[161] The viceroy: Prince Eugene.
[162] The indecisive battle of Malo-jaroslavetz, a town about fifty miles southwest of Moscow, compelled Napoleon to give up his original plan of retreat, which would have taken him through an unexhausted country to the southward, and forced him to go back to the north, retracing his steps by the route he came.
[163] Wittgenstein: commander of one division of the Russian forces, held a position on the Dwina River and later on the Berezina, a tributary of the Dnieper.
[164] Vereïa: a village about twenty-five miles northwest of Malo-jaroslavetz.
[165] Kremlin: it was afterward found that the fortress was but slightly injured.
[166] Mojaisk: about ten miles northwest of Vereïa and seventy west of Moscow.
[167] The battle-field of Borodino, which Napoleon had fought on his march to Moscow. See Introduction.
[168] Viazma: about fifty miles west of Borodino.
[169] Dorogobouje: a town about fifty miles west of Viazma and nearly two hundred west of Moscow. It is situated on the river Wop, a branch of the Dnieper.
[170] Deployed: formed a more extended front or line.