War and Peace, Vol. 3 of 4 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from War and Peace<br/><br/>Toward the end of the year 1811, a tremendous armament and concentration of forces took place in Western Europe; and in 1812, these forces  millions of men, counting those who were concerned in the transport and victualling of the armies were moved from west to east toward the borders of Russia, where the Russian forces were drawn up just as they had been the year before.