Beres in a (Moscow Campaign)

On November 28, 1812, the French Grande Armée, in retreat from Moscow, was attacked by the Ru ians under Tchitchakoff and Wittgenstein. The former on the right bank, a ailed Napoleon, who had already cro ed the river, while Wittgenstein attacked Victor's corps, which formed the French rear-guard. The attack on Napoleon was repulsed, but on the other side of the river the Ru ian onslaught caused a panic among those who were waiting to cro , and though the rear-guard made a brave resistance, the lo es among the stragglers and others were enormous. The official Ru ian report says that 36,000 bodies were recovered from the Beres in a after the thaw.