The Two Great Retreats of History

The two following selections contain, first, Grote's account of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, taken from his "History of Greece," and, secondly, an abridgment of Count Ségur's narrative of Napoleon's retreat from Russia. Grote's History, based on Xenophon's, is given entire, with the exception that, in a very few instances, some slight verbal change has been made in order to better adapt the work to school use. Two maps are furnished, an introduction is prefixed to each selection, and all needed notes subjoined. D. H. M. TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand. PAGE Sketch of Cyrus the Younger (Introductory to the Retreat of the Ten Thousand) v 1. Effect of the death of Cyrus on the Greeks; they resolve to retreat 1 2. Commencement of the Retreat 6 3. Negotiations with Tissaphernês 10 4. Treachery of Tissaphernês 19 5. Xenophon's Dream and its results 29 6. The Greeks cross the Zab 42 7. The Greeks fight their way across the Karduchian Mountains 50 8. March through Armenia; great suffering from cold and hunger 60 9. The Greeks come in sight of the Black Sea 70 10. The Greek cities on the Black Sea; their feelings toward the Ten Thousand 75 11. Plans of the army for the future 79 12. The Ten Thousand begin their march westward 82 13. Plan of Xenophon for founding a city on the Black Sea 88 14. Xenophon defends himself against false accusations 95 15. The army passes by sea to Sinôpê 104 16. The army crosses the Bosphorus to Byzantium; false promises of Anaxibius and their results 116 17. Mutiny of the army in leaving Byzantium 120 18. Xenophon's speech to the soldiers 123 19. The army finally leaves Byzantium; Seuthês offers to hire them 128 20. The army enters the service of Seuthês 135 21. Xenophon crosses over with the army to Asia 138 22. Xenophon takes leave of the army. Conclusion. 143 II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow. Sketch of Napoleon (Introductory to the Retreat from Moscow) 152 1. Description of Moscow; arrival of the Czar 157 2. Alarm in Moscow at the advance of the French army; preparations for the destruction of the city 162 3. Departure of the Russian governor from…