Battle of Gorodechno

Battle of Gorodechno
Part of the French invasion of Russia
Attack of a Dragoon regiment on the French artillery (painting by Nikolay Samokish)
Date 12 August 1812 Location Gorodechno, Russian Empire 52°25′25.37″N 24°18′35.92″E / 52.4237139°N 24.3099778°E / 52.4237139; 24.3099778 Result French Allied victory[1]
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Tormasov	Prince of Schwarzenberg
Strength
18,000[1]	40,000[1]
Casualties and losses
3,000[1]	1,300 Austrians[2] 930 Saxons[2]

French invasion of Russia

500km
300miles

Pultusk

15

Gorodeczno

14

Drohiczyn

13

Tauroggen

12

Riga

11

Tilsit

10

Warsaw

9

Berezina

8

Maloyaro-
slavets

7

Moscow

6

Borodino

5

Smolensk

4

Vitebsk

3

Vilna

2

Kowno

1

  

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The Battle of Gorodechno took place between an army of the Austrian and Saxon allies of Napoleonic France under the command of the Prince of Schwarzenberg and Russian troops under Alexander Tormasov at Gorodechno, a town in Kobrinsky Uyezd, Grodno Governorate (now Pruzhany District, Brest Region in Belarus). The battle was ultimately won by France's allies when Tormasov was forced to retire.^[3][4]