Three hundred and fifty miles farther on, at smolensk, he was heading almost due east.
"The Foreign Hand Tie"
Gordon Randall Garrett
The old men came forth clad in the national garb, and it seemed that that province, once a part of the great Polish monarchy, would break away from the empire of the Czars and extend Napoleon's influence to within a few miles of smolensk.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Chagrined and perplexed, the chief stays a fortnight to organize supplies and stores, while his vanguard presses on to envelop the Russians at smolensk.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose