Battle of Maloyaroslavets

Battle of Maloyaroslavets
	Part of the French invasion of Russia
	; Battle of Maloyaroslavets, by Peter von Hess
Date	24 October 1812
Location	Maloyaroslavets, north of Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire55°01′18″N 36°27′30″E
Result	See Aftermath
Belligerents
French Empire; Kingdom of Italy	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Louis-Nicolas Davout; E. de Beauharnais; Domenico Pino	Mikhail Kutuzov; Dmitry Dokhturov; Nikolay Raevsky
Strength
24,000	24,000
Casualties and losses
6,000–8,000 killed and wounded	8,000 killed and wounded
	Location within Europe

The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with a higher probability of starvation. Kutuzov's next attack against the remnants of the Grande Armée, the Battle of Krasnoi, began on 15 November 1812, three weeks later.

French invasion of Russia

500km
300miles

Pultusk

15

Gorodeczno

14

Drohiczyn

13

Tauroggen

12

Riga

11

Tilsit

10

Warsaw

9

Berezina

8

Maloyaroslavets

7

Moscow

6

Borodino

5

Smolensk

4

Vitebsk

3

Vilna

2

Kowno

1

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