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and Polish question 58–61, 68–9, 70–2

proclamations and manifestos 152, 153–4, 171, 201–2, 315, 324, 330

public sentiments towards 68, 314, 318, 323

rallies Russian people 172, 198, 201–6

refusal to negotiate 128–30, 154, 304–8, 314–17, 381

relations with Barclay 169, 245–6

relations with Kutuzov 25, 26, 246–7, 312, 313, 362, 432–3, 526

relations with Napoleon 24, 25, 27–9, 31, 35–9, 57–8, 60, 69–70, 74, 105

religion and superstition 79, 128, 331, 527, 547, 552

rivalry with Napoleon 38–9, 40

in Russian historiography xvii

St Petersburg court of 245

on treatment of prisoners 403

and Treaty of Tilsit 29–30

victory celebrations 432, 527, 546–7

in Vilna 525–5, 528

Alexander II, Tsar xviii

Alexander, Prince of Württemberg 121, 193

Alexander Nevsky, St 172

Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar 205

Allonville, Gen. d’ 70fn

Alorna, Gen. Pierre, Marquis d’ 87

Amiens, Peace of (1802) 6

Andreev, Lt Nikolai 327

Anhalt-Coethen, Prince of 108

Anna, Grand Duchess 56–7, 68

Anstett, Jean Protais 121

Arakcheev, Gen. 121, 246, 313

artillery reforms of 116

Bagration’s correspondence with 239, 245

Barclay’s correspondence with 169, 210

persuades Alexander to leave army 172, 198

profiteering 320

Arentshild, Col. 330

Armfeld, Gustav Mauritz 112, 121, 159

Arndt, Ernst Moritz 49, 330

Arnoldi, Capt. 463, 464, 485

Aspern, Battle of 51

Aubry, Gen. 463

Aubry, Capt. Thomas Joseph 370

Auerstädt, Battle of 26, 43, 51, 125

Augerau, Gen. 409

Augustine, Vicar of Moscow 202

Austerlitz, Battle of 25–6, 42, 63, 74, 172, 179, 246, 266

Austria 8, 11, 32, 35, 36–7, 74, 126

alliance with France 58, 103, 545

attempts to drive French out of Germany 38, 50–2

Landwehr
49

nationalism 49–50

relations with Russia 75, 546, 553

treaties with France 38, 52, 104

wars with France 5, 24, 25–6, 59, 76, 122, 305

Auvray, Sub-Lt Pierre 444

Baggovut, Gen. Karl Fiodorovich 273, 362, 363

Bagration, Prince Piotr Ivanovich 70fn, 127, 139

angered by orders received 169–70, 210–11

on appointment of Kutuzov 249

at Borodino 256, 270–1, 274

commander Russian Second Army 117, 120, 152, 158, 166, 180

death of 287

evades encirclement 158, 166–8, 174, 195

family background 122

insubordination 211, 213, 214

joins forces with Barclay 207, 208

plan for campaign 123, 152

relations with Barclay 238–9, 240, 245, 271, 571n

at Rudnia 209, 210, 212, 214

on Russian retreat 236

at Smolensk 219

suspects betrayal 237

wounded 270–1, 274

Bagration, Princess 55

Bailén, Battle of 35, 36, 48, 92

Bakunina, Varvara Ivanovna 203, 246

Balashov, Aleksandr Dmitrievich 151, 241, 243, 289, 549

Alexander’s envoy to Napoleon 154, 158–60

persuades Alexander to leave army 172, 198

plot against Speransky 112–13

Bald, Cpl Jean 489

Balkans 8, 20, 104, 125

Balzac, Honoré de:
Le Médecin de Campagne 557

Bankenberg (Saxon under-officer) 476

Baraguay d’Hilliers, Gen. 354, 377, 409

Baran 438

Barclay de Tolly, Gen. Mikhail

Bogdanovich 121, 123, 127, 139, 140, 247

addresses troops 153

appointed commander-in-chief 168–9, 172–3

at Borodino 255–6, 280, 360

in campaign of 1813 546

commander First Army 117, 119–20, 123, 154–5, 166, 170, 176–8, 251, 359

demands for removal of 239, 245–6

family background 122

joins forces with Bagration 207–8

on Kutuzov’s entourage 250

Minister of War 70, 249

orders withdrawal from Vilna 152

proclamations 207

relations with senior officers 168, 207, 225, 238–9

reluctance to give battle 177, 179–80, 208–9, 290–1

replaced by Kutuzov 248–9

resigns command 360

at Rudnia 209, 210

at Smolensk 214, 219–20, 222, 223

strategic planning 123–4

summoned to St Petersburg 433

suspects betrayal 169

whispering campaign against 179, 238, 239, 242, 245, 317

Barlow, Joel 339

Barrau, Jean-Pierre Armand 340, 366

Baudus, Lt-Col. K. de 368, 465

Bausset, Louis Jean François de 260, 364

Bautzen, Battle of 545

Bavaria 11, 45, 50, 51, 80, 311

Beauharnais, Prince Eugène de 96, 110, 305

at Borodino 258, 278

commander Army of Italy 80, 85

goes out to meet Ney 430

inexperience 167

Italian Corps of, see Grande Armée: 4th Corps;

