Battle with me
| date | July 9 and 10, 1812 |
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| place | Me , today Belarus |
| output | Russian victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 3,300 men | 8,000 men 12 guns |
| losses | |
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700 dead, 248 prisoners |
180 dead and wounded |
Mir - Mogilev - Ostrovno - Kobrin - Klyastitsy - Gorodeczno - Smolensk - Polotsk I - Walutino - Borodino - Tschirikovo - Tarutino - Maloyaroslavets - Polotsk II - Vyazma - Lyachovo - Chaschniki - Smoljany - Krasnoi - Beresina
 
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The Battle of Mir was a battle at the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's Russian campaign in 1812 , which occurred on July 9th and 10th near the Belarusian town of Mir . Three Uhlan regiments of the Duchy of Warsaw , allied with Napoleon, were defeated by Russian cavalry units.
In the run-up to the battle, the Russian general Matwei Platov had stationed units of the Don Cossacks and artillery south of Mir. The 4th Polish light cavalry brigade attacked Russian guards and rode towards the village, repeatedly exposed to Russian ambushes by around 100 men. A second brigade of the Polish general Aleksander Rozniecki fought with the cavalry of the Russian general Dimitri Wassilschikow , with the losses on both sides being comparably high. Later they attacked the main part of the Platov forces. A third Polish brigade was surrounded by Russian Cossacks while trying to unite with the others, after which the whole Polish force lost ground and was pushed back by the Russian hussars . After the arrival of Russian dragoons and other reinforcements, the battle lasted another six hours and shifted to the nearby village of Simjakovo. Platow defeated his opponents there and moved to Mir to drive the remainder of the Poles from there. A complete smashing of the Poles was only prevented by the brigade of Commander Tyszkiewicz, who came to the rescue and shielded the Poles' retreat.
After the victorious outcome of the battle, the Russians, faced with the advance of the Grande Armée , decided to retreat tactically. I was subsequently used as the headquarters of Jérôme Bonaparte before he left the army after an argument with his brother. During their retreat, the French blew up Mir Castle .
literature
- Smith, Digby (1998) The Napoleonic Wars Data Book, Greenhill, London: ISBN 1-85367-276-9
- Foord, Edward A. (1915). Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. Little, Brown and Co.