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He never once even metions winning the vc in his memoir. In the winter of 1812, napoleons army retreated from moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate russian armies, its chances of survival apparently nil. Happy odyssey isbn 9781844155392 pdf epub adrian carton. Massive thank you to andrew stancombe for pointing this man out to me. For most soldiers, the loss of their left eye and left hand would be enough to force them to retire from battlefield service. In the winter of 1812, napoleons army retreated from moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate russian armies. He, himself, was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at balliol college, oxford, in 1899 to. Although she lived in london during the war, her family fought for the kaiser. Synopsis in the winter of 1812, napoleons army retreated from moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate russian armies, its chances of survival apparently nil. This is a fascinating book about a remarkable life.
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