BATTLE AT BORODINO - TIME SCHEDULE |
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TIME |
FRENCH LEFT |
FRENCH CENTER |
FRENCH RIGHT |
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0500 |
Marshal Ney reports
army readiness to Napoleon |
Poniatowski prepares to advance | |||
0600 |
Barclay orders LGJagers back from Borodino - too late - Delzon attacks them |
First fire from Guard artillery - then 102 guns fire 0630 - Nap launches (Davout) I Corps (Compans) against south fletch |
Poniatowski starts forward |
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0700 |
Platov finds ford on
lower Kolocha & no French |
Kutuzov orders Baggavout to shift to left flank 0730 - Compans shot - French 57th takes fletch - driven out by Rus 7th CG Div. French prepare to assault Semenovka - Sieves Rus Cav counterattack |
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0800 |
Fighting continues for fletches as Ney and Davout both assault again and again 0830 - Bagration counterattacks with curiassiers to retake fletch |
Poniatowski begins fire on Rus 1st Gren Div Tutchkov withdraw Gren, burn Utitsa |
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0900 |
Eugene shift Morand, Gerard and Broussier over pontoon bridge - prepare to attack Great Redoubt - Raevski has .5 corps (8 bns) |
Ney III Corps (Ledru) takes fletch again. Baggavout starts march to south, some of corps hit while enroute behind center. Kutuzov orders Constantine to send 3 LG Cav Regts, 8 Converge Gren bns and arty forward. French attack Rus 7th Converged Gren Div - Rapp hit again - Rus Curiassiers counter Ledru takes 2nd fletch, destroys 7th CGD. Rus counter attack again Murat new attack takes one fletch again, 2nd Rus Cuirassier counter again |
Nap shifts Junot VIII Corps to drive Jagers from woods Tutchkov sends dragoons to assist - Tuchkov's 3rd Div (Konovnitsn) shifts to woods |
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1000 |
Kutusov orders Uvarov and Platov into cavalry diversion - Eugene starts Broussier recon of redoubt - thrown back - 1030 - Morand takes Great Redoubt, driven out by VI Corps - Kutaisov killed at redoubt- another attack Grouchy Cav hits Rus 17th Div in march south |
Bagration hit - Napoleon attacking center between fletches and redoubt with I and III Corps - Nansouty and Latour-Maubourg Cav forward to Semenovka - Counter by Rus IV Cav Corps 1030 south of Semenovka, Nansouty hits 3 Rus LG regt squares - Murat and Ney ask for Young Guard |
1030 -Poniatowski brings up 22 artillery pieces |
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1100 |
Uvarov and Platov cross Kolochka - |
French assault on redoubt slackens - artillery fire increase - fighting for fletches and Semenovka continues |
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1200 |
Uvarov stopped by Delzons and marshy stream - sits idle - French reacting with panic in rear areas. |
French finally take fletches - Ney again asks for Guard Dokturov (Rus IV Corps) shifts into bend at Semenovka - Nap sends Guard Arty (60 guns) to Friant - Murat charges to hold Russians as Sorbier deploys |
Poniatowski takes Utitsa - Rus II and III Corps counter - Tuchkov killed - |
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1300 |
Uvarov and Platov mostly idle - French reacting Eugene, Lecchi, Grouchy cav (17 regts) shifted to counter Platov |
Sorbier opens fire on Ostermann-Tolstoy Murat Cav shifted north toward redoubt - sit under fireFrench (170 guns) fire on redoubt - Tolstoy holding ground |
Baggovut in command - in artillery duel with Poniatowski |
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1400 |
Uvarov and Platov ordered back, begin return to right wing reserve |
French cavalry sitting under fire from redoubt and Russian center |
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1500 |
Nap returns to Shevardino - French renew assault on redoubt with 3 div of IV Corps and II and IV Cavalry Corps - IV Cav Corps Saxons ride into redoubt rear, infantry follow in front. |
artillery duel continue |
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1600 |
Eugene concentrate all cavalry against Rus Inf behind redoubt - Rus inf in squares - Barclay commits Rus Cav reserve to huge melee. |
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1700 |
Uvarov and Platov arrive back at Gorki with their cavalry units. |
Cavalry engagement declining |
Poniatowski renews assault |
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1800 |
Russians are 1000 yards back on line of artillery reserve |
Baggouvt retires to conform with Russian center |