Battle of Mir (1812)

The Battle of Mir took place on 9 and 10 July 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Three Polish Lancers divisions battled against Russian cavalry, ending in the first major Russian victory in the war.

Battle of Mir (1812)
Part of the French invasion of Russia

Cossack cavalry deployed at Mir (by V. Mazurovsky)
Date9–10 July 1812
Location53°27′N 26°28′E
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Warsaw Russia
Commanders and leaders
A. Rożniecki Matvei Platov
Dmitry V. Vasilchikov
Strength

3,600 men (1,300 on the 1st day), 3 guns:

  • 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Uhlan Regiments
  • Polish 4th Chasseurs
  • One horse battery

8,500 men (3,500 on the 1st day), 12 guns:

  • Eleven Cossack regiments (5,000 men)
  • Two Don Cossack batteries, two horse batteries
  • Akhtyrka Hussars, Kiev and New Russia Dragoons, Lithuanian Uhlans (2,500 men)
  • 5th Jaegers (1,000 men)
Casualties and losses
308 (1st day)
500–600 (2nd day)
808–908 total losses, including 256 taken prisoner
25 (1st day)
Totally around 180 dead and wounded, including two colonels killed
  current battle
  Prussian corps
  Napoleon
  Austrian corps
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