这是拿破仑的莫斯科之战的统计图表，以42万之众出发，打到莫斯科时剩下10万。撤退到出发点时仅剩下1万余众。图表的不同颜色代表进攻（淡遏色）和撤退（黑色）的路线，宽度代表人数，下方的曲线是天气气温。撤退时遭遇寒流（-26到-30度），士兵的伤亡最大。

    图表一目了然。不需要懂法文和英文。 这是全美定量药理学年会的最神秘人物报告的最后一张图表。

Probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn, this map by Charles Joseph Minard portrays the losses suffered by Napoleon's army in the Russian campaign of 1812. Beginning at the Polish-Russian border, the thick band shows the size of the army at each position. The path of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in the bitterly cold winter is depicted by the dark lower band, which is tied to temperature and time scales. Exquisitely printed in two colors on fine archival paper