Battle of Gorodechno
Battle of Gorodechno | |||||||
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Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
Attack of a Dragoon regiment on the French artillery (painting by NS Samokish) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Empire |
Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Tormasov | von Schwarzenberg | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
18,000[1] | 40,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000[1] | 2,200[1] |
The Battle of Gorodechno was a battle between the army of the Austrian and Saxon allies of Napoleonic France under Prince of Schwarzenberg and Russian troops under Alexander Tormasov at Gorodechno, a town in Kobryn Uyezd, Grodno Governorate (now Pruzhany District, Brest Region) that was won by the Prince of Schwarzenberg.[2]
Battle[]
On 12 August 1812 a battle took place between a part of the Russian Army (about 18,000 men) under the command of General Tormasov and the Austrian and Saxon corps of the Austrian prince Schwarzenberg (about 40,000 men) that was won by the Prince of Schwarzenberg.[2]
Aftermath[]
St. Cyr, who had taken over from Oudinot, had resisted Wittgenstein at the First Battle of Polotsk. As the flanks were secured now by St. Cyr and Schwarzenberg Napoleon decided to go forward and met all objections with the comment "The wine has been poured, it must now be drunk."[2]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 435.
- ^ a b c Riehn 1990, p. 230.
References[]
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905).
- Riehn, Richard K. (1990). 1812 : Napoleon's Russian campaign.
External links[]
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Novitsky, Vasily (1911–1915). Military Encyclopedia of Sytin. Printing house of Ivan Sytin.
- Conflicts in 1812
- Battles of the Napoleonic Wars
- Battles involving Russia
- Battles involving France
- 19th century in the Russian Empire
- 1812 in the Russian Empire
- August 1812 events
- Battles of the French invasion of Russia