 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vaifanira kuisa parutivi kusawirirana kwavo panguva yekupinda kweFrance muRussia, apo divi raMorand rakaumba chikamu cheDavouts renumbered I Corps. Achiyambuka Niemen musi wa 24 Chikumi 1812, akarwa paSmolensk uye akavhunika shaya yake nechipfuramabwe muhondo yeBorodino. Akaramba achitungamirira divi rake mukudzokera shure kubva kuMoscow, ari mumwe wemapoka ekupedzisira kusiya guta. Kurwa paVyazmaUye Krasnoi, panguva yaakasvika kuNiemen akanga asara nevarume 300 chete pavarume 10 000 vokutanga vaaitungamirira. 