Battle of Ostrovno [SEP] point in time
Battle of Ostrovno
The Battle of Ostrovno (French: "Combat d'Ostrowno") was a military engagement that took place on 25 July 1812, between French forces under the command of King of Naples Joachim Murat and Russian forces under General Ostermann-Tolstoy and ended with the Russian forces retreating from the battlefield.
Context.
With the beginning of the Russian campaign in late June 1812, Emperor Napoleon I launched with his Grande Armée, in a series of envelopment maneuvers of the Russian Imperial armies before him, with the
, Heislberg, and Friedland. During Napoleon's invasion of Russia, Davydov served in the "2nd Brigade of the Guard Cavalry Division of the 1st Reserve Cavalry corps in the First Western Army" according to Prof. Alexander Mikaberidze. At the Battle of Ostrovno, Davydov's left hand was severely wounded. Once healed, Davydov fought at the battle of Kulm; for his deeds in this battle he was promoted to major-general and appointed chef of the Lubensk Hussar Regiment on 5 September 1813, with "seniority", as