✦ History

Part of French invasion of Russia

Battle of Tarutino

October 18, 1812 · Moscow

Result Russian victory

Russian troops under Kutuzov and Bennigsen attacked Murat's French advance guard south of Moscow. The Russian victory helped push Napoleon to leave Moscow and begin his retreat.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

French Empire and allies

Russian Empire
France
Duchy of Warsaw
Mikhail Kutuzov military commander Levin August von Bennigsen military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy military commander
Joachim Murat military commander Józef Poniatowski military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
90,000c. 36,000
Casualties
500–1,500c. 1,500
Missing
c. 700
Strength
20,000–26,000c. 20,000
Casualties
2,000–4,500c. 3,500
Missing
c. 1,500
Guns lost
36–38c. 36

Also involved 2