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On 7 September 1812 at Borodino, 75 miles west of Moscow, the armies of the Russian and French empires clashed in one of the climactic battles of the Napoleonic Wars. This horrific - and controversial - contest has fascinated historians ever since.
Russian Army, Battle of Borodino, 5-7 September 1812 Subject: 812ICB Keywords: The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle Created Date: 11/6/2009 6:24:31 PM
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Its 4th and 6th battalions were reorganized on 6 September and the regiment had only 3 battalion during the battle of Borodino. The Light Cavalry was initially commanded by Sebastiani, who was surprised by the Cossacks at Inkovo in August.
The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 68,000 killed and wounded, making Borodino the deadliest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars and one of the bloodiest single-day battles in military history until the First Battle of the Marne in 1914.
The document provides a detailed order of battle for the French Grande Armee at the Battle of Borodino on 7 September 1812. It lists the various corps, divisions, brigades and regiments under the command of Emperor Napoleon and his senior generals such as Davout, Ney, and Eugene de Beauharnais.
Бородинское сражение, we Francji znana jako Bataille de la Moskova – bitwa nad rzeką Moskwą) – bitwa stoczona w dniach 5-7 września 1812 roku pod Borodino w pobliżu Możajska [1] pomiędzy armią francuską dowodzoną przez Napoleona Bonaparte, a rosyjską dowodzoną przez Michaiła Kutuzowa.
