At his command, Napoleon had 130,000 soldiers with whom to attack the Russian defenders, who numbered around 120,000. The Battle of Borodino began at dawn on September 7, 1812. A barrage from 102 ...

They were fighting because their king was allied to Napoleon. At last, with summer ending, the Russians turned and faced their enemy at the crossroads village of Borodino. Moscow, the holy city of ...

On September 7, 1812, the fields of Borodino ran red with blood. The deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars left 70,000 casualties. Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning star of 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven ...

During the last months of 1814, Napoleon grew bored playing at Emperor of Elba. He never took his eye off France, where the Allies had made the mistake of restoring an eager but weak Bourbon king ...