". F. A. Rubo.
		The Fragments of Panorama "The Battle of Borodino".
		The battle continues already 8 hours but Napoleon did not achieve success neither in the left wing nor in the center of the Russian position.
		At the roadside the Commander-in-Chief of the French Reserve Cavalry Marshal Murat observes the motion of cuirassiers.
	www.museum.ru /1812/English/Painting/Rubo/index.html (954 words)

	Movie-List: DVD: The Campaigns of Napoleon: 1812 - The Battle of Borodino
		The Campaigns of Napoleon: 1812 - The Battle of Borodino
		The Battle Of Borodino took place during Emperor Napoleon's disastrous Russian invasion of 1812 and was one of the most crucial battles of the entire Napoleonic era.
		Featuring superb feature-film battle reconstructions, this is the story of the battle that forced Napoleon to turn for home and begin the infamous retreat from Moscow.
	www.movie-list.com /onvideo/shop.php?c=01&n=163451&i=B000ICLRD4&x=The_Campaigns_of_Napoleon_1812_The_Battle_of_Borodino (189 words)

	The Museum-Panorama "Borodino Battle" - Moscow
		The Museum-Panorama "Borodino Battle" is devoted to the brightest episode of the Patriotic War of 1812 - the battle between Russian and French armies near the Borodino village, which Napoleon called "the battle of giants".
		It is a 15 meter (50 feet) high and 115 meter (383 feet) wide canvas located in a round hall with a viewing platform which is "the centre of the battle".
		In a basis of a plot of a panorama - the most intense moment of the Borodino battle - storm by the Frenchmen of village Semyonovskoe at midday on August, 26th (on September, 7th) 1812.
	st-petersburg.destinationrussia.com /content/lnk047.aspx (318 words)

	Moscow:Museums:Museum-Panorama "Borodino-Battle"
		So, the above mentioned monuments composed single historical-memorial complex dedicated to the glory of Rusia in battles.
		That is panorama "The Battle of Borodino", created in 1912 by Franz Roubaut, academician of painting (1856, Odessa - 1928, Munich).
		A huge canvas (115 m x 15 m) presents the height of battle on the field of Borodino (The French called it "Moscow battle").
	www.russiamoscow.info /?p=40&a=5&t=MuseumPanoramaBorodinoBattle (397 words)

	SAY, BORODINO
		Earlier, anniversaries of the Battle of Borodino were quiet and modest.
		It is not a problem if you visit the anniversaries of the Battle of Borodino without any knowledge of the classification of regiments and divisions.
		A soldier's medal for the Battle of Borodino or the participation in a foreign campaign is not a rarity in the depositories of regional museums.
	www.warlib.ru /index.php?id=000009 (1222 words)

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