The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. Armies were evenly matched in the battle and suffered similar casualties, with a marginal edge goi
Battle of Maloyaroslavets Peter von Hess
Napoleon and his marshals in trouble
Official Belyayev, thanks to whom Napoleon's movement on the eve of battle was delayed.
The Battle of Berezina took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral Chichagov. Napoleon was retrea
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
…against the French army. The next battle for Kutuzov was the Battle of Krasnoi on 15 November 1812. The last battle in this campaign for Napoleon was the Battle of Berezina on 26–29 November 1812. List of battles of the French invasion of Russia…
Napoleon's crossing of the Berezina, a 1866 painting by January Suchodolski, oil on canvas, National Museum, Poznań
From the Russian monument where Chaplits was located. The Berezina is in the middle, across the river, Studzionka
Studzionka, Biarezina. Студзёнка, Бярэзіна (Lauvergne, 1840)
An image of the Dutch soldiers at the Berezina who helped to cover the retreat for 2 days. Only a third of them survived.