When Napolean invaded Russia the Russians just retreated, hardly engaging him at all but burning fields and slaughtering cattle to stop them falling to the French. His supply lines were stretched further and further and his troops consequently reduced until he reached Moscow. There the Russians finally fought him, at the Battle of Borodino, one of the most bloody battles in history. The French won narrowly, and the Russians retreated beyond Moscow, but rather than surrendering they burned the city to the ground, so all Napolean won was a smoking ruin. He was forced to retreat across hundreds of miles of Russia as winter came, losing thousands upon thousands of his troops and marking the beginning of the end of the time when he was the most powerful man in the world.
Josephine could not offer Napolean children, so they divorced in 1810.
When Napolean invaded Russia the Russians just retreated, hardly engaging him at all but burning fields and slaughtering cattle to stop them falling to the French. His supply lines were stretched further and further and his troops consequently reduced until he reached Moscow. There the Russians finally fought him, at the Battle of Borodino, one of the most bloody battles in history. The French won narrowly, and the Russians retreated beyond Moscow, but rather than surrendering they burned the city to the ground, so all Napolean won was a smoking ruin. He was forced to retreat across hundreds of miles of Russia as winter came, losing thousands upon thousands of his troops and marking the beginning of the end of the time when he was the most powerful man in the world.
Josephine could not offer Napolean children, so they divorced in 1810.