V Corps (Grande Armée)

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The V Corps of the Grande Armée was a military unit during the Napoleonic Wars. Made up entirely of soldiers from the Duchy of Warsaw, it was one of only two non-French corps of the Grande Armée and at its peak in 1812 consisted of around 100,000 troops.

V Corps took part in Napoleon's invasion of Russia under the command of General Józef Antoni Poniatowski. V Corps fought in the Battle of Borodino.[1]

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  1. ^ Badone, Jean Cerino et al. Battle of Borodino, 1812 - Armies. "French and Russian Orders of Battle". Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
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