page_title: Bagration flèches
hierarchical_section_title: Bagration flèches
caption_attribution_description: en:Bagration flèches, Detail of his panoramic painting The Borodino Battle (1912)
context_page_description: The Bagration flèches are certain historic military earthworks named after Pyotr Bagration who ordered their construction. They were the pivotal Russian strongholds on the left flank during the Battle of Borodino in 1812. Located south-west of the village of Semyonovskoye, the flèches consisted of two lunettes and one redan, which were stormed eight times in the course of the battle.
  The flèches were constructed by infantry divisions of the 2nd Army and militiamen to give an opportunity to the artillery of firing not only to the French front, but also the flank. Five hundred men were detailed to their construction from each division, except the 27th, which sent six hundred. The left work was erected by the 26th Infantry Division, the right by the 2nd Grenadier Division and the middle one by the 2nd Combined Grenadier. The construction was finished on August 25, 1812.
context_section_description: The Bagration flèches (Russian: багратионовы флеши) are certain historic military earthworks named after Pyotr Bagration who ordered their construction.   They were the pivotal Russian strongholds on the left flank during the Battle of Borodino in 1812. Located south-west of the village of Semyonovskoye, the flèches consisted of two lunettes and one redan, which were stormed eight times in the course of the battle.
  The flèches were constructed by infantry divisions of the 2nd Army and militiamen to give an opportunity to the artillery of firing not only to the  French front, but also the flank. Five hundred men were detailed to their construction from each division, except the 27th, which sent six hundred. The left work was erected by the 26th Infantry Division, the right by the 2nd Grenadier Division and the middle one by the 2nd Combined Grenadier. The construction was finished on August 25, 1812 (O.S., used by the Russians) (September 6, N.S., used by the French).
caption: French artillery supports attack on the Bagration flèches, fragment of Borodino battle panoramic painting by Franz Roubaud. The fortification are on the far side of the paintings
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