Berezina Book - Book 2

Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down,
and it’s been emptied of all food, fodder and warm clothes. Even as winter
approaches, and against the advice of his generals, Napoleon insists on
staying, convinced that the Czar will soon surrender to him. But both soldiers
and civilians increasingly suffer from hunger and the cold, and the terrifying
Cossacks constantly harry any troops sent out to forage for food …