 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akafa mukati mekupinda kwekutanga kwehondo, paHondo yeSaalfeld. Louis Ferdinand akanga achitungamirira varume 8 300 paakaenda kunorwisa V Corps yaMarchal Jean Lannes sezvavaiedza kubuda mumipata yeThuringian Forest. Muhondo iyoyo, akarwisana neuto reFrance rakanga rakakura zvikuru varume 12 800, raitungamirirwa naLannes pachake. VaFrench vakanga vakabata nzvimbo dzakakwirira, nepo vaPrussian vakanga vaine Rwizi Saale kumashure kwavo, izvo zvaizoita kuti kudzokera shure kuve kwakaoma. Paakaona kuti mauto ake akanga ava kutanga kukundwa, Louis Ferdinand akarwisa uto revaFrance raiva nemabhiza. Akaurayiwa muhondo naJean-Baptiste Guindey, mukuru wemauto wechiFrench 10th Hussars, mushure mekunge Louis Ferdinand aramba kupa chipo chekuzvipira uye akakuvadza French NCO. Somutungamiriri akatanhamara wedare rePrussian, rufu rwake rwakarwadza zvikuru. 