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Battle of Mir (1812)

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Battle of Mir (1812)
Part of the French invasion of Russia

Cossack cavalry deployed at Mir (by V. Mazurovsky)
Date9–10 July 1812
Location
Mir, Russian Empire
53°27′N 26°28′E / 53.450°N 26.467°E / 53.450; 26.467
Result Russian victory[1]
Belligerents
 Duchy of Warsaw  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Duchy of Warsaw A. Rożniecki Russian Empire Matvei Platov
Russian Empire Dmitry V. Vasilchikov
Strength

3,600 men (1,300 on the 1st day[2]), 3 guns:[3]

  • 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Uhlan Regiments
  • Polish 4th Chasseurs
  • One horse battery

8,500 men (3,500 on the 1st day[2]), 12 guns:[4]

  • Eleven Cossack regiments (5,000 men[3])
  • Two Don Cossack batteries, two horse batteries
  • Akhtyrka Hussars, Kiev, and New Russia Dragoons, Lithuanian Uhlans (2,500 men[5])
  • 5th Jaegers (1,000 men[5])
Casualties and losses
308 (1st day)[6]
500–600 (2nd day)[7]
808–908 total losses, including 256 taken prisoner[6]		 25 (1st day)[6]
Totally around 180 dead and wounded,[1] including two colonels killed.
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The Battle of Mir took place on 9 and 10 July 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Three Polish Lancers divisions battled against Russian cavalry, ending in the first major Russian victory in the war.[8]

  1. ^ a b Smith 1998, p. 483.
  2. ^ a b Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. pp. 15–16.
  3. ^ a b Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. p. 25.
  4. ^ Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. pp. 25, 18.
  5. ^ a b Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. p. 18.
  6. ^ a b c Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. p. 16.
  7. ^ Kharkevich, Vladimir (1901). (in Russian) Platov's actions in the rearguard of Bagration in 1812: cavalry battles at Mir and Romanov. pp. 25–26.
  8. ^ napoleon-series 2021.

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