List of battles of the French invasion of Russia facts for kids
This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the French invasion of Russia (24 June – 14 December 1812).
Date | Battle | Governorate | French forces | Russian forces | Notes |
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1 July 1812 | Battle of Grodno (1812) | Lithuania-Grodno | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
9–10 July 1812 | Battle of Mir (1812) | Lithuania-Grodno | Duchy of Warsaw | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
19 July 1812 | Battle of Ekau | Courland | First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
Russian Empire | French victory |
23 July 1812 | Battle of Saltanovka | Mogilev | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
24 July – 18 December 1812 | Siege of Riga (1812) | Livonia | First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
Russian Empire United Kingdom |
Russian victory |
25 July 1812 | Battle of Ostrovno | Mogilev | First French Empire Napoleonic Naples |
Russian Empire | French tactical victory |
26–27 July 1812 | Battle of Vitebsk (1812) | Vitebsk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
27 July 1812 | Battle of Kobrin | Lithuania-Grodno | Kingdom of Saxony | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
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 | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony |
Russian Empire | French victory |
14 August 1812 | First Battle of Krasnoi | Smolensk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
16–18 August 1812 | Battle of Smolensk (1812) | Smolensk | First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw |
Russian Empire | French victory |
17–18 August 1812 | First Battle of Polotsk | Vitebsk | First French Empire Kingdom of Bavaria |
Russian Empire | Indecisive |
19 August 1812 | Battle of Valutino | Smolensk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
22 August 1812 | Battle of Dahlenkirchen | Livonia | First French Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
Russian Empire | Russian victory |
N.S.: 5 September 1812 O.S.: 24 August 1812 |
Battle of Shevardino | Moscow | First French Empire Napoleonic Italy Napoleonic Naples Duchy of Warsaw |
Russian Empire | French victory |
N.S.: 7 September 1812 O.S.: 26 August 1812 |
Battle of Borodino | Moscow | First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Italy Napoleonic Naples Kingdom of Bavaria K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Kingdom of Saxony Gr. Duchy of Hesse |
Russian Empire | French victory French occupy Moscow |
14 September – 19 October 1812 | French occupation of Moscow Fire of Moscow (1812) |
Moscow | First French Empire | 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 October 1812 | Second Battle of Polotsk | Vitebsk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
24 October 1812 | Battle of Maloyaroslavets | Kaluga | First French Empire Napoleonic Italy |
Russian Empire | French tactical victory Russian strategic victory |
31 October 1812 | Battle of Chashniki | Vitebsk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
3 November 1812 | Battle of Vyazma | Smolensk | First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Naples Kingdom of Bavaria K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Kingdom of Saxony Gr. Duchy of Hesse Gr. Duchy of Berg Gr. Duchy of Baden |
Russian Empire | Russian key victory |
9 November 1812 | Battle of Liaskowa | Smolensk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
13 November 1812 | Battle of Nowo Schwerschen | Minsk | Lithuanian PGC Duchy of Warsaw |
Russian Empire | Russian victory |
13–14 November 1812 | Battle of Smoliani | Vitebsk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | Russian victory |
14–16 November 1812 | Battle of Wolkowisk | Lithuania-Grodno | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony First French Empire |
Russian Empire | French victory |
15 November 1812 | Battle of Kaidanowo | Minsk | First French Empire Lithuanian PGC Duchy of Warsaw K. of Württemberg |
Russian Empire | Russian victory |
15–18 November 1812 | Battle of Krasnoi (2nd) | Smolensk | First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw |
Russian Empire | Russian victory |
21 November 1812 | Battle of Borisov | Minsk | Duchy of Warsaw First French Empire |
Russian Empire | Russian victory |
23 November 1812 | Battle of Loschniza | Minsk | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
26–29 November 1812 | Battle of Berezina | Minsk | First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Italy Napoleonic Naples Kingdom of Bavaria K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Kingdom of Saxony Gr. Duchy of Hesse |
Russian Empire | Indecisive Russian tactical victory French strategic victory |
See also
- Attrition warfare against Napoleon
- Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
- List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition
- List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
- Order of battle of the French invasion of Russia
- Russian Army order of battle (1812)
- Timeline of the Finnish War
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