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Battle of Berezina
The Battle of Berezina (or Beresina) took place from November 26-29, 1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia and crossing the Berezina (near Borisov, Belarus), and the Russian armies under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chichagov. The battle ended with a mixed outcome. The French suffered very heavy losses but managed to cross the river and avoid being trapped. Since then ""Bérézina"" has been used in French as a
, 6th Hussar, and 23rd Dragoon Regiments and the Württemberg 3rd Jäger zu Pferde Regiment. By this time, battle losses and illness had shrunk Grouchy's corps to only 700 mounted men.
The 7th and 30th Dragoon Regiments from the 6th Heavy Cavalry Division were engaged at the Battle of Vyazma on 3 November 1812. Doumerc's division joined the remnants of the main army in time to fight at the Battle of Berezina. From 26 to 28 November, Napoleon's retreating army streamed across the ice-choked Berezina River on