 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ney akapiwa murairo weIII Corps yeGrande Armée mukati mekupinda kweRussia muna 1812. PaSmolensk, Ney akakuvadzwa mutsipa asi akapora zvakakwana kuti gare gare arwe munharaunda yepakati paBorodino. Mukati mokudzokera shure kubva kuMoscow, Ney akatungamirira boka revarindi uye akanga achizivikanwa netsaona se muFrance wokupedzisira muvhu reRussia nemhaka yazvo. Pashure pokunge vaparadzaniswa neuto guru munguva yeHondo yeKrasnoi, Ney akakwanisa kutiza mumhute yakasimba pamusoro peRwizi rweDnieper, asi kwete pasina kurasikirwa kukuru, uye kujoina zvakare muOrsha, iyo yakafadza Napoleon. Nokuda kwechiito ichi Ney akapiwa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti mumwe akashinga pane vakashinga namambo. Ney akarwa paBerezina uye akabatsira kuchengeta zambuko rinokosha paKovno zuva ranhasi Kaunas, uko ngano inoratidzira Ney sewokupedzisira wevapambi kuyambuka zambuko uye kubuda Russia. Pana 25 March 1813, Ney akapiwa zita rokuti Prince of the Moskva. Munguva yokurwisa kwa1813, Ney akarwa paWeissenfels, akakuvadzwa paLützen, uye akatungamirira divi rokuruboshwe paBautzen. Ney gare gare akarwa paDennewitzuye Leipzig, uko akakuvadzwazve. Muchiitiko cha1814 muFrance, Ney akarwa hondo dzakasiyana-siyana uye akatungamirira zvikamu zvakasiyana-siyana. PaFontainebleau, Ney akava mutauriri wekumukira kwevarwi musi wa4 Kubvumbi 1814, achida kuti Napoleon abvise chigaro. Ney akaudza Napoleon kuti uto raisazoenda kuParis; Napoleon akapindura, uto richanditeerera! Ney akapindura, uto richateerera vatungamiriri varo. 