The Battle of Ostrovno (French: Combat d'Ostrowno) was a military engagement that took place on 25 July 1812, between French forces under the command of King of Naples Joachim and Russian forces under General Ostermann-Tolstoy and ended with the Russian forces retreating from the battlefield.
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