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    French invasion of Russia 500km 300miles Polotsk Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaro- slavets...
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    men. The Polotsk offensive had the dual objective of taking Polotsk itself, and of screening the northern flank of the main Minsk Offensive against a...
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    French invasion of Russia 500km 300miles Polotsk Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaro- slavets...
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    The Vilno-Dvinsk offensive took place in the autumn of 1915 between the cities of Vilno (present-day Vilnius) and Dvinsk (present-day Daugavpils). It...
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    French invasion of Russia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    followed Barclay de Toll's First Army of the West to Drissa and Polotsk. Cavalry corps of Murat (32,000) advanced to Vilnius and Polotsk in the vanguard...
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    reached the Daugava River. Barysaw was taken on 10 September and parts of Polotsk on 21 September. By mid-September, the Poles secured the region along the...
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    Livonian War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Poland–Lithuania, Russia lost all of its former holdings in Livonia and Polotsk to Poland–Lithuania. The following year, Sweden and Russia signed the Truce...
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    regiments. The Russians finally returned to the offensive on 17 October 1812, leading to the Second Battle of Polotsk. The Russians grouped once again under Lieutenant...
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    Mongol invasion, including Galicia-Volhynia, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Polotsk, Vitebsk, and probably Rostov and Uglich. The campaign was heralded by...
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    in Belarus: Polotsk, Rossony, Krasnopole Fall Weiss ("Case white") (January – April 1943) — also known as the Fourth anti-Partisan Offensive; operations...
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