 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tolstoy anobva ashandisa Hondo yeOstrovno uye Hondo yeShevardino Redoubt munoverengeka yake, pamberi pekugara kweMoscow nemoto wakatevera. Nhoroondo yacho inoenderera mberi neHondo yeTarutino, Hondo yeMaloyaroslavets, Hondo yeVyazma, uye Hondo yeKrasnoi. Hondo yokupedzisira inotaurwa ihondo yeBerezina, pashure pacho vatambi vanopfuurira nokuvakazve Moscow noupenyu hwavo. 