Battle of Maloyaroslavets

Battle of Maloyaroslavets
Part of the French invasion of Russia
Battle of Maloyaroslavets, by Peter von Hess
Date 24 October 1812 Location Maloyaroslavets, north of Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire 55°01′18″N 36°27′30″E / 55.02167°N 36.45833°E / 55.02167; 36.45833 Result Strategic Russian victory, Tactical French victory. See Aftermath
Belligerents
French Empire Kingdom of Italy	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Louis-Nicolas Davout E. de Beauharnais Domenico Pino	Mikhail Kutuzov Dmitry Dokhturov Nikolay Raevsky
Strength
24,000[1]	24,000[1][2]
Casualties and losses
6,000–8,000 killed and wounded[2][1]	8,000 killed and wounded[1][2]
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

French invasion of Russia

500km
300miles

Pultusk

15

Gorodeczno

14

Drohiczyn

13

Tauroggen

12

Riga

11

Tilsit

10

Warsaw

9

Berezina

8

Maloyaroslavets

7

Moscow

6

Borodino

5

Smolensk

4

Vitebsk

3

Vilna

2

Kowno

1

  

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The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with a higher probability of starvation.^[3] Kutuzov's next attack against the remnants of the Grande Armée, the Battle of Krasnoi, began on 15 November 1812, three weeks later.