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30 July – 1 August 1812 Battle of Klyastitsy: Vitebsk First French Empire Russian Empire: Russian victory 8 August 1812 Battle of Inkovo: Smolensk First French Empire Russian Empire: Russian victory 11 August 1812 Battle of Swolna: Vitebsk First French Empire Russian Empire: Indecisive 12 August 1812 Battle of Gorodechno: Lithuania-Grodno
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 ...
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.
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 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]
The battle prevented Bagration from joining the First Western Army under Barclay de Tolly at Vitebsk, forcing Bagration to retreat to Smolensk. [11] Saltanovka is generally seen as a French victory but despite failing to link up with Barclay at Vitebsk, Bagration accomplished his objective of joining the main Russian force later at Smolensk ...
The Imperial Russian Army in June 1812 consisted of three main armies and other military formations. The Commander in Chief of the Army was Emperor Alexander I . First Western Army
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".