How the Russians missed the chance to catch Napoleon

'Berezina' - in French, this word means complete failure and catastrophe. It was on the Berezina River in November 1812 that Napoleon's 'Great Army' perished as it fled from Russia.

The Russians had a good chance of capturing the emperor himself and stopping the war in Europe, but this never happened. Why?

On the eve of winter, the once "Great" Army presented a very pitiful sight. Of the half milli