 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeTatu yeMubatanidzwa muna 18051806, semumwe wevakuru vevashandi vanokwanisa muAustria, Schmitt akashevedzwa kubva pamudyandigere kuti aite basa iri chairo rekuronga kudzoka kunonetsa kweAustria neRussia. Akashongedzerwa netsamba inopenya yekubvumidzwa kubva kuna Emperor Francis II kuenda kuRussia Infantry General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov 17451813, Schmitt akasvika kumuzinda weRussia uye akagadzwa Chief weQuartermaster General Staff yeAllied Army. Schmitt akasangana nemauto eRussia paimba huru yevafundisi yeMelk, iri paDanube, uye iye nevakuru vakuru vacho vakaronga kuti vakombe mauto eFrance aEdouard Mortier pedyo neDürenstein. Kuti vaite kudaro, havana kungoshandisa ruzivo rwavo rwemauto chete, asi vakakumbirawo kaputeni womunharaunda yacho, kuti ashandise zivo yake yenzvimbo nenzvimbo. 