Battle of Ostrovno

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Battle of Ostrovno
Part of French invasion of Russia (1812)

Date July 25 - July 27, 1812
Location Ostrovna, Governorate of Vitebsk, Belarus
Result French victory
Combatants
Russian Empire First French Empire
Commanders
General Ostermann-Tolstoy Joachim Murat, King of Naples
Strength
14,000 - 20,000 troops 22,000 to 28,000
Casualties
3,000 killed and wounded,
800 prisoners,
eight guns		 3,300
Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Ostrovno – Klyastitsy – Smolensk – 1st Polotsk – Valutino – Borodino – Tarutino – Maloyaroslavets – 2nd Polotsk – Czasniki – Vyazma – Smoliani – Krasnoi – Berezina

The Battle of Ostrovno took place on July 25 and 26 1812, between the French corps of Marshal Ney and Prince Eugene, with Marshal Murat's cavalry, and the Russian corps of Count Alexander Osterman and Pyotr Konovnitsyn. The Russians repelled the attacks of the outnumbering enemy, giving Barclay de Tolly a three-day advantage over the French. Russian forces lost 3,000 killed and wounded, 800 prisoners and eight guns. French losses were about the same.


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