Battle of Tarutino
| Battle of Tarutino | |||||||
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| Part of French invasion of Russia (1812) | |||||||
 Battle of Tarutino, by Piter von Hess |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 First French Empire |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Count Levin August von Bennigsen | King Joachim Murat | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 36,000; 13,000 actually participated in the battle. |
26,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200 | 2,500 dead, 2,000 captured, 38 cannon lost |
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