 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1806 Gneisenau akashanda semumwe wevakuru vakuru vePrince Hohenlohe, akarwa paSaalfeldOctober 10, 1806 uye Jena October 14, 1806, uye zvishoma gare gare akatungamirira chinguva chemauto ehondo akarwa pasi peLEstocq muLithuania mushandirapamwe. Pakutanga muna 1807, Mauto ePrussian akatumira Major von Gneisenau semutungamiriri weKolberg, iyo, kunyange iri diki uye isina kudzivirirwa zvakanaka, nerubatsiro rwakawedzerwa rwaSchill naNettelbeck vakabudirira kumira vachipesana nemauto aNapoleon kusvika Runyararo rweTilsit muna Chikunguru 1807. Mukuru mukuru wacho akagamuchira Pour le Mérite yaikosheswa zvikuru uye kukwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant-colonel. 