Battle of Liaskowa | |||||||
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Part of the French invasion of Russia | |||||||
![]() Cossacks were an irregular Russian cavalry best suited for the attack of the enemy’s supply lines without joining a major battle. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3,500[1] 4 cannons | 2,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200[1] | 2,000[1] | ||||||
Location within Smolensk Oblast |
The Battle of Liaskowa (or Lyakhovo) took place 9 November 1812 near the village of Liaskowa, where 3,500 Cossacks under the command of Vasily Vasilyevich Orlov-Denisov (also under Denis Vasilyevich Davydov, Aleksandr Samoylovich Figner and Aleksandr Nikitich Seslavin) surrounded 2,000 soldiers of the Grande Armée under Jean-Pierre Augereau.[1]