Battle of Borodino

""Of the fifty battles I have fought, the most terrible was that before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy victors, and the Russians can rightly call themselves invincible.""

- Napoleon

The Battle of Borodino was a battle in the French Invasion of Russia of the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought September 7, 1812 between the First French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, against the Russian Empire, led by Mikhail Kutuzov, at Borodino, a village right outside Moscow, Russia. It was the bloodiest and most grueling battle of the entire Coalition Wars.