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1812 CAMPAIGN - BORODINO

 
 

MAPS FOR 1812 CAMPAIGN

 
 

Under construction. We list here all the maps for convenient reference. Each will be linked also to the appropriate place in the description of the campaign and battles. We include links to maps provided by the Dept of History at the U. S. Military Academy as well as to maps processed directly at our web site.

 
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Initial disposition of the two sides prior to the campaign.

 
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Already on 1 July Barclay is escaping from the French encirclement being attempted by Davout.

 
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Situation on 14 July

 
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Map depicting the first half of the campaign - the French invasion and offensive to Moscow.

 
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Situation on 24 July

 
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Situation on 14 August and maneuvers toward Smolensk

 
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Operations up to and around Smolensk

 
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Battle for Smolensk

 
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Battle for Smolensk

 
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Battle at Valutino

 
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Battles at Valutino and east of Smolensk to 18 August as the French fail to trap the combined Russian armies.

 
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Situation up to 24 August.

 
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Situation 25 August

 
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Situation 3 Sept and move from Smolensk to Borodino.

 
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Details of assault on Shevardino

 
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Assault on Shevardino redoubt

 
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Situation at Borodino around 0630 at start of French assault

 
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Phase 1 of Borodino battle

 
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Situation at Borodino around 0900.

 
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Phase 2 of the Borodino battle

 
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Phase 3 of the Borodino battle

 
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Detail of the French attack on Semyenovski village.

 
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Situation at Borodino at 1600

 
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Phase 4 of the Borodino battle

 
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Theater situation on 4 October

 
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Battles at Tarutin and Maloyaroslavets

 
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Napoleon's initial attempt at retreat via the Kaluga road on which he was stopped by Kutusov at Maloyaroslavets and forced back to the Smolensk road is shown on the right side of this map. On the left side of the map is the situation on 2 November by which time the French army is strung out along that Smolensk road in the vicinity of Vyazma.

 
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This section of the map from the West Point Atlas depicts the situation in the western part of the theater on 2 November, the time when Napoleon has reached Vyazma during the initial part of his retreat.

 
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This map from Beskrovni's Atlas shows the engagement around Krasnoi on 16-17 Nov, during the French retreat.

 
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Theater situation on 21 November

 
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Situation on 23 November, getting critical for the French

 
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Situation on 25 November as the French begin the river crossing operation at Studenka.

 
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Situation on 28 Novermber as the French succeed in holding the Russians off as their army crosses the Berezhina.

 
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Maps showing both the general situation prior to the Berezhina river crossing and details of the final battle at Studenka.

 
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General map of the French retreat from Moscow into Poland.

 
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Map showing the Russians and allies carrying the war west in August 1813.

 
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Battle of Leipzig in October 1813

 

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