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To the right is the old bridge still taking traffic

Late Afternoon

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Men at a table discuss their drink while in the centre William Wood is accusing the vestry clerk of receiving £45 for bastardy of an adjoining parish

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The Battle of Borodino mb-height 1268 To the right is theThe Battle of Borodino, Russia, 7th September 1812. With 44,000 Russian casualties and 30,000 French losses, the battle was indecisive. The Russians retreated, leaving the French to take occupation of a burning Moscow set on fire by the Russians themselves. Hoping for a Russian surrender that never came, Bonaparte waited in Moscow for five weeks before beginning what would turn into an epic retreat, with the remnants of his Grande Armee harrassed by