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1896 Print Caton Woodville Napoleonic War Russian Campaign Retreat From XEGA9 Austria please see these categories inThis is an original 1896 black and white halftone print of the remains of Napoleon's Grande Arme retreating from a burning Moscow after the Russians set the city alight instead of let French army find shelter there from the Russian winter. Considered the turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, the Russian campaign resulted in the destruction of Napoleon's army. Of nearly 700,000 men who entered Russia in the spring of 1812, only 22,000 remained with