 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Berckheim akatungamirira boka revarwi vakatasva mabhiza mukati mekupinda kweFrance muRussia muna 1812. Boka racho raiva chikamu che3rd Cuirassier Division yaJean-Pierre Doumerc muIII Cavalry Corps pasi paEmmanuel de Grouchy. Kufanana nemapoka ose matatu aDoumerc, brigade yaBerckheim yaingova neboka rimwe chete rakasimba, 4th Cuirassiers, ine maofficial 35 uye 821 uye faira. Mamwe ma brigade maviri akatungamirwa naSamuel-François Lhéritier 7th Cuirassiers naIgnace Laurent Oullenbourg 14th Cuirassiers. Muhondo Yokutanga yePolotskMusi waAugust 18, 1812, Marshal Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr akashamisa vaRussia ndokuvadzosa. Mukuru wemauto weRussia Peter Wittgenstein akarayira kuti mauto evanhu vakatasva mabhiza arwisane achitungamirirwa nezvikamu zveChevalier Guard Regiment izvo zvakaputsa mukaha mumitsetse yeFrance neAllied. Saint-Cyr akadzinga maRussia paakaisa muuto reSwitzerland revarwi uye Berckheims 4th Cuirassiers. 