ated . ▁Having ▁retre ated ▁along ▁the ▁Kal uga ▁road ▁and ▁re pl en ished ▁his ▁m un itions , ▁he ▁forced ▁Napoleon ▁into ▁retre at ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Mal o yar oslav ets ▁and ▁blocked ▁his ▁way ▁through ▁Kal uga . ▁This ▁allowed ▁K ut uz ov ▁to ▁force ▁Napoleon ▁to ▁retre at ▁via ▁Moz h ais k ▁and ▁Sm ol ensk , ▁the ▁dev ast ated ▁route ▁of ▁his ▁advance ▁that ▁Napoleon ▁had ▁wished ▁to ▁avoid . ▁The ▁old ▁general ' s ▁c aut ious ▁purs uit ▁of ▁the ▁retre ating ▁Grande ▁Arm ée ▁ev oked ▁much ▁criticism , ▁but ▁ultimately ▁only ▁a ▁small ▁rem nant ▁( 9 3 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men ) ▁of ▁the ▁Grande ▁Arm ée ▁returned ▁to ▁Pr uss ian ▁soil ▁alive . ▁Hence ▁the ▁Russian ▁general ' s ▁ca ution ▁was ▁thoroughly ▁v ind ic ated . ▁ ▁Alexander ▁I ▁awarded ▁K ut uz ov ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁general - field ▁mar shal ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁August ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Bor od ino . ▁He ▁later ▁awarded ▁K ut uz ov ▁the ▁victory ▁title ▁of ▁His ▁Ser ene ▁High ness ▁K ny az ▁G olen ische v - K ut uz ov - Sm ol ens ky ▁( С вет лей ший ▁кня зь ▁Го ле ни ще в - К у ту зов - С мо лен ский ) ▁on ▁ 6 ▁December