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Hace 4 días · Bagration, against whom Jérôme was making a lengthy march from the south, avoided Louis-Nicolas Davout’s attempt to cut his line of retreat by a thrust through Minsk with two divisions and was able to cross the Dnieper (July 25).
- Borodino
Battle of Borodino, (Sept. 7 [Aug. 26, Old Style], 1812),...
- Borodino
Hace 2 días · The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign ( French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 ( Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized : Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda ), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with ...
- 24 June – 14 December 1812, (5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
#OTD 10 May 1770 Louis-Nicolas Davout was born. He became Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. His talent & disciplinarianism earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal". He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon's finest commanders.
Hace 4 días · Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt. Mikhail Kutuzov. Karl Mack, baron von Leiberich. Napoleon I. (Show more) Top Questions. What was the Battle of Austerlitz? Which armies fought in the Battle of Austerlitz? How many casualties occurred in the Battle of Austerlitz?
Davout is often considered Napoleon's best Marshal (especially in independent command) and was fanatically loyal to Napoleon and his commands but he was very underutilized after the Russian debacle.
Hace 3 días · Napoleon succeeded in bringing the imperial forces in the region to around 650,000—although only 250,000 came under his direct command, with another 120,000 under Nicolas Charles Oudinot and 30,000 under Davout. The remaining imperial forces came mostly from the Confederation of the Rhine, especially Saxony and Bavaria.
Hace 3 días · Louis XIV. ( more...) among others... Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
