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 | ![]() |
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French victory |
9–10 July 1812 | Battle of Mir (1812) | Lithuania-Grodno | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
19 July 1812 | Battle of Ekau | Courland | ![]() ![]() |
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French victory |
23 July 1812 | Battle of Saltanovka | Mogilev | ![]() |
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French victory |
24 July – 18 December 1812 | Siege of Riga (1812) | Livonia | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
25 July 1812 | Battle of Ostrovno | Mogilev | ![]() ![]() |
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French tactical victory |
26–27 July 1812 | Battle of Vitebsk (1812) | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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French victory |
27 July 1812 | Battle of Kobrin | Lithuania-Grodno | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
30 July – 1 August 1812 | Battle of Klyastitsy | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
8 August 1812 | Battle of Inkovo | Smolensk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
11 August 1812 | Battle of Swolna | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
12 August 1812 | Battle of Gorodechno | Lithuania-Grodno | ![]() ![]() |
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French victory |
14 August 1812 | First Battle of Krasnoi | Smolensk | ![]() |
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French victory |
16–18 August 1812 | Battle of Smolensk (1812) | Smolensk | ![]() ![]() |
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French victory |
17–18 August 1812 | First Battle of Polotsk | Vitebsk | ![]() ![]() |
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Indecisive |
19 August 1812 | Battle of Valutino | Smolensk | ![]() |
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French victory |
22 August 1812 | Battle of Dahlenkirchen | Livonia | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
N.S.: 5 September 1812 O.S.: 24 August 1812 |
Battle of Shevardino | Moscow | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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French victory |
N.S.: 7 September 1812 O.S.: 26 August 1812 |
Battle of Borodino | Moscow | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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French victory French occupy Moscow |
14 September – 19 October 1812 | French occupation of Moscow Fire of Moscow (1812) |
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French tactical victory Russian strategic victory Fires destroy Moscow French abandon Moscow |
26/30 September – 1 October 1812 | Battle of Mesoten | Courland | ![]() |
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French victory |
18 October 1812 | Battle of Tarutino | Kaluga | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
18–20 October 1812 | Second Battle of Polotsk | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
24 October 1812 | Battle of Maloyaroslavets | Kaluga | ![]() ![]() |
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French tactical victory Russian strategic victory |
31 October 1812 | Battle of Chashniki | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
3 November 1812 | Battle of Vyazma | Smolensk | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Russian key victory |
9 November 1812 | Battle of Liaskowa | Smolensk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
13 November 1812 | Battle of Nowo Schwerschen | Minsk | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
13–14 November 1812 | Battle of Smoliani | Vitebsk | ![]() |
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Russian victory |
14–16 November 1812 | Battle of Wolkowisk | Lithuania-Grodno | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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French victory |
15 November 1812 | Battle of Kaidanowo | Minsk | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
15–18 November 1812 | Battle of Krasnoi (2nd) | Smolensk | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
21 November 1812 | Battle of Borisov | Minsk | ![]() ![]() |
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Russian victory |
23 November 1812 | Battle of Loschniza | Minsk | ![]() |
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French victory |
26–29 November 1812 | Battle of Berezina | Minsk | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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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