Levin August Gottlieb Theophil von Bennigsen23 December 1806
Fights at the Battle of Pultusk
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Fights at the Battle of Pultusk
The Tsar awards Bennigsen command of the Russian Armies. Claims a Russian victory
The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland
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