 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Grande Armée yakafamba neRussia, ichikunda kumwe kurwisana kudiki uye Hondo huru yeSmolensk musi wa16-18 Nyamavhuvhu. Mumazuva mamwe chetewo, chikamu cheuto reFrance raitungamirirwa naMarchal Nicolas Oudinot chakamiswa muHondo yePolotsknorutivi rworudyi rweuto reRussia, rwaiva pasi pomukuru mukuru Peter Wittgenstein. Ikoku kwakadzivisa kufamba kweFrance kumuzinda weRussia, Saint Petersburg; mugumo wokupinda wakasarudzwa muMoscow, uko Napoleon akatungamirira mauto ake amene. 