Popov A. and . , Telenic A. F. The case for Lyakhovo . This is the first book in the War of 1812 series. CHRONICLE OF EVENTS". Its author, Popov A. and . Ph.D. in History, well known in academia, continues research on the topic and presents his new work. If in his previous works "Fighting on the Northern flank" and "Between two 'Vulcans'" tracked step by step the course of the battle of Borodino then this work presents a picture of the fighting of the second half of the campaign in the Smolensk province in late October - early November on the left flank of the departing French troops. Several separate episodes, linked by a single storyline, tell about the events that influenced the current situation in the theater of operations by that time. The author, as usual, examines the little-known facts of the campaign, examining and analyzing numerous sources of one side and the other, which allows restoring to some extent the true picture of the events of the Patriotic War of 1812. One of the most striking episodes is the fight under Lyakhov .. It was he who formed the basis of the book and gave it the name ..