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Battle of Smolensk on 18 August 1812, by Albracht Adam Berezina. French troops in Studzenke (C. Faber du Faur, 27.11.1812). Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte King of Westphalia (62,000) crossed the Niemen near Grodno on 1 July, [17] and moved towards Bagration's (second western) army.
Russian Empire: French tactical victory Russian strategic victory Fires destroy Moscow French abandon Moscow: 26/30 September – 1 October 1812 Battle of Mesoten: Courland Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire: French victory 18 October 1812 Battle of Tarutino: Kaluga First French Empire Napoleonic Naples Russian Empire: Russian victory 18–20 ...
The Battle of Borodino, fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest battle of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. [149] The Grande Armée attacked the Imperial Russian Army near the village of Borodino , west of the town of Mozhaysk , and eventually captured the main ...
Pages in category "Battles of the French invasion of Russia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Imperial Russian Army: Russian Army order of battle: 1812 French invasion of Russia: French and Russian armies: June 24 – December 14, 1812 Battle of Salamanca: French and Anglo-Portuguese armies: July 22, 1812 Battle of Vitoria: French and Anglo-Allied armies: June 21, 1813 Battle of Wartenburg: French and Prussian armies: October 3, 1813 ...
The Battle of Smolensk was the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia. It took place on 16–18 August 1812 and involved about 45,000 men of the Grande Armée under Emperor Napoleon I against about 30,000 Russian troops under General Barclay de Tolly. [1] [4] Napoleon occupied Smolensk by driving out Prince Pyotr Bagration's Second ...
French invasion of Russia order of battle; List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812; Order of battle of the Imperial Russian Army (1812) 0–9.
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]