. "driven out of Polotsk" . . . . "Second Battle of Polotsk" . . . "23,000 to 27,000 troops" . . . . . . "12,000" . . "French Empire" . "40,000 regular troops; 9,000 militia" . . "Polotsk" . . "Russian Empire" . . . "1812-10-20" . "defeats on other fronts" . . . "Second Battles of Polotsk" . . . . "Polotsk(2)" . "Second" . . "Russian victory" . "Second Polotsk" . . "Second Battle of Polotsk" . . . . . . . .