Battle of Mir (1812)

Battle of Mir (1812)
	Part of the French invasion of Russia
	; Cossack cavalry deployed at Mir (by V. Mazurovsky)
Date	9–10 July 1812
Location	Mir, Russian Empire53°27′N 26°28′E / 53.450°N 26.467°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Duchy of Warsaw	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Aleksander Rożniecki	Matvei Platov ; Dmitry V. Vasilchikov
Strength
3,600 men (1,300 on the 1st day), 3 guns: ; 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Uhlan Regiments; Polish 4th Chasseurs; One horse battery;	8,500 men (3,500 on the 1st day), 12 guns: ; Eleven Cossack regiments (5,000 men); Two Don Cossack batteries, two horse batteries; Akhtyrka Hussars, Kiev, and New Russia Dragoons, Lithuanian Uhlans (2,500 men); 5th Jaegers (1,000 men);
Casualties and losses
308 (1st day); 500–600 (2nd day); 808–908 total losses, including 256 taken prisoner	25 (1st day); Totally around 180 dead and wounded, including two colonels killed.

French invasion of Russia

330km
205miles

Mir

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 Mir took place on 9 and 10 July 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Three Polish Lancers divisions battled against Russian cavalry, ending in the first major Russian victory in the war.