dorogobuz

Updated: May 14, 2025

They had no desire that the invader should establish himself in winter quarters at Smolensko. With the exception of some trivial skirmishes, they retreated unmolested from Smolensko to Dorogobuz, and thence on Viasma; halting at each of these towns, and deliberately burning them in the face of the enemy.

J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart - The History of Napoleon Buonaparte