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The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with a higher probability of starvation.
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with a higher probability of starvation.
The battle of Maloyaroslavets (24 October 1812) was one of the most important battles during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and disrupted his original plans for the retreat from Moscow. Napoleon's army entered Moscow on 14 September, and attempted to open negotations with Tsar Alexander I .
On Oct. 24, 1812, Russian forces mounted a furious defense of Maloyaroslavets, compelling Napoleon’s forces to retreat not southward to warmer territory, but back along an icebound road to ruin.
- William Brumfield
Dec 2, 2016 · The French forces, which included a large contingent of Italians, several times crossed the Luzha River at St. John’s Meadow (Ivanovsky Lug) and stormed the heights near the Church of St. John ...
Maloyaroslavets. 24-25 October, 1812. While in Moscow preparing for retreat, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to march his army south-west towards Kaluga, a city in a lush region where plenty of supplies could be found. He sent his stepson, Eugene Beauharnais, and 15,000 men ahead of the main Grande Armee to clear the way of any opposing Russian forces.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets was a strategic victory of the Russian army, which seized the initiative and did not let the enemy reach southern provinces. Thus Napoleon’s plan was thwarted: the French had not reached Kaluga to capture the rich food supply concentrated there.
