 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchirimo cha 1809 Poniatowski akatungamira mauto ake kurwisa kupinda kweAustria pasi peArchduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph weAustria-Este, muhondo iyo yaionekwa nevatungamiriri vepamusoro veAustria sechinhu chakakosha pakurwisana kwavo neFrance yaNapoleon. Muhondo yeropa yeRaszynpedyo neWarsaw musi waApril 19, apo iye pachake akatungamirira varume vake mu infantry bayonet charge mubasa rake rose akaita nhamba yeizvi, mauto ePoland pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaPoniatowski akarwa kuti amise simba reAustria kaviri nhamba yavo. Pashure pacho zvisinei akasarudza kusadzivirira Warsaw uye akadzokera nemapoka ake kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweRwizi rweVistula, kunzvimbo yakasimbiswa yePraga, iyo maAustria akarwisa, asi akakundwa paGrochowo musi wa 26 Kubvumbi. Chikamu cheAustria chakazoyambuka Vistula zvakare chichiedza kutevera maPoland, asi chakadzingwa musi wa 2 Chivabvu paGóra Kalwaria mukurwisa kwakashinga kwaitungamirirwa naGeneral Michał Sokolnicki. Ferdinand akaitazve dzimwe nhamburiko shomanene, achiedza kugadza musoro webhiriji kune rumwe rutivi rweVistula, asi idzo dzakakundwa, izvo zvakasiya danho riri mumaoko aPoniatowski. Kubva ipapo akakurumidza kupfuurira kumaodzanyemba, achigara pedyo neVistula kudzora mamiriro ezvinhu ndokutora nzvimbo huru dzeGalicia, ndiko kuti Poland yokumaodzanyemba iyo yaidzorwa neAustria mukuwirirana negadziriro yokuparadzanisa. Musi waMay 14 Lublin yakatorwa, musi waMay 18 Sandomierz yakasimbiswa uye yakadzivirirwa zvakasimba. Musi wa 20 Zamość nhare yakakurirwa, uko vasungwa 2000 uye zvombo 40 zvakatorwa, uye kunyange mberi kumabvazuva Lwów yakatorwa musi wa 27 Chivabvu. Izvi zviitiko zvechiuto zvakamanikidza maAustria kuti vabve muWarsaw kurwisa nechisimba chavo chikuru kwakaguma nekudzoserwa kweSandomierz musi wa18 Chikumi. 