"Weep for the living; mourn no more," begins Peel's 1845 ode on this subjec
"Weep for the living; mourn no more," begins Peel's 1845 ode on this subject. Other literary treatments include Gerhard Meier's 1982 novel and an 1837 Lermontov poem narrated by an anonymous soldier. Neither the suffering under artillery fire of Ostermann-Tolstoi's corps nor the heroics of Barclay de Tolly, who had been fired just before this battle, could prevent the fall of the Great Redoubt by mid-afternoon. Prince Bagration, commander of the Second Army, was among the fifty-two thousand casualties suffered by the defenders, who were forced to continue their retreat.  FTP, name this battle described by Tolstoy in War and Peace, a September 1812 clash on the road to Moscow.
"Weep for the living; mourn no more," begins Peel's 1845 ode on this subject.
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