Battle of Borodino
September 7, 1812 · Borodino
The bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars, fought west of Moscow. Kutuzov's Russian army withdrew after heavy losses on both sides, and the French entered Moscow a week later.
French Empire and allies
Coalition
Napoleon
Emperor of the French, Commanded the Grande Armée
Michel Ney
Marshal, Led the attacks on the Russian centre-left
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Marshal, Commanded a corps
Joachim Murat
Marshal, Commanded the cavalry
Eugène de Beauharnais
military commander
Józef Poniatowski
military commander
Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt
military commander
Mikhail Kutuzov
Commander-in-chief, Commanded the Russian army
Pyotr Bagration
General, Held the left flank; mortally wounded
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
General, Commanded the Russian right and centre
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov
military commander
Nikolay Raevsky
military commander
Matvey Ivanovich Platov
military commander
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 103,000–135,000c. 124,000
- Casualties
- 30,000–42,000c. 28,000
- Killed
- c. 6,600
- Guns
- 587c. 507
- Guns lost
- 13c. 13
- Strength
- 125,000–160,000c. 122,000
- Casualties
- 40,000–53,000c. 52,000
- Captured
- c. 1,000
- Missing
- c. 8,000
- Guns
- c. 637
- Guns lost
- c. 40