 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1260, maCuronians aibatanidzwa muHondo yeDurbe, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa muLivonia muzana ramakore rechi 13. Vakamanikidzwa kurwa vari kudivi revafambi vorudzidziso. Apo hondo yakavamba, vaCuronia vakasiya varwi. Peter von Dusburg akataura kuti vaCuronians vakatorwisa Knights vari shure. VaEstonia nevamwe vanhu vomunzvimbomo vakakurumidza kutevera vaCuronia ndokusiya Knights uye izvo zvakabvumira vaSamogitians kukunda Livonian Order. Kwaiva kukundwa kwakakomba kweOrder uye kumuka kwevarwi vehondo dzemakwikwi nokukurumidza pashure pacho kwakatanga munyika dzeCuronian nePrussian. 