War and Peace Week 42: An Inglorious End to the Fighting

After so long on the battlefront, Napoleon’s forces are finally weakening and victory is slipping further from French hands.

This is happening with little to no fighting happening. There are skirmishes, sure, but no major battles. It’s as if the French army is just wilting away. Tolstoy writes:

“Moscow was taken, yet subsequently, with no more battles bei…