Battle of Ostrowno

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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	Indecisive French victory; Russian strategic success

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

2,500

3,300

Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Ostrowno – Klyastitsy – Smolensk – 1st Polotsk – Valutino – Borodino – Tarutino – Maloyaroslavets – 2nd Polotsk –Czasniki – Vyazma – Smoliani – Krasnoi – Berezina

The Battle of Ostrowno 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 sternly 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.