:44:03
I've been asked to put my head into
a noose while my enemies conspire!
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Sire, it is not my opinion when I say
the Czar is not your enemy
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and that he is not conspiring
against you.
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If you read his letter carefully...
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I will read the letter more carefully
:44:30
and send the Czar my answer later.
:44:34
Goodnight to you, Colonel.
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Gentlemen, tomorrow at dawn
we cross the Neman into Russia.
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We'll talk of peace... in Moscow!
:45:04
And on 12th June 1812,
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Napoleon Bonaparte, at the head
of an army of 200,000 men,
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crossed the River Neman into Russia.
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To combat this aggressive invasion
of their homeland,
:45:17
the Russians welcomed the French
with a destroyed storehouse,
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a widely desolated land.
:45:33
Looting, burning!
:45:35
As soon as Napoleon approaches,
the peasants run off with their grain.
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What they can't take with them
they burn.
:45:44
If we don't put a stop to it somewhere,
it'll be a desert, a scorched earth!
:45:51
We must fight. The army demands it,
the Czar demands it.
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And the people demand it!