[ArturHere]

The article has many incorrect points describing the situation around the battle.

Napoleon was not simply attacking the Tsar. It was the Russian Tsar who claimed to stop anti-monarchy freedom spread in Europe and planned to invade France. The same is true for European Coalitions that had had place before the French-Russian war. Napoleon moved the battles out of France.

The rest information, including troop quantity, is presented in the inaccurate manner.

[mannykannot]

That is a very idiosyncratic view of the struggle. At the start of the invasion, Bonaparte occupied most of Europe south of the Baltic, from Spain to Poland, and while the Russian government would doubtless have preferred to depose him, it was in no position to do so. The more conventional story is that Bonaparte wanted to force Russia into his 'continental system' of embargoing and isolating Britain.

And if you are going to claim that the rest of the information is inaccurate, you should be specific and explain your position.

[ArturHere]

Let us answer on the question “What is the anti-French Coallition?”. It is the union of countries that had the primary goal to return monarchy to the power in France. The coalition included UK, Germany, Austria, Holland, Russia. When did the first Coalition started? In 1792.

When Napoleon did gain power in France? In 1799. So the anti-republican wars started before his actions.

How many anti-French coalitions there were? Eight!

The European rulers were frightened to death about revolution spread in their countries and started the wars against France. The goal of Bourbon Restoration was temporary achieved only in 1814.

Now, the article claims that Russia started the war against France because the Tsar did not want to join the England blockade. Really? :) England had been fighting France for 20 years, blocking each other economically. Russian forces already had had many battles against France before 1812, and the country was in the first Coalition. Here we go, a conventional story where “bloody Napoleon was terrifying the whole Europe”.

The fear of revolution against slavery in some countries were not theoretical. Russia was under peasants mutiny during the Napoleon wars. The Tsar savagely choked the rebellion movements.

The history should be based on facts.