1. Poland was overrun by the Russian army. 2. The city fell to the advancing Russian armies. 3. The fighting in the Ardennes came as a timely reminder that the West still needed the Russian army. 4. Should he continue to pursue the Russian army? 5. Or should he keep his army in Smolensk for the approaching winter? 6. Again, the Russian army retreated to safety. 7. As the Russian army was gathering its strength, the French had to flee Russia to avoid certain defeat. 8. Russianization was pointless while they kept the lower orders in their place and went on providing generals for the Russian army. 9. He was already thinking of the creation of a Russian army, but had no idea how to go about it. 10. At first his appointment, last May, raised hopes that the new Russian army would become an island of internal stability. |