Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Gorodeczno (Campaign of Moscow).

Fought August 12, 1812, between 36,000 French and Austrians, under General Reynier and the Prince of Schwartzemberg, and the Russians, in equal force, under General Tormazoff. The Russians were defeated and driven from their positions, with a loss of 4,000 men. The French and Austrians lost about 2,000.