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October 1812

  • Malet coup of 1812Claude François de Malet was born in 1754. He distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and slowly became disenchanted with Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Battle of MaloyaroslavetsOn the 19th of October 1812 Napoleon left Moscow and marched southwest toward Kaluga. Eugène de Beauharnais led the advance guard of this massive force.
  • French occupation of MoscowField Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov's Russian army suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Borodino on the 7th of September 1812.