When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow, the French ...

French officials from French embassy in Moscow arrange remains of Russian and French soldiers who died during Napoleon's 1812 retreat, in communal coffins during a ceremony in a small church in the ...

The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died more than 200 years ago during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow were laid to rest on February 13 in a cemetery in a town in the Smolensk region. The ...

This massive study of Napoleon's famous Russian campaign may rank as the best recent study in English. Napoleon's exclusion of English trade from the Continent and Czar Alexander's territorial ...

In June 1812, Napoleon I led a massive force of 500,000 to 600,000 troops into Russia. After reaching Moscow without defeating the Russian army, his soldiers faced a burnt, abandoned city with ...

Archaeologists take part in excavation work after they discovered what they believe to be the burial site of French Gen. Charles Etienne Gudin in a park in Smolensk, Russia. Reuters MOSCOW — More than ...

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. But after winning a costly victory at Borodino and occupying Moscow, Napoleon's invitation to Russian Emperor Alexander to ...

It was to be Napoleon Bonapartes greatest adventure an invasion of Russia with an army of more than 650000 men the largest the world had yet seen The Emperors irresistible progress into the vast ...

Gen. Charles Etienne Gudin fought with Napoleon during the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812. On July 6 of this year, an international team of French and Russian archaeologists discovered what ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 200 years after he died of his battlefield wounds in Russia, archaeologists believe they have found the remains of one of Napoleon Bonaparte's favourite generals buried in ...