CONTENTS:
1.
Before the battle.
2.
Battle.
The rifle skirmish is beginning on the outposts.
The Russian artllery battery opens fire.
In one word: IT HAS BEGUN!
Russian jagers move forward in loose order.
Russian jagers move forward in loose order.
Jagers begin the skirmish with the enemy.
The first attack of the Russian infantry.
The Guard is in reserve. Its time has not come yet.
The French riflemen stream back, and the Russians too.
Jagers are beating off the heavy cavalry attack.
Jagers are beating off the heavy cavalry attack.
The first losses...
Leib-Jagers come into action again.
And the French do not leave it unanswered.
The more and more new regiments are joining the battle from both sides.
The 2-nd Swiss regiment.
Very handy position.
The Preobrazhentsy are moving forward to the first line...
... and they are ready to rush to the first attack.
But being attacked by the enemy cavalry, they have to form the square...
... and defend themselves steadily.
The heroic death of a drummer.
The heroic death of a drummer.
The heroic death of a drummer.
Mr.Roschin (the 5-th Cuirassier regiment) is trying to hook a hussar cap with the end of his broadsword, but in vain, and this trophy will be taken by the Preobrazhentsy.
The Preobrazhentsy have driven away the enemy cavalry and begin the attack again. The Guard banner is flapping in the frosty air.
At this moment the colour-bearer falls struck down by a bullet. The banner is picked up by his comrades and...
... with shouts «Hurra!»...
... the Russians charge with the bayonet.
In one moment...
...the ranks had mixed...
... and the real massacre...
... began.
The French stood the charge and the Russians had to retreat with losses, but they retreated to the initial positions in full order.
Next time the glorious French cavalry tried to crush the thick squares of the Russian infantry.
And next time it was thrown back by bayonets,..
... rifle and artillery fire.
Then the Line Infantry was committed to action.
When the straight lines of the attacking French came near the Russian line,...
... they were met with well-aimed shots of the batteries and the Guard regiments.
The enemy suffered serious losses and slowed down its moving.
The Preobrazhentsy had the heavy losses too.
Such are the cruel laws of war.
But the Guards wreaked the bitterness of lost comrades by every shot at the enemy!
The French retreated leaving heaps of the dead bodies.
The first attack was repulsed.
They are not marauders, but trophy-hunters!
Who will win?
...
This time the cossack was agiler and luckier.
Four phases of a rifle-shot. The 1-st phase.
2-nd phase.
3-rd phase.
and the 4-th and the most impressive one! :)
How not to exclaim: «This is the sun of Austerlitz!»
And at this moment the last and the most powerful attack of the whole French army began.
To the beat of drums,...
... like a straight and indestructive wall...
... it began breaking the bleeding Russian army. The Imperial Eagles stretched out their wings in the sky majestic and proudly!
And laying down their lifes...
... to save all that could be saved,..
... the Russian Guard took the road of this huge snow-slip.
The Russian Guard was the last to leave the field of battle.
They retreated sustaining heavy losses,...
... step by step,..
... but in full order, showing wonders of fortitude and sacrificing.
The enemy cavalry tried to complete the crushing of the Russian army.
And rather succeded in it.
The Preobrazhentsy died in straight ranks...
...
... they died,..
... but did not surrender!
3.
After the battle.
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