Beginning of the March

By the 23rd of June 1812 all the troops had taken their positions. Napoleon's main army was between Kovno and Pilviszki. Eugene's army was around Kalvaria. Jerome with his VII Corps was near Novrogod. Macdonald with X Corps was at Tilsit. Swarzenberg's Austrians were near Siedlice.

All of these forces totaled up to 499,000 men, with 1146 guns. At the time Russians had an army of 183,000 men and 15,000 Cossacks, with 938 guns.

Last updated on 1 October 1996

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