Estimates of opposing forces in the Battle of Borodino
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Following are major historians' or writers' estimates of the sizes of the opposing armies in the battle of Borodino, with the years in which those estimates were made.[1][failed verification]
| Source | French | Russian | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buturlin | 190,000 | 132,000 | 1824 |
| Ségur | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1824 |
| Chambray | 133,819 | 130,000 | 1825 |
| Fain | 120,000 | 133,500 | 1827 |
| Clausewitz | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1830s |
| Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky | 160,000 | 128,000 | 1839 |
| Bogdanovich | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1859 |
| Marbot | 140,000 | 160,000 | 1860 |
| Burton | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1914 |
| Garnich | 130,665 | 119,300 | 1956 |
| Tarle | 130,000 | 127,800 | 1962 |
| Grünwald | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1963 |
| Beskrovny | 135,000 | 126,000 | 1968 |
| Chandler | 156,000 | 120,800 | 1966 |
| Thiry | 120,000 | 133,000 | 1969 |
| Holmes | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1971 |
| Duffy | 133,000 | 125,000 | 1972 |
| Tranié | 127,000 | 120,000 | 1981 |
| Nicolson | 128,000 | 106,000 | 1985 |
| Troitsky | 134,000 | 154,800 | 1988 |
| Vasilyev | 130,000 | 155,200 | 1997 |
| Smith | 133,000 | 120,800 | 1998 |
| Zemtsov | 127,000 | 154,000 | 1999 |
| Hourtoulle | 115,000 | 140,000 | 2000 |
| Bezotosny | 135,000 | 150,000 | 2004 |
References
[edit]- ^ Mikaberidze, p.50
- Mikaberidze, Alexander. The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov. London: Pen & Sword, 2007.
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