Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An old British broadside ballad from the early 19th century, adapted and arranged by Nic Jones in the 1970s.
Performed by the Navigators.
Images:
Fire of Moscow on 15th September 1812: The French in Moscow by Christian Johann Oldendorp.
Napoleon retreating from the burning Moscow by Viktor Mazurovsky.
Napoleon Leaving Moscow by Pjotr C. Stojanov.
The Battle of Krasnoi, 1812 by Peter von Hess.
The Retreat from Moscow by Ernest Crofts.
The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812 by Ary Scheffer.
The Skirmish of the Russian Light-Horse Cavalrymen with the French in 1812 by Auguste-Joseph Desarnod.
An old British broadside ballad from the early 19th century, adapted and arranged by Nic Jones in the 1970s.
Performed by the Navigators.
Images:
Fire of Moscow on 15th September 1812: The French in Moscow by Christian Johann Oldendorp.
Napoleon retreating from the burning Moscow by Viktor Mazurovsky.
Napoleon Leaving Moscow by Pjotr C. Stojanov.
The Battle of Krasnoi, 1812 by Peter von Hess.
The Retreat from Moscow by Ernest Crofts.
The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812 by Ary Scheffer.
The Skirmish of the Russian Light-Horse Cavalrymen with the French in 1812 by Auguste-Joseph Desarnod.
