 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwaJanuary 1814, mauto eMubatanidzwa akaparadza mauto akanga asina simba aidzivirira miganhu ndokupinda muFrance. Napoleon akasarudza kuvarwisa neImperial Guard, II neVI Corps, uye I neV Cavalry Corps, vanosvika 33 000 vanofamba netsoka uye 8 000 vakatasva mabhiza. Mukurwisana paSaint-Dizier musi wa 27 Ndira, varwi 2100 veboka raMilhaud vakakunda varwi 1500 veRussia 2nd Hussar Division. Zvikamu zveFrance zvaibatanidzwa mukurwisana kwaiva 5th Chevau-Léger Lancers, 10th uye 26th Chasseurs-à-Cheval, uye 2nd, 11th, 13th, uye 19th Dragoons. Muhondo yeBrienne musi wa29 Ndira, V Cavalry Corps yakatungamira kurwisa. Mukutungamira kwavose kwevafambisi vengoro, General Emmanuel de Grouchy akaisa General Hippolyte Piré nechikamu chevatasvi vemabhiza kuruboshwe, varwi veLhéritier pakati, uye vamwe vatasvi vemabhiza veImperial Guard kurudyi. Pamberi pa3:00 masikati, vatasvi vemabhiza vakamhanyira mberi, vachidzorera kumashure vatasvi vamabhiza vokuRussia vaGeneral Pyotr Pahlen. Mukuvatevera kwavo, mapoka evadzvinyiriri aLhéritier naGeneral André Louis Briche akasangana nemabhatani matatu eRussia mumagadzirirwo akaenzana uye akadzoserwa. Vatasvi vemabhiza vakabva vaendeswa kunofukidza divi rokurudyi revaFrench kusvikira hondo yapera. Boka racho rakarwawo paHondo yeLa Rothièremusi wa1 Kukadzi. Gare gare muzuva racho, Napoleon akapinza uto raMilhaud kuti afukidze kubviswa kweuto rake rakanga rakundwa. 