Desertion is high among Spanish and Portuguese…
June 1812 CE
These deserters proceed to terrorize the population, looting whatever lay to hand.
The areas in which the Grande Armée passes are devastated.
A Polish officer reports that areas around him are depopulated.
The French light Cavalry is shocked to find itself outclassed by Russian counterparts so much so that Napoleon had ordered that infantry be provided as back up to French light cavalry units.
This affects both French reconnaissance and intelligence operations.
Despite thirty thousand cavalry, contact is not maintained with Barclay's forces leaving Napoleon guessing and throwing out columns to find his opposition.
The operation intends to split Bagration's forces from Barclay's forces by driving to Vilnius has cost the French forces twenty-five thousand losses from all causes in a few days.
Strong probing operations are advanced from Vilnius towards Nemenčinė, Mykoliškės, ...
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Poles (West Slavs)
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Austria, Archduchy of
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Baltic Germans
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Cossacks
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Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of
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Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
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Russian Empire
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Switzerland
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France, (first) Empire of
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Italy, Bonapartist Kingdom of
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Rhine, Confederation of the (Rhine Confederation)
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Naples, Bonapartist Kingdom of
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Warsaw, Duchy of
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Spain, Bonapartist Kingdom of
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