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The Battle of Borodino (Russian: Бopoди́нcкoe cpaже́ниe, romanized: Borodínskoye srazhéniye Russian pronunciation: [bərədʲɪˈno]) or Battle of Moscow (French: bataille de la Moskova), in popular literature also known as the Battle of the Generals, [19] took place near the village of Borodino on 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1812 [20] during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
1812 Year. Moscow Fire. 200-летие Отечественной войны 1812 г. (200th Anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812). Moscow. p. 138. ISBN 978-5-91899-013-1. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Zemtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (30 September 2016).
The French invasion is known as the Russian campaign, [c] the Second Polish War, [d] [38] the Second Polish campaign, [e] [39] the Patriotic War of 1812, [f] or the War of 1812. [40] It should not be confused with the Great Patriotic War ( Великая Отечественная война , Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna ), a term for the ...
O.S.: 24 August 1812 Battle of Shevardino: Moscow ... Russian Army order of battle (1812) Timeline of the Finnish War; Notes
Before leaving Moscow, Count Rostopchin supposedly gave orders to the head of police (and released convicts) to have the Kremlin and major public buildings (including churches and monasteries) set on fire. During the following days, the fires spread. According to Germaine de Staël, who left the city a few weeks before Napoleon arrived, and afterward corresponded with Kutuzov, it was ...
The Grande Armée crossing the Niemen by Waterloo Clark Napoleon's Hill or Jiesia mound from the other bank of the Niemen river Anonymous, the Grande Armée crossing the river Napoleon's army crossing the Niemen river, starting on 24 June [O.S. 12 June (Julian Calendar)] 1812 [1] French Army crossing Nieman River 1812 by Auguste Raffet Italian corps of Eugène de Beauharnais crossing the ...
Napoleon decided then to wage war on Russia, in order to get her back as a French ally. In June 1812, the French invaded Russia on Napoleon's orders, making their way east towards Moscow, suffering large losses caused by lack of food, desertion, disease, exhaustion and battles. Napoleon eventually "conquered" Moscow, only to see the deserted ...
William Eustis resigns as U.S. Secretary of War: 1812 Dec 3 home front James Monroe serves as U.S. Secretary of War 1812 Dec 18 Great Lakes region: Battle of the Mississinewa: Part of a U.S. expedition against Delaware and Miami villages where the Mississinewa River flows into the Wabash River near present-day Marion, Indiana. 1812 Dec 26 ...