Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov (1768 – 1855) led a Russian infantry corps in the

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and the French Campaign of 1814 during the

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. He participated in the 1799

Italian and Swiss expedition The Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799 was a military campaign undertaken by a combined Austro-Russian army under overall command of the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov against French forces in Piedmont and Lombardy (modern Italy) and the ...

on the staff of his uncle

Alexander Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...

and was at Cassano, the Trebbia and Novi. In 1812 he fought at

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and

Borodino The Battle of Borodino (). took place near the village of Borodino on during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The ' won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses. Napoleon ...

. At

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in May 1813 he led the second line of the Right Wing. He commanded the 1st Infantry Corps, at

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and

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in 1813 and at

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, Laubressel and

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in 1814.

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