Battle of Gorodechno

Battle of Gorodechno
Part of the French invasion of Russia

Plan of the Battle of Gorodechno
Date12 August 1812
Location52°25′25.37″N 24°18′35.92″E / 52.4237139°N 24.3099778°E / 52.4237139; 24.3099778
Result French Allied victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Tormasov Prince of Schwarzenberg
Strength
18,000 40,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 1,300 Austrians
930 Saxons
330km
205miles
15
Pultusk
14
Gorodeczno
13
Drohiczyn
12
Tauroggen
11
Riga
10
Tilsit
9
Warsaw
8
Berezina
7
Maloyaro-
slavets
6
Moscow
5
Borodino
4
Smolensk
3
Vitebsk
2
Vilna
1
Kowno
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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.