The Emperor Watching the burning of Moscow from the Kremlin.

Burning

Wood engraving by A. Etienne, 1860, based on a contemporary print.

"The company was not yet off duty, as for thirty-six hours all the regiments, the Fusiliers, and even the Young Guard, had been occupied in suppressing the fire" (Bourgogne, p 29).


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