First Battle of Krasnoi
The First Battle of Krasnoi was fought on 14 August between Ney's French troops and Neverovsky's Russian troops. It ended with a victory for the French, but the Russians retreated in good order to Smolensk.
| First Battle of Krasnoi | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
The crossing of the Dniepr by Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Michel Ney | Dmitry Neverovsky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 | 6,000-7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 killed, wounded or captured | 1,500 killed, wounded or captured | ||||||
500km
300miles
300miles
Krasnoi
Pultusk
15
Gorodeczno
14
Drohiczyn
13
Tauroggen
12
Riga
11
Tilsit
10
Warsaw
9
Berezina
8
Maloyaro-
slavets
slavets
7
Moscow
6
Borodino
5
4
Vitebsk
3
Vilna
2
Kowno
1
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Prussian corps
Napoleon
Austrian corps
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