Battle of Maloyaroslavets [SEP] point in time
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812, between the Russians, under Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, and part of the corps of Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson, under General Alexis Joseph Delzons which numbered about 20,000 strong.
Prelude.
On 19 October, Napoleon evacuated Moscow and marched south-west to Kaluga, Eugene de Beauharnais leading the advance. Unaware of this, and believing the force sighted at Fominskoye, 40 miles south-west of Moscow, was a foraging party
Dmitri Kutejnikov
Dmitri Kutejnikov (Russian: Дмитрий Ефимович Кутейников; 1766 - 1844), born into a Don Cossacks noble family and was a Russian full general in time of Napoleonic Wars. He was a hero of Battle of Kinburn (1787). Kuteinikov served in wars against France and Turkey, was in a Russian expedition to India in 1800. In Patriotic War of 1812 was at Borodino, Battle of Maloyaroslavets and Battle of Berezina.
References.
- The Dictionary of Russian Generals in Napoleonic Wars.