| Battle of Grodno (1812) | |||||||
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| Part of French invasion of Russia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Empire Duchy of Warsaw |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Allix de Vaux Jan Dąbrowski |
Matvey Platov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1200 cavalry 2400 infantry | 4400 cossacks | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Some soldiers killed or wounded | Some soldiers killed or wounded, garrison forced to retreat | ||||||
The Battle of Grodno was one of the first battles that took place on June 27–28 at the initial stage of the Patriotic War of 1812 between the vanguard of the right wing of Napoleon's Grand Army and the rearguard of the Russian 2nd Western Army.