During the battle, Napoleon's forces faced potential entrapment as they retreated from Russia, but the French troops managed to make it across the Berezina River, taking heavy casualties.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

The crossing and the battle of the Berezina took place over three days at the end of November 1812, largely because the river, usually frozen at this time of year, had thawed, requiring the ...

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 on 26 November to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Berrezina near the Belarusian ...