On 25 July 1812, Murat contacted Osterman-Tolstoy in the vicinity of Ostrovno. Tolstoy setup a rear guard position in a heavy wood outside the village. Without waiting for the infantry of Eugene's IV Corps d'armée to come up, Murat ordered a series of useless charges against the Russian line. Eventually, Eugene's lead division arrived on the field, outflanking the Russians, and necessitating their withdrawal east toward Vitebsk.
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The Battle of Saltanovka saw Davout's I Corps d'armée confronted by Raevsky's VII Infantry Corps. It is unclear if Bagration was attempting to push Davout out of the way so he could march through the area to Vitebsk and link up with Barclay de Tolly or if it was a spoiling attack to prevent Davout from attacking him on the march. In any case, there was a desperate corps vs corps action south of Mogilev near the village of Saltanovka on 23 July 1812.
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