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n. - Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army.

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  • The "Borodino" now had the dangerous post at the head of the line.
  • Then the merciless fire was turned on the "Borodino."
  • Borodino (7th Sept.), where he received a mortal wound.
  • Borodino could snuff a bougie at a hundred and fifty yards.
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