Prise de Smolensk.
Champion del. Lith de C. Motte. [n.d. c.1826.] Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins. Tear into lower edge. The Battle of Smolensk, the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia, which took place on August 16-18, 1812. Napoleon led the Grande Armee against the strong Russian force under Barclay de Tolly; it was a decisive French victory. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
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