Battle of Liaskowa
The Battle of Liaskowa (or Lyakhovo) took place 9 November 1812 near the village of Liaskowa, where 3,500 Cossacks under the command of Vasily Vasilyevich Orlov-Denisov (also under Denis Vasilyevich Davydov, Aleksandr Samoylovich Figner and Aleksandr Nikitich Seslavin) surrounded 2,000 soldiers of the Grande Armée under Jean-Pierre Augereau.
| Battle of Liaskowa | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
Cossacks were an irregular Russian cavalry best suited for the attack of the enemy’s supply lines without joining a major battle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Orlov-Denisov Denis Davydov Aleksandr Figner A. Seslavin | J.-P. Augereau | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,500 4 cannons | 2,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 | 2,000 | ||||||
Location within Smolensk Oblast Battle of Liaskowa (European Russia) Battle of Liaskowa (Europe) | |||||||
500km
300miles
300miles
Liaskowa
Pultusk
15
Gorodeczno
14
Drohiczyn
13
Tauroggen
12
Riga
11
Tilsit
10
Warsaw
9
Berezina
8
Maloyaro-
slavets
slavets
7
Moscow
6
Borodino
5
Smolensk
4
Vitebsk
3
Vilna
2
Kowno
1
current battle
Prussian corps
Napoleon
Austrian corps
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