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unusual facts about Russian campaign



Éclaireurs of the Guard

: 1812 Russian campaign - At Bourzovo, 400 dragoons charged cossacks ten times their numbers, and at Maloiaroslavets Louis-Michel Letort de Lorville charged the Russians with the cry "A nous les dragons !".

Karl von der Gröben

In 1812 Gröben left the Prussian Army after Prussia had to deploy subsidiary troops in Napoleon's Russian campaign and joined the Imperial Russian Army instead.


see also

American Conquest

The German campaign briefly chronicles the expedition of Ambrosius Ehinger and Georg Hohermuth whereas the Russian campaign concerns the Alaskan campaign under Alexander Baranov.

Karl Ludwig von Phull

Phull's involvement with the Russian campaign in 1812 is included in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, in which the general is known as Pfuel.

Overcoat

Overcoats in various forms have been used by militaries since at least the late 18th century, and were especially associated with winter campaigns, such as Napoleon's Russian campaign.