The Two Great Retreats of History

The Two Great Retreats of History
I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand, II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand.
Sketch of Cyrus the Younger (Introductory to the Retreat of the Ten Thousand)
§ 1. Effect of the death of Cyrus on the Greeks; they resolve to retreat
§ 2. Commencement of the Retreat
§ 3. Negotiations with Tissaphernês
§ 4. Treachery of Tissaphernês
§ 5. Xenophon's Dream and its results
§ 6. The Greeks cross the Zab
§ 7. The Greeks fight their way across the Karduchian Mountains
§ 8. March through Armenia; great suffering from cold and hunger
§ 9. The Greeks come in sight of the Black Sea
§ 10. The Greek cities on the Black Sea; their feelings toward the Ten Thousand
§ 11. Plans of the army for the future
§ 12. The Ten Thousand begin their march westward
§ 13. Plan of Xenophon for founding a city on the Black Sea
§ 14. Xenophon defends himself against false accusations
§ 15. The army passes by sea to Sinope
§ 16. The army crosses the Bosphorus to Byzantium; false promises of Anaxibius and their results
§ 17. Mutiny of the army in leaving Byzantium
§ 18. Xenophon's speech to the soldiers
§ 19. The army finally leaves Byzantium; Seuthes offers to hire them
§ 20. The army enters the service of Seuthes
§ 21. Xenophon crosses over with the army to Asia
§ 22. Xenophon takes leave of the army. Conclusion.

II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow.
Sketch of Napoleon (Introductory to the Retreat from Moscow)
§ 1. Description of Moscow; arrival of the Czar
§ 2. Alarm in Moscow at the advance of the French army; preparations for the destruction of the city
§ 3. Departure of the Russian governor from Moscow
§ 4. Napoleon's first view of Moscow; the French enter the city
§ 5. Napoleon takes up his quarters in the Kremlin; the city discovered to be on fire
§ 6. The fire compels Napoleon to leave the city
§ 7. Napoleon returns to the Kremlin; plunder of the city
§ 8. Rostopchin sets fire to his country-seat; anxiety of Napoleon at not hearing from the Czar
§ 9. Napoleon determines to leave Moscow
§ 10. Departure from Moscow; the first battle
§ 11. Napoleon holds a council of war, and decides to retreat northward
§ 12. Napoleon's attempt to destroy the Kremlin; view of the battle-field of Borodino
§ 13. Napoleon reaches Viazma; battle near that place
§ 14. Dreadful snow-storm on the 6th of November; its effect upon the troops
§ 15. Defeat and entire dissolution of Prince Eugene's corps at the passage of the Wop
§ 16. The Grand Army reaches Smolensk
§ 17. Napoleon leaves Smolensk; battle of Krasnoë
§ 18. Napoleon reaches Dombrowna and Orcha; he holds a council
§ 19. Arrival of Marshal Ney
§ 20. Capture of Minsk by the Russians
§ 21. March through the forest of Minsk; passage of the Berezina
§ 22. Napoleon abandons the Grand Army, and sets out for Paris
§ 23. Sufferings of the Grand Army after Napoleon's departure; arrival at Wilna
§ 24. Conclusion
Index to notes and list of proper names with their pronunciation