Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

  • fiat_lux
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    11 year ago

    Given the Russians burnt out everything they left behind, which is one big reason the line keeps thinning, I doubt they would have survived very long on the land they occupied. But I’m no Franco-Russian war historian, I just like data.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I think the idea is they would have caught up with the Russians and defeated them in battle, and could have taken supplies there. By marching back through the scorched earth they actually maximized their exposure to it.