Berezina

France, he says, has become Disney's "Berezina," the icy Russian river where Napoleon lost 10,000 men in his retreat from Moscow.

Mickey's Trip To Trouble 2008

Finally on the 14th attempt! the Germans won the Firestorm Initiative roll for the first time & Steve attacked Berezina from Osipovichi.

Archive 2009-05-01 Cromwell MkI 2009

The Russians have to retreat from Zhlobin - 1 SU76 to Buda-Koshelevo, the remainder to Berezina.

Firestorm Campaign 14/04/09 Cromwell MkI 2009

The Russians have to retreat from Zhlobin - 1 SU76 to Buda-Koshelevo, the remainder to Berezina.

Archive 2009-04-01 Nick 2009

Finally on the 14th attempt! the Germans won the Firestorm Initiative roll for the first time & Steve attacked Berezina from Osipovichi.

Camp Cromwell Firestorm Battle 19/05/09 Cromwell MkI 2009

Later, through the musket smoke in the mad dash across the Berezina, the great man mixed up his semaphores, signaling to his confused troops, "Bring me a cutlet," which they desperately sought to do.

What Do You Mean by That Scarf? 2008

As the graphic shows, the crossing of the Berezina River was a disaster, and the army finally struggled back to Poland with only 10,000 men.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

When alone with the field marshal the Emperor expressed his dissatisfaction at the slowness of the pursuit and at the mistakes made at Krasnoe and the Berezina, and informed him of his intentions for a future campaign abroad.

War and Peace 2003

Smolensk to the Berezina, and from the Berezina to Vilna — independently of the greater or lesser intensity of the cold, the pursuit, the barring of the way, or any other particular conditions.

War and Peace 2003

Berezina, did he get angry and write to Bennigsen (who reported separately to the Emperor) the following letter:

War and Peace 2003