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Napoleon and his staff at Borodino by Vasily Vereshchagin. The Battle of Borodino, fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest battle of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. [145]
Napoleon stracił łącznie w Rosji ok. 580 tys. żołnierzy, z tego ok. 200 tys. zabitych, 180–190 tys. wziętych do niewoli, blisko 130 tys. dezerterów i ok. 50 tys., którzy przeszli na stronę wroga.
Napoleon, whose march from Vilnius to Vitsyebsk had failed to separate the two Russian armies, now turned southeastward, crossing the Dnieper in the night of August 13–14, 1812. On August 14 an engagement at Krasnoe (Krasny) left Barclay in no doubt of his intentions.
24 sie 2023 · Napoleon invaded Russia on 24 June 1812 but suffered heavy losses as the Russians engaged in a war of attrition. Napoleon won the Battle of Borodino and captured Moscow but was forced to retreat through the deadly Russian winter.
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March is a non-fiction book analysing the events and circumstances during the French Invasion of Russia and the events during the reign of Napoleon, which would, ultimately, mark the beginning of the end of the Napoleonic empire after his troops were driven from Russia.
30 cze 2017 · About 30,000 died within weeks. Napoléon had drawn his troops from across his empire. La Grande Armée included soldiers from France but also Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Some 50,000 comprised the Army of Italy; about 2,500 of them— 5 percent—survived.
22 cze 2012 · By this time, Napoleon was down to some 100,000 troops, the rest having died, deserted or been wounded, captured or left along the supply line.
