[BOOK VII.]
Chap.
- [—Manner in which the allied army was supplied on its march—Details of the organization of Davoust's corps]
- [—Napoleon's bulletin and decrees at Slawkowo—Fresh quarrels between Murat and Davoust—Description of the Russian mode of retreat and of Murat's method of pursuit]
- [—Advance to Wiazma and to Gjatz—Refusal of Davoust to obey Murat—Full development of the Russian plan of destroying their cities and towns ]
- [—Clamours of the Russians against Barclay—Kutusof sent to supersede him—Great merit of Barclay's plan of retreat ]
- [—Near prospect of a battle—Character of Kutusof—Sanguinary and partial action on the 4th of September—Anecdote of Murat—Napoleon's survey of the ground ]
- [—Disposition of the Russian army on the field of Borodino—Napoleon's plan of battle ]
- [—Plan proposed by Davoust rejected by Napoleon—Feelings of the French army—Proclamation of Napoleon ]
- [—Preparations of the Russians—Feelings of their soldiery—Napoleon's anxiety—his indisposition on the night before the battle ]
- [—Battle of Borodino on the 7th of September ]
- [—Battle of Borodino on the 7th of September (Cont.)]
- [—Battle of Borodino on the 7th of September (Cont.)]
- [—Results of the battle—immense loss on both sides—faults committed by Napoleon—how accounted for—incompleteness of his victory]
- [—Advance to, and skirmish before Mojaisk—Gallantry of fifty voltigeurs of the 33d—Surprising order in the Russian retreat—Napoleon's distress ]
VOLUME SECOND.
[BOOK VIII.]
Chap.
- [—The Emperor Alexander's arrival at Moscow after his retreat from Drissa—Description of that city—Sacrifices voted by the nobility and the merchants to meet the threatened danger]
- [—Alarm in consequence of the advance of the French army—Determination of the Governor, Count Rostopchin, and his preparations for destroying the capital—Evacuation of Moscow by the principal part of the inhabitants on the 3d of September ]
- [—State of that city just before and after the battle of Borodino—The Governor's departure]
- [IV.—Napoleon advances to Moscow on the 14th of September—Feelings of the army on approaching it—Disappointment at finding it deserted]
- [—Murat's entrance into the city]
- [—Napoleon's entrance into the Kremlin—Discovery of the conflagration of the city ]
- [—Danger which he ran in escaping through the flames to Petrowsky—Hesitation as to his future plans ]
- [.—His return to the Kremlin—Description of the camps outside the city—System of general plunder—Reproaches made to the army, and vindication of it ]
- [—Conduct of Kutusof after abandoning Moscow—Rostopchin sets fire to his seat at Woronowo—Partial actions at Czerikowo and Vinkowo—Anxiety and uneasiness of Napoleon—consultation with his chief officers—Sends Lauriston to the Emperor ]
- [—Conference of Lauriston with Kutusof—Artful conduct of the latter—Armistice—Infatuation of Murat—Distress of the French army—Warnings of the impending danger—Napoleon's obstinacy in remaining ]
- [—Illusions by which he kept up his own and his army's hopes—Count Daru's advice—Rupture of the armistice—Incapacity of Berthier—Disastrous engagement at Vinkowo—Napoleon determines to leave Moscow ]
[BOOK IX.]
Chap.
- [—Departure from Moscow—Composition of the army]
- [—Battle of Malo-Yaroslawetz]
- [—Distress of the Emperor—Danger which he ran from a sudden attack of the Cossacks]
- [—Field of Malo-Yaroslawetz—Council held by the Emperor—Opinions of Murat, Bessières, and Davoust—Napoleon determines to retreat]
- [—Kutusof's similar determination to retreat from Malo-Yaroslawetz, ineffectually opposed by Sir Robert Wilson—Napoleon's projected plan of retreat ]
- [—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 ]
- [—Arrival at Mojaisk—Alarming news of the Russian army—View of the field of Borodino ]
- [—Abandonment of the wounded in the Abbey of Kolotskoi—Horrible conduct of the suttlers—Massacre of 2000 Russian prisoners—Arrival at Gjatz ]
- [—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 ]
- [—Battle between Eugene and Davoust and Miloradowitch, near Wiazma, on the 3d November—heavy loss of the French ]
- [—Dreadful snow-storm on the 6th of November—its effects upon the troops ]
- [—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]
- [—Defeat and entire dissolution of the Viceroy's corps at the passage of the Wop ]
- [—Arrival at Smolensk—Dreadful sufferings of the troops—Bad arrangements of the administrators—Reasons assigned by the latter in their vindication ]