The term derives from the name of a river that the French army crossed in November 1812, in retreat from Moscow after Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia. The French crossed the Berezina ...

The Berezina is a river in Belorussia, a tributary of the Dnieper, crossed in November 1812 by the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte during the chaotic retreat of his disastrous Russian Campaign.

Though it sounds like some kind of cake, Bérézina is actually a Russian river. Back in 1812, then-French Emperor Napoleon was adamant to take Russia and directed his men towards Moscow.

The Berezina River fording by Napoleon's army during the 1812 war was reenacted at the Brilevskoye Field. BelTA joined the event and enjoyed the spectacular reenactment first hand. The Brilevskoye ...

Tens of thousands of French troops died in November 1812 when the Russians attacked French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s army as it fled across the Berezina River on a retreat from Moscow.

A thousand Swiss troops were among those who died defending the French emperor’s army as it crossed the river. The disaster at Berezina – a tributary of the Dneiper in today’s Belarus ...

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Imperial Guardsman Bourgogne survived the crossing of the Berezina River, where the French suffered heavy losses. His bald description still shocks. Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography by ...

The Berezina River fording by Napoleon's army during the 1812 war was reenacted at the Brilevskoye Field on 26 November to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Berrezina near the Belarusian ...