Caption:
'The Passage of the Beresina', November 1812, (1896). The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) suffered heavy losses (about 36,000) when crossing the River Berezina during his retreat from Russia. Typogravure after the aquarelle by F De Myrbach. From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV, by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]