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1812
CAMPAIGN - BORODINO
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MAPS FOR 1812 CAMPAIGN
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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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