Battle of Berezina

Date and place

• November 27th and 28th, 1812 near the Berezina river (now Belarus).

Involved forces

• French army (49,000 men fighting and 40,000 late) under Emperor Napoleon the First. 
• Russian army under Tzar Alexander the First, Generals Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov and Peter Wittgenstein, and Admiral Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov. 

Casualties and losses

• Grande Armée: 30,000 to 45,000 men (Most of them have not been direct victims of the fighting or even have not participated). 
• Russian Army: more than 10,000 soldiers. 

Map of the of battle of Berezina

Picture - "Przejscie wojsk Napoleona przez Berezyne - Napoleon crossing the Berezina river". Painted 1866 by January Suchodolski.