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"Borodino September 7th, 1812, The Great Cavalry Battle"
"Borodino September 7th, 1812, The Great Cavalry Battle"
by Egbert Balzar
"Borodino September 7th, 1812, The Great Cavalry Battle"
I tried an episode of the heavy cavalry battles that took place from around 2 pm
The French 1st Carabiniers and the Russian Iziumsk Hussars in the Battle of Borodino on September 7th, 1812.
After the capture of the Raevsky-Redoubt sometime after 2:00 pm.
On September 7, 1812, Napoleon's troops were on the verge of victory on their way to Moscow.
When black powder clouds darkened the sky in the afternoon, Prince Eugene de Beauharnais gathered all the available cavalry of the Grande Army and threw them on the already heavily battered Russian forces that stood behind the destroyed earth fortification.
Past the Raevsky Redoubt and flooded the plateau behind it.
The French cavalry, made up of elements from the 2nd Montbruns Reserve Cavalry Corps and the Grouchys 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps, became involved with Russian cavalry in what General Barclay de Tolly described as one of the most persistent cavalry battles in history.
During the two-hour struggle for control of the Russian center, the French 1st Carabinier Regiment faced the Iziumsk Hussars of Major General Korffsl II Cavalry Corps.
Eventually, after heavy casualties reflecting the carnage scattered across the entire Borodino battlefield, the cavalry action subsided, with no clear victory for either side.
