Battle of Vitebsk

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Vitebsk was a 1812 engagement during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in which French and Russian forces clashed near the city of Vitebsk without a decisive outcome, preceding the larger battles of Smolensk and Borodino.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Vitebsk canonical 2
Battle of Vitebsk (1812) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Vitebsk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Vitebsk (1812)
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian campaign of 1812
combatant Grande Armée ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
commander Joachim Murat ⓘ
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly ⓘ
surface form: Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

Napoleon I ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France

Nikolay Raevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict French invasion of Russia ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
date 1812 ⓘ
endDate 1812-07-27 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Russian Empire ⓘ
Vitebsk ⓘ
outcomeDescription French failed to destroy or decisively defeat the main Russian army ⓘ
Russian forces withdrew in good order ⓘ
partOf French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Ostrovno ⓘ
relatedEvent French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: French invasion of Russia in 1812
result inconclusive ⓘ
indecisive outcome ⓘ
startDate 1812-07-26 ⓘ
strategicObjective attempt by Napoleon to bring the Russian army to a decisive battle ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ

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Patriotic War of 1812 → battle → Battle of Vitebsk ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk → precededBy → Battle of Vitebsk ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Smolensk (1812)
Battle of Vitebsk → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Vitebsk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Vitebsk (1812)