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French Losses in the Russian Campaign of 1812-13 Diagrammatically Explained
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Having received my copy of Wargames Illustrated this morning, there was a good article regarding casualty figures incurred by the French in the Russian campaign of 1812-13.

Napoleonic gamers should be familiar with the campaign in Russia which started in 1812 when Bonaparte cross the Niemen river and ended with the French retreat from Moscow.

At the start of the campaign (24th June 1812) French forces, which included coalition partners, numbered around 450,000.

When the French army completed the retreat from Moscow and left Russian territory on 14th December 1812, it had lost approximately 380,000 of that number.

In 1869 Charles Minard produced a graphic showing the timeline of casualties and is a great example of how a diagram can enhance statistical information.

There is a wiki page here.

Click on the image to zoom in.

Essentially, each millimeter of width of the coloured zones (Brown or Black) represents 10,000 men. On the left there is the Niemen river and on the extreme right Moscow. The brown zone represents the advance, whilst the black zone represents the retreat.
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