French troops crossed the Berezina River

On November 26, 1812, the Battle of the Berezina began. At this time, the French army still had 40,000 soldiers and 40,000 non-combatants, and the Russian army was 110,000 (of which Kutuzov personally commanded the 50,000 army). When Napoleon's retreat was cut off by the Russian army, he pretended to cross the river with a part of the French army under the Berezina River, attracting Kutuzov's attention. The main force built a bridge to cross the river at Studyanka. On the 26th, the pontoon bridge was set up, and the French army began to cross the river. At the same time, the Russian army, which found Napoleon's attempt, quickly launched an attack. The French and Russian armies fought fiercely on both sides of the river, and the Udino army, the Davu army, the Eugene army and the remnants of the Nei-Iraqi army crossed the river one On the 28th, the French guard Victor's army blew up the bridge after crossing the river, and tens of thousands of stragglers and non-combatants were separated on the other side. The French army successfully escaped the pursuit of the Russian army with huge losses (4-50,000 people were killed, most of them were non-combatants and stragglers), and the Russian army also suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

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