"This army, so splendid on the 6th November, was totally changed by the 14th, with almost no cavalry, no artillery, no transport... Those men whom Nature had not hardened against all chances of fate and fortune seemed shaken; they lost their cheerfulness and good humor, and saw ahead of them nothing but disaster and catastrophe. Those on whom she had bestowed superior powers kept up their spirits and normal dispositions, seeing in the various ordeals a challenge to win new glory"
--Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812
Napoleon left Smorgoni 5 December 1812 for Paris.