grande armee won the battle of borodino in 1812.
grande armee won the battle of borodino in 1812.
who won the battle of borodino in 1812?
grande armee
the new grande armée was somewhat different from before; over half of its ranks were now filled by non-french conscripts coming from satellite states or countries allied to france. the behemoth force crossed the niemen on june 23, 1812, and napoleon hoped that quick marching could place his men between the two main russian armies, commanded by barclay de tolly and bagration. however, the campaign was characterized by many frustrations, as the russians succeeded no less than three times in evading napoleon's pincers. a final stand for the defence of moscow led to the massive battle of borodino on september 7, 1812. there the armée won a bloody but indecisive and arguably pyrrhic victory. seven days after borodino, la grande armée entered moscow only to find the city largely empty and ablaze. its soldiers were now forced to deal with the fires while hunting down the arsonists and guarding moscow's historic districts. napoleon and his army spent over a month in moscow, vainly hoping that the czar would respond to the french peace feelers. after these efforts failed, the french set out on october 19, now only a shadow of their former selves. the epic retreat over the famous russian winter dominates popular conceptions of the war, even though over half of the french army had been lost during the summer. the french were harassed repeatedly by the converging russian armies, ney even conducting a famous rearguard separation between his troops and the russians, and by the time the berezina was reached napoleon only had about 49,000 troops and 40,000 stragglers of little military value. the resulting battle of berezina and the monumental work of eblé's engineers saved the remnants of the armée. napoleon left his men in order to reach paris and address new military and political matters. of the 690,000 men that comprised the initial invasion force, only 93,000 survived.
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borodino refers to the 1812 battle of borodino.









































borodino may also refer to:









































bullet::::- places









































bullet::::- borodino urban okrug, a municipal formation which the krai town of borodino in krasnoyarsk krai, russia is incorporated as









































bullet::::- borodino, russia, several inhabited localities in russia









































bullet::::- borodino, ukraine, an urban-type settlement in ukraine









































bullet::::- borodino, new york, a hamlet in the united states









































bullet::::- borodino islands, former name of daitō islands in japan









































bullet::::- borodino island, russian name of smith island, south shetland islands









































bullet::::- ships









































bullet::::- "borodino"-class battleship, a class of russian pre-dreadnought battleships
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