First Battle of Krasnoi
| 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 | ||||||
330km
205miles
205miles
Krasnoi
15
Pultusk
14
Gorodeczno
13
Drohiczyn
12
Tauroggen
11
Riga
10
Tilsit
9
Warsaw
8
Berezina
7
Maloyaro-
slavets
slavets
6
Moscow
5
Borodino
4
4
3
Vitebsk
2
Vilna
1
Kowno
current battle
Prussian corps
Napoleon
Austrian corps
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.