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August 29–30 – Battle of Kulm, A battle in the War of the Sixth Coalition, in which the French, under general Dominique Vandamme, faced a Coalition army led by Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy, resulting in a Coalition victory and Vandamme's capture.
In 1813 Russia gained territory in the Baku area of the Caucasus from Qajar Iran as much due to the news of Napoleon's defeat in 1812 as the fear by the Shah of a new campaign against him by the resurgent Russian Army where the 1810 campaign led by Matvei Platov failed. This was immediately used to raise new regiments, and to begin creating a ...
It was formed out of two battalions of the Moscow Grenadiers on November 19, 1796. They were given the title of Pavlovsky Life-Guard (Russian: лейб-гвардии: лейб-from German Leib, lit. ' body '; гвардия, gvardiya from Italian guardia 'guard') on April 13, 1813, for their deeds during the French invasion of Russia.
This painting by Bogdan Willewalde depicts the meeting of officers of the Russian Guards cavalry with the residents of one of the European cities in 1813–1814. It depicts (left - right) officer of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment, chief- and staff officers of the Life Guards Horse Regiment, chief-officers of the Life Guards Uhlan and Chevalier Guard Regiments.
The Battle of Leipzig, [e] also known as the Battle of the Nations, [f] was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
In the Battle of Bautzen (20–21 May 1813), a combined Prusso-Russian army, retreating after their defeat at Lützen and massively outnumbered, was pushed back by Napoleon but escaped destruction. Some sources claim that Marshal Michel Ney failed to block their retreat.
In the 1813 campaign it fought in the Siege of Danzig, the Siege of Küstrin, the Siege of Spandau, the Battle of Lützen, and the Battle of Bautzen.As part of the 1st Infantry Corps of General Peter Wittgenstein in the Army of Bohemia it fought in the Battle of Dresden after the resumption of hostilities with Napoleon.
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Part of the Russo-Persian Wars, Russian conquest of the Caucasus and the Napoleonic Wars: This painting by Franz Roubaud illustrates an episode near the Askerna river where the Russians managed to repel attacks by a larger Persian army for two weeks. They made a "living bridge", so that two cannons could be ...