 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo Yokutanga yePolotskyakatanga musi wa16 Nyamavhuvhu, naMarshal Nicolas Oudinot achiraira II uye VI Corps kurwisa Peter Wittgensteins Russian I Corps. Pazuva rokutanga, vaRussia 30 000 vakakurira vaAllies 24 000 uye Oudinot akakuvadzwa. Saint-Cyr akatora mutungamiri uye akadzorera vazhinji vevarwi vake kumaodzanyemba kwegungwa reRwizi rwaDaugava musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu. Akabva avaka zambuko rakavanzika ndokufambisa pachivande uto rake duku kumahombekombe okuchamhembe usiku hwaAugust 1718. Na3: 00 masikati, Saint-Cyr akarwisa maRussia akashamisika neBavarian VI Corps kurudyi, maFrench II Corps pakati, uye maFrench cavalry kuruboshwe. Vachifukidzwa nebhomba rinobva pamapfuti 30, Chikamu chechi19 chaDeroy chakapinda mumusha weSpas apo Chikamu chechi20 chaWrede chakarwisa kure kurudyi. 