Battle of Maloyaroslavets
| Battle of Maloyaroslavets | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
Battle of Maloyaroslavets Peter von Hess | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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French Empire Kingdom of Italy | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Napoleon Bonaparte Louis-Nicolas Davout Alexis J. Delzons † Armand C. Guilleminot Jean-Baptiste Broussier Eugène de Beauharnais Domenico Pino |
Mikhail Kutuzov Alexey Yermolov Dmitry Dokhturov Nikolay Raevsky Mikhail Miloradovich Ivan Dorokhov[ru] Mikhail Borozdin[ru] Ivan Shakhovskoy[ru] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 24,000 | 24,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 6,000–8,000 killed and wounded | 8,000 killed and wounded | ||||||
Location within Europe | |||||||
330km
205miles
205miles
15
Pultusk
14
Gorodeczno
13
Drohiczyn
12
Tauroggen
11
Riga
10
Tilsit
9
Warsaw
8
Berezina
7
Maloyaroslavets
6
Moscow
5
Borodino
4
Smolensk
3
Vitebsk
2
Vilna
1
Kowno
current battle
Prussian corps
Napoleon
Austrian corps
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. Armies were evenly matched in the battle and suffered similar casualties, with a marginal edge going to the Franco-Italian army. It was Mikhail Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with a higher probability of starvation. Kutuzov's next attack against the remnants of the Grande Armée, the Battle of Krasnoi, began on 15 November 1812, three weeks later.