II.—­Battle of Malo-Yaroslawetz 98

III.—­Distress of the Emperor—­Danger which he ran from a sudden attack of the Cossacks 107

IV.—­Field of Malo-Yaroslawetz—­Council held by the Emperor—­Opinions of Murat, Bessieres, and Davoust—­Napoleon determines to retreat 113

V.—­Kutusoff’s similar determination to retreat from Malo-Yaroslawetz, ineffectually opposed by Sir Robert Wilson—­Napoleon’s projected plan of retreat 118

VI.—­Mortier’s proceedings at Moscow after the departure of the main army—­Blowing up of the Kremlin—­Devastations committed by both armies—­Capture of General Winzingerode—­Napoleon’s behaviour to him 126

VII.—­Arrival at Mojaisk—­Alarming news of the Russian army—­View of the field of Borodino 134

VIII.—­Abandonment of the wounded in the Abbey of Kolotskoi—­Horrible conduct of the suttlers—­Massacre of 2000 Russian prisoners—­Arrival at Gjatz 139

IX.—­Napoleon’s arrival at Wiazma—­Reproaches to Davoust for his tardy mode of retreat, and that officer’s vindication—­Danger of the latter and Eugene—­Arrival of Miloradowitch 144

X.—­Battle between Eugene and Davoust and Miloradowitch, near Wiazma, on the 3d November—­heavy loss of the French 149

XI.—­Dreadful snow-storm on the 6th of November—­its effects upon the troops 155

XII.—­Arrival of the intelligence of Mallet’s conspiracy—­impression produced by it upon Napoleon and his officers—­Message from Ney—­Perilous situation of that marshal 160

XIII.—­Defeat and entire dissolution of the Viceroy’s corps at the passage of the Wop 167

XIV.—­Arrival at Smolensk—­Dreadful sufferings of the troops—­Bad arrangements of the administrators—­Reasons assigned by the latter in their vindication 175

BOOK X.

Chap.  I.—­Wittgenstein’s attack upon Saint Cyr at Polotsk—­Retreat of the latter—­Want of concert in the movements of the Russian generals
          
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II.—­Junction of the corps of Saint Cyr and Victor at Smoliantzy on the 31st October—­Opportunity lost by the latter of defeating the enemy—­General view of the state of the army—­Errors committed by Napoleon and his commanders 192

III.—­Napoleon’s departure from Smolensk—­Dispositions of the Russian army to interrupt his farther retreat—­Bravery of Excelmans—­Arrival at Krasnoe 205