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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 ...
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 ...
French forces Russian forces Notes 1 July 1812 Battle of Grodno (1812) Lithuania-Grodno First French Empire Russian Empire: French victory 9–10 July 1812 Battle of Mir (1812) Lithuania-Grodno Duchy of Warsaw Russian Empire: Russian victory 19 July 1812 Battle of Ekau: Courland First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: French victory
Napoleon in Russia: The Sociocultural History of War and Occupation. The Era of 1812. Moscow: ROSSPEN. p. 431. ISBN 978-5-8243-2221-7. Zemtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich. Napoleon and the Fire of Moscow // Patriotic War of 1812. Sources. Monuments. Problems. pp. 152–162; Zemtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (15 August 2015). Glantz, David (ed.). "The ...
Cossacks and Wittgenstein's troops closed in upon Studienka and took the stragglers on the east bank as prisoners. With the pontoon bridges gone, Wittgenstein had no means to cross the river and pursue Napoleon. On the west bank, Napoleon and his Grande Armée were on their way to Vilna. Chichagov sent Chaplits in pursuit of Napoleon but the French had destroyed three successive bridges across ...
At the Battle of Smoliani (November 13–14, 1812), the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein defeated the French forces of Marshal Claude Victor and Marshal Nicholas Oudinot. This battle was the last effort of the French to reestablish their northern flank in Russia, known as the "Dwina Line".
Napoleon in Russia: A Concise History of 1812, Digby Smith, Pen & Sword Military, ISBN 1-84415-089-5 The War of the Two Emperors , Curtis Cate, Random House, New York, ISBN 0-394-53670-3 Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Retreat of the French Army, 1812 , Sir Robert Wilson , Elibron Classics, ISBN ...
Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Casemate Publishers. Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). "Mogilev, Action at (July 23, 1812)". Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. Nafzinger, George (1988). Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. Presidio Press. Pigeard, Alain (2004).