French retreat and Kulnev's mortal wound
- When
- 1 August 1812
- Where
- Klyastitsy area on the road between Polotsk and Sebezh
- Part of
- Battle of Klyastitsy
Oudinot retreated toward Polotsk while fending off Russian pursuers; Kulnev, wounded while chasing the French, died of his injury on 1 August 1812.
The French partially retreated along their communication lines after the battle and fended off Russian pursuers. Kulnev continued to chase the French corps with several cavalry regiments and one infantry battalion. Oudinot retreated to Polotsk, assuming Wittgenstein's force was superior, and the French advance on Saint Petersburg was halted. Both Wittgenstein and Kulnev were wounded; Kulnev's injury was fatal, and his biography gives his death date as 1 August 1812. The exact site of his wounding is not specified in the passages.
Sources
- Battle of Klyastitsy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
- Yakov Kulnev Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-29
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.