The Two Great Retreats of History

I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand, II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow

The Two Great Retreats of History
I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand, II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow

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• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand.
Sketch of Cyrus the Younger (Introductory to the Retreat of the Ten Thousand)
§ 1. Effect of the death of Cyrus on the Greeks; they resolve to retreat
§ 2. Commencement of the Retreat
§ 3. Negotiations with Tissaphernês
§ 4. Treachery of Tissaphernês
§ 5. Xenophon's Dream and its results
§ 6. The Greeks cross the Zab
§ 7. The Greeks fight their way across the Karduchian Mountains
§ 8. March through Armenia; great suffering from cold and hunger
§ 9. The Greeks come in sight of the Black Sea
§ 10. The Greek cities on the Black Sea; their feelings toward the Ten Thousand
§ 11. Plans of the army for the future
§ 12. The Ten Thousand begin their march westward
§ 13. Plan of Xenophon for founding a city on the Black Sea
§ 14. Xenophon defends himself against false accusations
§ 15. The army passes by sea to Sinope
§ 16. The army crosses the Bosphorus to Byzantium; false promises of Anaxibius and their results
§ 17. Mutiny of the army in leaving Byzantium
§ 18. Xenophon's speech to the soldiers
§ 19. The army finally leaves Byzantium; Seuthes offers to hire them
§ 20. The army enters the service of Seuthes
§ 21. Xenophon crosses over with the army to Asia
§ 22. Xenophon takes leave of the army. Conclusion.

II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow.
Sketch of Napoleon (Introductory to the Retreat from Moscow)
§ 1. Description of Moscow; arrival of the Czar
§ 2. Alarm in Moscow at the advance of the French army; preparations for the destruction of the city
§ 3. Departure of the Russian governor from Moscow
§ 4. Napoleon's first view of Moscow; the French enter the city
§ 5. Napoleon takes up his quarters in the Kremlin; the city discovered to be on fire
§ 6. The fire compels Napoleon to leave the city
§ 7. Napoleon returns to the Kremlin; plunder of the city
§ 8. Rostopchin sets fire to his country-seat; anxiety of Napoleon at not hearing from the Czar
§ 9. Napoleon determines to leave Moscow
§ 10. Departure from Moscow; the first battle
§ 11. Napoleon holds a council of war, and decides to retreat northward
§ 12. Napoleon's attempt to destroy the Kremlin; view of the battle-field of Borodino
§ 13. Napoleon reaches Viazma; battle near that place
§ 14. Dreadful snow-storm on the 6th of November; its effect upon the troops
§ 15. Defeat and entire dissolution of Prince Eugene's corps at the passage of the Wop
§ 16. The Grand Army reaches Smolensk
§ 17. Napoleon leaves Smolensk; battle of Krasnoë
§ 18. Napoleon reaches Dombrowna and Orcha; he holds a council
§ 19. Arrival of Marshal Ney
§ 20. Capture of Minsk by the Russians
§ 21. March through the forest of Minsk; passage of the Berezina
§ 22. Napoleon abandons the Grand Army, and sets out for Paris
§ 23. Sufferings of the Grand Army after Napoleon's departure; arrival at Wilna
§ 24. Conclusion
Index to notes and list of proper names with their pronunciation