✦ History

Part of French invasion of Russia

Battle of Smolensk (1812)

August 16–18, 1812 · Battle of Smolensk (1812)

Result French victory

Napoleon stormed Smolensk, but the two Russian Western Armies got away eastward.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

Duchy of Warsaw
France
Russian Empire
Napoleon military commander Józef Poniatowski military commander
Pyotr Bagration military commander Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Dmitry Dokhturov military commander Nikolay Raevsky military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
180,000c. 180,000
Casualties
9,000–10,000c. 10,000
Strength
120,000c. 120,000
Casualties
6,000–14,000c. 6,000

Units

I Corps (Grande Armée) III Corps (Ney, 1812) 84th Infantry Regiment (France)

Also involved 3