midnight
Soon after five o'clock the French had received such large reinforcements that the Russians were forced to give way , and were in full retreat when Barclay himself arrived upon the scene , and rallied them . The battle was renewed , and the last effort of the French was repulsed by a charge with the bayonet by the Russian grenadiers . In the charge , however , General Touchkoff , by whose valour the Russian army had been saved , was carried too far in advance of his men , and was taken prisoner . It was not until midnight that the rear of Barclay 's column emerged from the cross road , in which it had been involved for twenty-four hours . In this fight the French and Russians lost about 6000 men each . Had Junot joined Ney in the attack on Touchkoff 's force the greater part of the Russian army must have been destroyed or made prisoners . The Russian army now pursued its march towards Moscow unmolested save by some attacks by Murat 's cavalry .