The Second Western Army was created during 1810 as part of the reform of the

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as a whole and was intended to defend the central western region of the Russian border with Poland (

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) to the Austrian border during the expected

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. Commander-in-Chief

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Prince P.I. Bagration Chief of Staff - Major General Graf E.F. de Saint-Priest General- quartermaster - Major General M.S. Vistitskiy 2nd Duty General - Fligel-Adjutant Colonel S.N. Marin Chief of Artillery - Major General Baron K.F. Levenshtern Chief of Engineers - Major General E.Kh. Ferster * 7th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General N.N. Raevskiy * 8th Infantry Corps - Lieutenant General M.M. Borozdin * 4th Cavalry Corps - Major General Graf K.K. Sivers The total strength of the army was 46 infantry battalions, 52 cavalry squadrons, 9 cossack regiments, and 180 cannon. The Second Western Army had approximately 45,000−49,423 men, and during the time of June-July, 1812, according to generals Barclay de Tolly, Bagration and Tormasov, was positioned along a 50-mile long front near the areas of Wolkovysk and Belostock.

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Armies of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1810 {{Russia-hist-stub

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