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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,
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the Russians welcomed the French
with a destroyed storehouse,
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a widely desolated land.
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Looting, burning!
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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.
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If we don't put a stop to it somewhere,
it'll be a desert, a scorched earth!
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We must fight. The army demands it,
the Czar demands it.
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And the people demand it!
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What does the army want?
To be destroyed?
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Because that would be
what would happen if we fought now.
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Does the Czar want
to be brought to his knees?
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Because that would be
what would happen if we fought now.
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What do the people want?
To be the subjects of Napoleon?
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Because that would be
what would happen if we fought now.
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Gentlemen,
I have been put in command
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to give the army, the Czar
and the people what they want.
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And what they want is to drive the last
Frenchman from the soil of Russia!
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And that I propose to do when I can.
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- But the looting and the burning...
- Let it continue!
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Let it increase!