French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

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It is this 'fatal march on Moscow' that Adam Zamoyski describes so vividly in 1812. The tale has been told many times already. That is not surprising. Napoleon's invasion of Russia was an epic tragedy ...