jokes about frostbite 447

at Krasny 420–1

in Moscow 337

as possible commander in chief 495–6

as possible king of Poland 133

as possible regent 108

refuses to surrender 420–1

reprimanded by Napoleon 167

retreat from Moscow 369, 387

at Smolensk 209

at Vop crossing 409–11

Beauharnais, Stephanie de 45

Beaulieu, Capt. Drujon de 406, 516

Beauveau, Charles de 388

Beethoven, Ludwig van 42

Begos, Louis 469

Bélliard, Gen. Augustin Daniel 351

Bellot de Kergorre, A. 190, 311, 533, 534

Bénard, Sgt 532

Benckendorff, Col. Aleksandr 127, 323, 548–9

Bendai, Lt 390

Bennigsen, Countess 151

Bennigsen, Gen. Count Lev 63, 127, 334

accusations against fellow commanders 317

at Borodino 256, 274

in campaign of 1813 546

commander in East Prussia 26, 27

country house of 151

eager for offensive against French 219, 291, 332, 362, 375, 422

involvement in murder of Paul 121

joins Alexander’s entourage 121, 159

as Kutuzov’s chief of staff 248, 250, 251, 253

leads assault on Murat’s camp 362, 363

military career 121

Napoleon’s admiration of 263

as possible commander-in-chief 246, 248

relations with Kutuzov 332, 360, 361, 363, 376, 388, 434

suggests abandoning guns 434

suspended from duties 388

war plan of 70fn, 123

Benthien, Capt. 465, 467, 540

Bérenger, Gen. 364

Berezina river 437, 458, 532, 557

battle of 470–7, 493, 494

crossing of 459–69, 475–80, 490, 526, 589n

duping of Russians 462, 464, 469, 470, 494

maps 462, 471

stragglers left behind 478–81

troop numbers at 471–2, 588–9n

Berlin 43, 47, 48, 84, 105, 493

Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste, Prince of Ponte Corro 128, 170

correspondence with Alexander 126, 315

Crown Prince of Sweden 65–6

leads army against French 545, 546

meeting with Alexander in Finland 247

as possible successor to Barclay 246

relations with Napoleon 65–6, 133, 247

treaty with Russia 104

Berthézène, Gen. Baron Pierre 90, 143, 222, 229, 321, 373, 507

Berthier, Marshal Alexandre, Prince de Neuchâtel 63, 166–7, 361, 411

at Berezina 465

life-style of 91

Napoleon’s chief of staff 91, 436, 510

in Napoleon’s entourage 159, 196, 225, 229, 266, 282

reaches Vilna 507

refused permission to return to Paris 496

travels with Napoleon 134, 146–7, 408

treatment of prisoners 228

Bertolini, Capt. Bartolomeo 322, 373, 403, 417

Bertrand, Sgt Vincent 415, 468, 511, 516, 537

Beshenkoviche 177, 195

Beskrovny, L.G. xxi

Bessières, Marshal Jean-Baptiste, Duc d’Istrie 159, 266, 468, 513

Beulay, Grenadier Honoré 457

Beyle, Henri,
see
Stendhal

Biesieda 64

Bignon, Édouard 501

Biot, Capt. Hubert François 287, 388

Blanchard, Madame 2

Blankenfelde, Battle of 546

Blaze de Bury, Lt E. 94, 98, 231, 383

Blücher, General Gebhart 47, 545, 546

Bobr 459, 588n

Bolgovsky, Lt 370–1

Bonamy, Gen. 272–3, 274, 275

Bonaparte, Caroline, Queen of Naples 139

Bonaparte, Jérôme, King of Westphalia 79

corps commander 139, 155

fails to encircle Bagration 158, 166–8

marriage of 45

mobilises army 80

nationalist plot against 50, 83

as possible king of Poland 133

as possible king of Prussia 43

relations with fellow commanders 168

reprimanded by Napoleon 167–8

returns home 168

Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain 11, 67, 107, 545

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
see
Napoleon I

Bonet, Auguste 416

Borcke, Capt. Johann von 86

Borgo, Pozzo di 55

Borisov 437, 438, 456–7, 459–62, 468–70, 494, 541

Borodino, Battle of xx, 252, 327, 556

artillery bombardment 267–8, 276–7

casualty figures 287–8

command posts 266

condition of troops 259–60

final assault 278–80, map 279

French recross battlefield 379

mood of men 261–3, 282–3

morning attacks 268–78

map 269

Napoleon’s battle plan 258

proclamation 265–6

outcome of 286–7, 315, 358, 574n

preparations for 255

Raevsky redoubt 252, 255, 257, 267, 272–6, 277–81, 285

Russian positions 252–7, map 253

Shevardino redoubt 252, 254, 255, 265, 266

troop numbers 258–9

wounded 281–4, 311, 353–4, 379–80

Borovsk 377

Boulart, Col. Jean François: on burning of Smolensk 218, 230

on condition of retreating troops 451

on dead and dying 453

on food supplies 398

on foraging difficulties 138

letter to wife 389

on looting of Moscow 302

on mood of troops 101, 147–8, 229, 261, 393

retreat from Smolensk 419–20, 423

on road from Vilna 513

on storm damage 156

Bourbons 6, 10, 11, 41

Bourdier, Dr 2

Bourgeois, Dr René 233, 368, 455, 483, 499, 505

Bourgogne, Sgt Adrien: booty amassed by 346–7, 366, 395

at Borodino 267

on cannibalism 485

on care of animals 490

on cold 390, 497

on crossing of Berezina 478

on devotion of men to Napoleon 455

on entertainments in Moscow 347

on entry into Moscow 296, 298

on fires in Smolensk 416

on fortitude of women 489

on mood on retreat 481