Edit: The map shows in blue the trajectory of the way back and the other colour shows the way in. 1millimiter of thickness is supposed to represent 6000 men. LC copy imperfect: Laminated, probably prepared as a book illustration. Below the "map" is a graph of temperatures where you can see that it was 0°C while they were in Moscow and … As winter settles into Europe and the temperature drops, Napoleon’s troops suffer even more losses, returning to France from lack of food, disease, and weather conditions. Probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn, this map by Charles Joseph Minard portrays the losses suffered by Napoleon's army in the Russian campaign of 1812. Adam Zamoyski describes this as 'a good position. Sergeant Adrien Bourgogne‘s memoirs tell of his narrow escape from some Cossacks around this time [Approximately December 13, his narrative doesn’t use many dates](He was alone in the woods and three Cossacks were closing in on him when nearby gunfire frightened their tethered horses and they had to rush off to retrieve them). 1millimiter of thickness is supposed to represent 6000 men. Minard was, among other things, noted for his representation of numerical data on geographic maps, especially his flow maps ... the thick band shows the size of the army at each position. Napoleon’s March to Moscow Map is a digital online map chosen by Esri cartographers to be featured in Maps We Love. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow 1812 Epic History TV. Among his battles were Austerlitz, Jena, Leipzig and Waterloo. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Relief shown by hachures. ... is an extract from Jean-Roch Coignet's notebooks and deals with his experiences on the terrible retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812. DataViz History: Edward Tufte, Charles Minard, Napoleon and The Russian Campaign of 1812 – Part 5 Charles Minard's Flow Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 The chart above also tells the story of a war: Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. Napoleon retreats from Moscow One month after Napoleon Bonaparte’s massive invading force entered a burning and deserted Moscow, the starving French army is forced to begin a hasty retreat … Remains found in a mass grave outside Vilnius in Lithuania hold vital clues to the fate of Napoleon's Grand Army and the catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812. As winter settles into Europe and the temperature drops, Napoleon’s troops suffer even more losses, returning to France from lack of food, disease, and weather conditions. Edit: The map shows in blue the trajectory of the way back and the other colour shows the way in. Relief shown by hachures. Famous visualisation showing Napoleon's advance on Moscow (in brown), and subsequent retreat (in black). Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ... black the retreat. “Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow” ... Fifteen thousand reinforcements joined Napoleon in Moscow, but of those, 10,000 died of disease. A 1920 painting depicts Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. Let’s look at all the data we have for this battle. Edit: The map shows in blue the trajectory of the way back and the other colour shows the way in. LC copy imperfect: Laminated, probably prepared as a book illustration. Napoleon’s March to Moscow Map is a digital online map chosen by Esri cartographers to be featured in Maps We Love. Shows invasion "Route of Napoleon to Moscow" (Königsberg to Moscow) and route of "Retreat from Moscow".