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The last major battle had been the Battle of Tarutino on 18 October 1812, that was won by the Russian army. [4] A great part of the large mob of non-combatants, invalids from the hospitals, women, fugitive inhabitants of Moscow, whose number can only be guessed at, was directed upon Vereya and the straight road to Smolensk and only the fighting force was to march towards Kaluga. [5]
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
Battle of Maloyaroslavets; Battle of Medina (1812) ... New Granada Civil War; Battle of Nowo Schwerschen; O. Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812) ...
On 19 October, after losing the Battle of Tarutino, Napoleon and his Grande Armée, slowly weakened by the attrition warfare against him, lacking provisions, and facing the first snows, abandoned the city voluntarily and marched southwards until the Battle of Maloyaroslavets stopped the advance. [5]
For his courage, Yermolov received the Order of St. Anna (1st class). During the rest of the campaign, he served as a duty officer in the headquarters of the main Russian army and fought at Maloyaroslavets. In October–November 1812, Yermolov served in the advance guard under Miloradovich and fought at Battle of Vyazma and Krasny.
List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition; List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition; List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition; List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition) Order of battle of the French invasion of Russia; Russian Army order of battle (1812) Timeline of the Finnish War
For his actions at Smolensk and Borodino Duka was awarded the Order of St. Anna (1st Class) and for the battles of Tarutino and Maloyaroslavets—the Order of St. Vladimir (2nd Class); he participated also in the Battle of Krasnoi. In 1813, Duka was promoted to lieutenant general (27 September), fought at Leipzig and was wounded in the head.
The battle was commemorated by a roomy cathedral built at the Black Island (Chyornoostrovsky) Convent of Maloyaroslavets by 1843. The Convent of Saint Nicholas, Maloyaroslavets, still serves as a monastery today. A number of fierce battles were also fought near Maloyaroslavets during the Battle of Moscow in 1941–1942.