 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 7th ne30th Dragoon Regiments kubva ku6th Heavy Cavalry Division vakabatanidzwa muHondo yeVyazmamusi wa3 November 1812. Mauto aDoumerc akabatana nevakasara veuto guru munguva yekurwa muhondo yeBerezina. Kubva musi wa26 kusvika musi wa28 November, uto raNapoleon raidzokera shure rakayambuka rwizi rweBerezina rwaiva rwakazara chando riri pamabhiriji okuzvivakira. Musi wa28, uto reRussia revanhu 30 000 rakaedza kukwira kumucheto wokumadokero kworwizi kuti ripedze Napoleon asi rakamiswa neuto reFrance revanhu 14 000. Mukati mokurwisana, Marshal Michel Ney akarayira varwi vaDoumerc kuti varwe. Vatasvi vemabhiza vakarova maRussia, vakabata varume 2 000. Zvikamu zveIII Cavalry Corps zvaibatanidzwa zvaiva 4th, 7th, uye 14th Cuirassier Regiments. Kurasikirwa kwaiva kunotyisa mukati mokudzokera shure uye kwaibatanidza Mukuru Mukuru Denis Étienne Seron uyo akanyangarika pasina chiratidzo muna November. Muna February 1812, 8th Chasseurs-à-Cheval yeChastels division yakasiya Italy iine 800 yakasimba uye gore rakatevera pakanga paine 75 chete vakapona. Muna 1813, Napoleon akakwanisa kuzadza mapoka ehondo dzake dzehondo nokuunganidza pwere dzakanga dzisati dzasvitsa makore okuberekwa uye zvombo zvake zvaikwanisa kukanda zvombo zvakawanda kuti zvitsive pfuti chiuru dzakanga dzaparara. Asi kurasikirwa nemabhiza anopfuura 200 000 uye vatasvi vemabhiza vakarovedzwa muRussia kwakakanganisa mano ake okubudisa uto rinobudirira revatasvi vemabhiza muhondo yakatevera. 