Brand van Moskou 1812 Brand van Moskou 1812 Franse troepen trekken over de Lek - 15 januari 1795 On the alert: a cavalry picket searching a spruit. Actors in the Chinese drama: a “Boxer” Actors in the Chinese drama: a Japanese infantryman. The chief British military signatory to the peace terms. Japan. - Armies of the world The Balkan trouble: forces of the smaller Eastern European States. - The Armies of the World Muscovy in Manchuria: scenes of the Russian military preparations. The European and Asiatic rivals in the Far East: the Mikado. The war-cloud in the Far East: the threatened Russo-Japanese hostilities.