By 1812 Napoleon had expanded the territory of France all over Europe

including Spain, Italy, Holland, and Switzerland. The countries that

Napoleon did not directly control, he was usually allied with. The

turning point of Napoleon's career also came in 1812 when war broke

out between France and Russia because of Alexander I's refusal to

Even the French nation could not provide all the manpower and

supplies needed to carry out the Emperor's grandiose plan for subduing

Russia. Throughout 1811, he worked to mobilize the entire continent

against Russia. He not only levied the vassal kingdoms in Spain,

Italy, and Germany but also summoned Austria and Prussia to furnish

their share of men and goods. Altogether, Napoleon could count on

nearly 700,000 men of 20 nationalities of whom more than 600,000

crossed the border. Grown far beyond its original intended size, the

army was difficult to assemble and hard to feed. Between Tilsit and

Moscow, there lay over 600 miles of hostile barren countryside.

Because of lack of supplies and the difficulty to feed the large army,

General had led expertly. The Russian winter, not the Russian army,

way to exploit his advantage. In the Emperor's programming the

campaign. Kutusov made up his mind not to fight another battle in

victory, whereas actually, both sides had lost. While the Russian

side of the Russian Army. Several French generals had requested that

end of that month Napoleon began to realize that events were

Russian's attacks. Napoleon had returned to France to preserve his

army filed disconsolately toward Moscow, the Emperor of the French

create the final blow and insure the Russian defeat. After 14 hours of

between Smolensk and Minsk. There appeared to be a good chance to

proclaimed, "Soldiers, here is the battle you have so long desired!"

A lengthy bulletin had appeared in The Moniteur on the return

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