 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaHondo yeMaloyaroslavetsvaFrench vakaedza kusvika kuKaluga, kwavaigona kuwana zvokudya nezvokudya zvemhuka. Mauto eRussia akanga awedzerwazve akavhara mugwagwa, uye Napoleon akamanikidzwa kudzokera nenzira imwe chete yaakanga auya nayo kuMoscow, nomunzvimbo dzakaparadzwa zvikuru mumugwagwa weSmolensk. Mumavhiki akatevera, Grande Armée yakarohwa zvakaipisisa nekutanga kweZhizha reRussia, kushayikwa kwezvinhu uye hondo yevagari vemo yeRussia neuto risina kurongeka. 