Battle of Wolkowisk
The Battle of Wolkowisk (Volkovysk) took place 14–16 November 1812 near the village of Wolkowisk, where 35,000 Austrian, Saxon and French soldiers under Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg defeated 27,000 Russian soldiers under Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken.
| Battle of Wolkowisk | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
Napoleon's retreat by Vasily Vereshchagin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire |
Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Osten-Sacken | Schwarzenberg | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 27,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4,000 | 1,800 | ||||||
500km
300miles
300miles
Wolkowisk
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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