In 1812, Napoleon and 400,000 troops encountered severe difficulties as a result of the _________________________ used by the Russian leader in response to France's invasion.
a) Blockade
b) Guerillas
c) Hundred Days
d) Peninsular War
e) Scorched-earth policy
f) King Louis XVIII
g) Battle of Waterloo
h) Continental System
i) Elba
j) Creoles
k) Czar Alexander I
l) St. Helena
Ans: e) Scorched-earth policy
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