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I TRAVEL WITH PICART--THE COSSACKS--PICART IS WOUNDED--A CONVOY OF FRENCH PRISONERS--A HALT IN A FOREST--POLISH HOSPITALITY--AN ATTACK OF INSANITY--WE REJOIN THE ARMY--THE EMPEROR AND THE SACRED BATTALION--THE CROSSING OF THE BEREZINA 145
FROM WILNA TO KOWNO--THE REGIMENTAL DOG--MARSHAL NEY--THE TREASURY OF THE ARMY--I AM POISONED--THE THIEVES' DRIPPING--THE OLD GRENADIER, FALOPPA--GENERAL ROGUET--FROM KOWNO TO E...
15. CHAPTER VIII.I TRAVEL WITH PICART--THE COSSACKS--PICART IS WOUNDED--A CONVOY OF FRENCH PRISONERS--A HALT IN A FOREST--POLISH HOSPITALITY--AN ATTACK OF INSANITY--WE REJOIN THE ARMY--THE EMPER...
9. CHAPTER II.At one o'clock in the afternoon of September 14th, after passing through a great forest, we saw a hill some way off, and half an hour afterwards part of the army reached the hig...
13. CHAPTER VI.My guide disappeared suddenly, and I was at a total loss as to my whereabouts. I was only sorry now that I had ever left the regiment. However, I had to go in one direction or a...
18. CHAPTER XI.We noticed several cavalry officers far more wretched than we were, for nearly all had lost fingers and toes, and others even their noses: it was distressing to see them. The ma...
14. CHAPTER VII.On November 18, the day after the Battle of Krasnoe, we set out very early from our bivouac. The march was a sad and weary one, and terribly tiring. There was a thaw; our feet w...
16. CHAPTER IX.I had been walking in advance of the regiment for about half an hour, when I met a sergeant of the Fusiliers-Chasseurs whom I knew. He seemed very happy about something (a most...
12. CHAPTER V.When we got out of the wood, near to a miserable little hamlet called Gara, I saw, a short distance off, one of the posting-houses I have been describing. I pointed it out to on...
8. CHAPTER I.It was in the month of March, 1812, while we were engaged against the English army commanded by Wellington, at Almeida in Portugal, that we received orders to march for Russia.
11. CHAPTER IV.On the 3rd we stayed at Slawkowo, and saw Russians to the right of us all the day. The other regiments of the Guard, who had remained behind, now joined us. We made a forced mar...
10. CHAPTER III.During the evening of October 18th, when, according to our daily custom, several non-commissioned officers were assembled together, stretched at full length like pashas on ermin...
7. CHAPTER XI.6. CHAPTER X.FROM WILNA TO KOWNO--THE REGIMENTAL DOG--MARSHAL NEY--THE TREASURY OF THE ARMY--I AM POISONED--THE THIEVES' DRIPPING--THE OLD GRENADIER, FALOPPA--GENERAL ROGUET--FROM KOWNO TO E...
5. CHAPTER VIII.I TRAVEL WITH PICART--THE COSSACKS--PICART IS WOUNDED--A CONVOY OF FRENCH PRISONERS--A HALT IN A FOREST--POLISH HOSPITALITY--AN ATTACK OF INSANITY--WE REJOIN THE ARMY--THE EMPER...
3. CHAPTER VI.4. CHAPTER VII.2. CHAPTER V.1. CHAPTER III.