| Battle of Vilnius | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:A_life_of_Napoleon_Boneparte-_(1901)_(14766616992).jpg) Napoleon and his army retreating from Russia several weeks/months later after the Battle of Borodino, and the burning of Moscow. | |||||||
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 French Empire Duchy of Warsaw | |||||||
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 Mikhail Kutuzov Mikhail Barclay de Tolly Pyotr Bagration Alexander Tormasov | |||||||
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| Total: around 73,000 soldiers died, and wounded | |||||||
French invasion of Russia:
Battle of Vilnius
Battle of Vilnius
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Description
- Napoleon's army split into 5 columns.
- Napoleon crossed the Russian border at Kowno... 1.
- Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout's corps left Vilnius on 1 July 1812 to occupy Minsk, and defeated Pyotr Bagration at the Battle of Saltanovka... 4.
- Marshal Étienne Macdonald's (Prussian) Corps entered the Russian border at Tilsit... 2.
- The King of Westphalia Jérôme Bonaparte joined the campaign on 1 July crossing the Niemen river as one of the leaders of the column (Right Flank Force), and led the French army to the Mir. But later he left the army and went to home after.
- Prince Schwarzenberg Left Flank Force, and French ally) led the battle of the Austrian Corps at the Gorodeczno... 5.
Napoleonic Wars
Key:
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Third Coalition: Germany 1803:...Austerlitz...2
Fourth Coalition: Prussia 1806:...Berlin...3
Peninsular War: Portugal 1807...Torres Vedras...4
Peninsular War: Spain 1808...Vitoria...5
Fifth Coalition: Austria 1809:...Landshut...6
French invasion of Russia 1812:...Moscow...7
Sixth Coalition: Germany 1813:...Leipzig...8
Sixth Coalition: France 1814:...Paris...9
Hundred Days 1815:...Waterloo...The Battle of Vilnius (also known as battle of Vilna), in 1812 was part of Napoléon Bonaparte invasion of Russia, a campaign famously marked by its logistical and environmental challenges, ultimately leading to a disastrous retreat for the French Grande Armée. The battle took place from June 28–29, 1812 in Vilnius (then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of Lithuania), soon after Napoleon launched his invasion by crossing the Nieman River.