 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Izvi zvakauya nemutengo wokurasikirwa neMoscow, ine vagari vakabviswa. Apo Napoleon pakupedzisira akasiya Moscow Kutuzov akavhara nzira yaNapoleon kuburikidza neKaluga kupinda munzvimbo dzakapfuma, dzisina kusvibiswa dzekumaodzanyemba kweRussia muHondo yeMaloyaroslavets, chiyero che1: 1. Napoleon akasarudza kudzivisa hondo inokosha ndokufora achishandisa Mozhaisk kuenda kuSmolensk kupinda mungozi huru yenzara, sezvo yakanga iri nzira yakaparadzwa yokufambira mberi kwake. Mukuru mukuru wacho akaperekedza Napoleon mumigwagwa yokumaodzanyemba asi akamurwisa muHondo yeVyazma, muHondo yeKrasnoi, chiyero 1 musoja wechiFrench ku1.4 weRussia, uye muHondo yeBerezina, chiyero 1: 1.75. Panguva imwe cheteyo mapoka evaCossack nevarimi vakarwisa mauto echiFrench akanga ari oga mukati mokudzokera kwawo kwose. NaKutusov zano rehondo yekupera simba, musi wa14 Zvita vakasara veuto guru reFrance vakasiya Russia. Mauto bedzi akasara akanga ari mauto akapoteredza 43,000 pasi paSchwarzenberg, 23,000 pasi paMacdonald, varume vanenge 1 000 veVachengeti uye vanenge 40 000 vakadzokera shure, vanenge 110 000, vose vakanga vasara ve612,000 kusanganisira kusimbiswa vakanga vapinda muRussia. 