Battle of Gorodechno

Battle of Gorodechno
Part of the French invasion of Russia

Plan of the Battle of Gorodechno
Date12 August 1812
Location
Gorodechno, Russian Empire
52°25′25.37″N 24°18′35.92″E / 52.4237139°N 24.3099778°E / 52.4237139; 24.3099778
Result French Allied victory[1]
Belligerents
Russian Empire Russian Empire Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Alexander Tormasov Austrian Empire Prince of Schwarzenberg
Strength
18,000[1] 40,000[1]
Casualties and losses
3,000[1] 1,300 Austrians[2]
930 Saxons[2]
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The Battle of Gorodechno took place between an army of the Austrian and Saxon allies of Napoleonic France under the command of the Prince of Schwarzenberg and Russian troops under Alexander Tormasov at Gorodechno, a town in Kobrinsky Uyezd, Grodno Governorate (now Pruzhany District, Brest Region in Belarus). The battle was ultimately won by France's allies when Tormasov was forced to retire.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 435.
  2. ^ a b Smith 1998, p. 385.
  3. ^ Riehn 1990, p. 230.
  4. ^ Wilson 1860, p. 71.