Battle of Wolkowisk
| Battle of Wolkowisk | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
Napoleon's retreat by Vasily Vereshchagin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire |
Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Osten-Sacken |
Schwarzenberg Reynier | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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32,000: 27,000 plus 5,000 Cossacks 152 cannon | 35,000–40,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4,000 10,000 with retreat all the way to Brest | 1,800 | ||||||
330km
205miles
205miles
Wolkowisk
15
Pultusk
14
Gorodeczno
13
Drohiczyn
12
Tauroggen
11
Riga
10
Tilsit
9
Warsaw
8
Berezina
7
Maloyaro-
slavets
slavets
6
Moscow
5
Borodino
4
Smolensk
3
Vitebsk
2
Vilna
1
Kowno
current battle
Prussian corps
Napoleon
Austrian corps
The Battle of Wolkowisk (Volkovysk) took place 14–16 November 1812 in the course of the French invasion of Russia near the village of Wolkowisk, where 35,000–40,500 Austrian, Saxon and French soldiers under Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg defeated 27,000–32,000 Russian soldiers under Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken. Osten-Sacken managed to push back Jean Reynier's corps, but failed to dislodge it from the heights. The decisive offensive was carried out by the Austrians, who arrived later.