 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Napoleon akarova paSaint-Dizier, achidavira kuti uto raAllied raFeld Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher rakanga riripo. Musi wa27 January, mambo weFrance akaona kuti akanga atadza kuona mukuru mukuru wePrussian uye akatungamirira uto rake kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero akananga kuBrienne-le-Château ari mumitsara mitatu. Hondo yeBriennerakarwiwa musi wa29 January. Pashure pokunge vatasvi vemabhiza vachinetsana, Napoleon akarayira divi raGuillaume Philibert Duhesme kuti rirwise maRussia aZakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev muBrienne. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwaDuhesme kwakadziviswa. Napoleon akarayira kumwe kurwisa neboka raDecouz kurudyi kwaDuhesme. Panguva iyi, divi raDuhesme rakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure nechiuto cheRussia chevatasvi vemabhiza uye brigade yeFrance pasi paLouis Huguet-Chateau yakatora chateau, ichipotsa yabata Blücher. Mukuru mukuru wemauto ePrussia akarayira mauto eRussia aFabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken kuti abvise mauto eFrance muBrienne uye Olsufiev kuti atorezve nhare. Muchiitiko ichocho, Olsufiev akakundikana asi Sacken akabudirira pashure pokurwisana kwakapererwa. Decouz akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa uye mutsivi wake Admiral Pierre Baste akaurayiwa. Decouz akapfurwa kaviri muchipfuva. Kukuvadzwa kwokutanga kwakaitika pakutanga muhondo asi Decouz akaramba kusiya munda. Ronda rechipiri rakabvumikisa kuva rinouraya. Pelet akava mutungamiri weboka kusvikira musi wa 11 February. 