Battle of Shevardino Redoubt

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The Battle of Shevardino Redoubt was a preliminary engagement of the 1812 French invasion of Russia, in which Napoleon’s forces attacked a Russian field fortification near Borodino shortly before the main battle there.

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Battle of Shevardino Redoubt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Maloyaroslavets ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Shevardino
approximateFrenchStrength about 30,000 troops ⓘ
approximateRussianStrength about 20,000 troops ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian campaign of 1812
casualties thousands on both sides ⓘ
combatant Grande Armée ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
commander Aleksey Gorchakov ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
conflict French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: French invasion of Russia of 1812
country Russia ⓘ
date 1812-09-05 ⓘ
describedAs attack on a Russian field fortification ⓘ
preliminary engagement of the Battle of Borodino ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Borodino ⓘ
fortificationType field redoubt ⓘ
front Western front of the Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
involvedUnit French cavalry ⓘ
French infantry ⓘ
Russian artillery ⓘ
Russian infantry ⓘ
location Russian Empire ⓘ
Shevardino Redoubt area ⓘ
surface form: Shevardino Redoubt

near Borodino ⓘ
notableFeature evening infantry assaults ⓘ
heavy artillery duel ⓘ
objective capture of the Shevardino Redoubt ⓘ
partOf Battle of Borodino campaign ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy French advance toward Borodino ⓘ
relatedEvent French approach to Moscow ⓘ
result French tactical victory ⓘ
side French forces attacked ⓘ
Russian forces defended ⓘ
significance shaped positions for the Battle of Borodino ⓘ
strategicEffect forced Russian withdrawal from the redoubt ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
timePeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1812 ⓘ

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Patriotic War of 1812 → battle → Battle of Shevardino Redoubt ⓘ