List of battles of the French invasion of Russia explained

This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the French invasion of Russia (24 June – 14 December 1812).

data-sort-type=date	Date	Battle	Governorate	French forces	Russian forces	Notes
1 July 1812	Battle of Grodno (1812)	Lithuania-Grodno			French victory
9–10 July 1812	Battle of Mir (1812)	Lithuania-Grodno			Russian victory
19 July 1812	Battle of Ekau	Courland			French victory
23 July 1812	Battle of Saltanovka	Mogilev			French victory
24 July – 18 December 1812	Siege of Riga (1812)	Livonia			Russian victory
25 July 1812	Battle of Ostrovno	Mogilev	Napoleonic Naples		French tactical victory
26–27 July 1812	Battle of Vitebsk (1812)	Vitebsk			French victory
27 July 1812	Battle of Kobrin	Lithuania-Grodno			Russian victory
30 July – 1 August 1812	Battle of Klyastitsy	Vitebsk			Russian victory
8 August 1812	Battle of Inkovo	Smolensk			Russian victory
11 August 1812	Battle of Swolna	Vitebsk			Indecisive
12 August 1812	Battle of Gorodechno	Lithuania-Grodno			French victory
14 August 1812	First Battle of Krasnoi	Smolensk			French victory
16–18 August 1812	Battle of Smolensk (1812)	Smolensk			French victory
17–18 August 1812	First Battle of Polotsk	Vitebsk			Indecisive
19 August 1812	Battle of Valutino	Smolensk			French victory
22 August 1812	Battle of Dahlenkirchen	Livonia			Russian victory
N.S. 5 September 1812 O.S.: 24 August 1812	Battle of Shevardino	Moscow	Napoleonic Naples		French victory
N.S. 7 September 1812 O.S.: 26 August 1812	Battle of Borodino	Moscow	Napoleonic Naples K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Gr. Duchy of Hesse		French victory French occupy Moscow
14 September – 19 October 1812	French occupation of Moscow Fire of Moscow (1812)	Moscow			French tactical victory Russian strategic victory Fires destroy Moscow French abandon Moscow
26/30 September – 1 October 1812	Battle of Mesoten	Courland			French victory
18 October 1812	Battle of Tarutino	Kaluga	Napoleonic Naples		Russian victory
18–20 October 1812	Second Battle of Polotsk	Vitebsk			Russian victory
24 October 1812	Battle of Maloyaroslavets	Kaluga			French tactical victory Russian strategic victory
31 October 1812	Battle of Chashniki	Vitebsk			Russian victory
3 November 1812	Battle of Vyazma	Smolensk	Napoleonic Naples K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Gr. Duchy of Hesse Gr. Duchy of Berg Gr. Duchy of Baden		Russian key victory
9 November 1812	Battle of Liaskowa	Smolensk			Russian victory
13 November 1812	Battle of Nowo Schwerschen	Minsk	Lithuanian PGC		Russian victory
13–14 November 1812	Battle of Smoliani	Vitebsk			Russian victory
14–16 November 1812	Battle of Wolkowisk	Lithuania-Grodno			French victory
15 November 1812	Battle of Kaidanowo	Minsk	Lithuanian PGC K. of Württemberg		Russian victory
15–18 November 1812	Battle of Krasnoi (2nd)	Smolensk			Russian victory
21 November 1812	Battle of Borisov	Minsk			Russian victory
23 November 1812	Battle of Loschniza	Minsk			French victory
26–29 November 1812	Battle of Berezina	Minsk	Napoleonic Naples K. of Westphalia K. of Württemberg Gr. Duchy of Hesse		Indecisive Russian tactical victory French strategic victory

See also

• Attrition warfare against Napoleon
• Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
• List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
• List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition
• List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition
• List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition
• List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
• List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition
• List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
• Order of battle of the French invasion of Russia
• Russian Army order of battle (1812)
• Timeline of the Finnish War

Bibliography

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• Book: Chandler, David . 1966 . The Campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld and Nicolson . 978-0025236608 . 13 March 2021.