Battle of Berezina

Battle of the Berezina
	Part of the French invasion of Russia
	; Napoleon's crossing of the Berezina,; a 1866 painting by January Suchodolski,; oil on canvas, National Museum, Poznań
Date	26–29 November 1812
Location	The Berezina river near Studienka, Russian Empire (currently Studenka, Barysaw District, Minsk Region, Belarus)54°19′29″N 28°21′16″E / 54.32472°N 28.35444°E
Result	Inconclusive; (See Aftermath)
Belligerents
French Empire; Duchy of Warsaw; Italy; Naples; Bavaria; Westphalia; Württemberg; Saxony; Hesse	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I; Nicolas Oudinot; Claude Victor-Perrin; Michel Ney	Peter Wittgenstein; Pavel Chichagov; Yefim Chaplits
Strength
~36,000 effectives ; At least 40,000 stragglers ; 250–300 guns	61,500 to 64,000 Chichagov:; 31,500; Wittgenstein:; 30,000; ;
Casualties and losses
Total: 50,000–60,000 ; 20,000 to 30,000 combatants ; 30,000 noncombatants	10,000 killed; 10,000 wounded
	Location within Europe

French invasion of Russia

330km
205miles

15

Pultusk

14

Gorodeczno

13

Drohiczyn

12

Tauroggen

11

Riga

10

Tilsit

9

Warsaw

8

Berezina

7

Maloyaroslavets

6

Moscow

5

Borodino

4

Smolensk

3

Vitebsk

2

Vilna

1

Kowno

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The Battle of (the) Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral Chichagov. Napoleon was retreating toward Poland in chaos after the aborted occupation of Moscow and trying to cross the Berezina River at Borisov. The outcome of the battle was inconclusive as, despite heavy losses, Napoleon managed to cross the river and continue his retreat with the surviving remnants of his army.