Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — Bloodiest Battle. [ARTICLE]

Bloodiest Battle.

The battle of Borodino is reckoned to have been the bloodiest since the use of gunpowder. It was between the French and Russians, now so mysteriously allied to each other. One authority gives the Russian loss as 30,600 killed, wounded, and prisoners, and the French as about 20,000. Another gives the numbers as 50,000 French killed, wounded, and prisoners, and 45,000 Russian. The French army numbered 133,000 men, and the Russian 132,000.