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#OTD 23 July, 1812, Davout defeated the VII Corps of Raevsky at the Battle of Saltanovka/Mogilev, causing Bagration's 2nd Army to flee for Smolensk.
Barclay's 1st Army, unaware of this, arrived at Vitebsk. Their union, again, was hampered for their own good.
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Thread: Voices from today, 210 years ago
#Onthisday June 24, 1812, the main body of Emperor Napoleon’s Grand Armee crossed the Prussian-Russian border at the Niemen River. The I~III Corps under Davout, Ney, and Oudinot and cavalry under Murat had crossed the day before.