 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yechimurenga, Beizadea Grigore akanga akaisa pfungwa pabasa rake remauto, uye akabata chinzvimbo chemauto mumasoja eMoldova. Achivaka ushamwari hwake naReşid Pasha panguva yekukwirira kwe Tanzimat shanduko, akaendeswa kuColonels kutumirwa muuto reOttoman muna 1852. Sa Muklis Pasha zvakare Muhlis Basha uye zvimwe zvakasiyana, Sturdza akapiwa kuTurkey Cossack cavalry muna Zvita 1853, mwedzi miviri muHondo yeCrimea. Iri boka rakagadzirirwawo kubatanidza vaWallachian vapanduki vakadzingwa, uyo Porte akanga apa ruregerero rwakaganhurirwa. Sturdza akarwa nekusiyanisa muWallachia, kutanga neHondo yeOltenița; akabva apinda muhondo dzeCetate, achiratidza ushingi hwakapenga semunhu akatasva sniper, uyo akanangana nevakuru vemuvengi pavakapfurwa neuto reRussia. Haanawo kuteerera mirayiridzo yavakuru vake uye, muna August 1854, akaenda kuBucharest yakanga yasiyiwa neRussia, kwaakawana musha womudzimai wake uchingova usina kupfurwa nemakororo. 