Napoleon-Russian Campaign

Napoleon-Russian Campaign Essay

Report to the Czar of Russia

As written by: Chezlov Roenoff

As we received wind of Napoleon's army heading toward our country. We were faced with a rather detrimental event. Should we decide to stay, the Frenchmen would certainly attack us en masse, and take our forces down with their huge numbers. Should we retreat, though, it would again be us with the losses, for Napoleon would most definitely take us out anyway. As we sat in a tent in Moscow, we devised a series of plans, threw them into the wind, and modified our strategy again and again. It wasn't until late in the morning in the second week of July when we came up with our desperate plan. We decided it would be best if we retreatedÐ'--not out of fear of loss, though. We believed this would be the right choice because it would aid us in winning the battle. Here is our logic: Ð''As the rough winter is approaching, the French would have to keep themselves warmÐ'--if we should retreat, the French would have to dwell further into Russian territory, unprepared for the harsh winter that is on its way.' So, as the French came deeper and deeper into Russia, we had smaller groups attack, picking away at the French. Towards the end of the Russian's trek towards us, we gave them a run for their money, and sent a large amount of troops towards Borodino. He won, and in a week he was upon Moscow. During our retreat, however, we razed our own city, so the Frenchmen would have no where to sleep or gain supplies. After a while debating his moves, Napoleon retreated! As the Ð''Emperor of France' withdrew, we attacked his army a few more times to settle the conflict. The little man went away with his tail between his legs.

Using our climate to our advantage, we first drew the French into the center of our country. As it was, the French were having much trouble obtaining their supplies. After hearing that, it was necessary to destroy our own crops in order to increase the French casualties due to starvation. There also were rivers and man-made streams that the French had to cross, so we destroyed the bridges along their banks. All in all, it was a great win. Surprising, tooÐ'--we all thought Napoleon would be smart enough to retreat sooner on in the long battle.