On the sixth of November the sky became terrible ... The army marched along wrapped in a cold mist. ... While the men were struggling to make headway against the icy, cutting blast, the snow driven by the wind was piling up and filling the
hollows along the way. Their smooth surfaces hid unsuspected depths which opened up treacherously under our feet. Th

men were swallowed up, and the weak... were buried forever.
-Philippe-Paul de Ségur, Napoleon's Russian Campaign
How was the experience of Napoleon's advance on Moscow similar to that of German troops in
World War II?

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.