Russian capture of Polotsk

In the aftermath of the Russian success, the Russians took Polotsk and dismantled Napoleon's operations in the region (Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire; present-day Belarus). The French position at Polotsk had been important because it protected Vitebsk, one of three massive supply depots Napoleon had established in the western part of the Russian Empire. Two weeks later, Wittgenstein's troops captured the French supply depot at Vitebsk, inflicting a logistical disaster on Napoleon's fast-collapsing Russian operation.