✦ History

Part of French invasion of Russia

Battle of Maloyaroslavets

October 24, 1812 · Battle of Maloyaroslavets

Eugène's IV Corps took the town, but Kutuzov blocked the southern road and Napoleon retreated by Smolensk.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
France
Russian Empire
Napoleon military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Eugène de Beauharnais military commander Alexis Joseph Delzons military commander Jan Kozietulski military commander
Mikhail Kutuzov military commander Dmitry Dokhturov military commander Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander Nikolay Raevsky military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
24,000
Casualties
6,000–8,000
Strength
24,000
Casualties
8,000

Units

IV Corps (Eugène, 1812) 84th Infantry Regiment (France)

Also involved 3