Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yeChishanu yeNyika muna 1809 yakanga yaguma nokukurirwazve kwemauto akabatana oUmambo hweAustria, Great Britain, Spain, nePortugal kurwisa vaFrench nevavakidzani vavo vokuGermany. Pashure pokupinda zvisina kubudirira kwaNapoleon muRussia muna 1812, Prussia yakabatana nenyika dzakanga dzatova muhondo neFrance kuti itange Hondo yeChitanhatu Yokubatana muna March 1813. Mukati mechikamu chokutanga chokurwisa, mauto eAllied airwisana naNapoleon akakundwa paGrossgörschen
(2 May) uye Bautzen (20<unk>21 May), vachidzoserwa kurwizi rwaElbe. Zvisinei, nemhaka yokushayikwa kworovedzo muvarwi vake vakanga vachangobva kuunganidzwa, Napoleon akanga asingakwanisi kushandisa zvizere kukunda kwake, achibvumira vavengi vake kuunganidzazve. Kutevera kumira kwechimbichimbi, Austria yakabatanazve neCoalition musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu. Kukunda kwechiFrench muzviverengero kwakanga kwachinjwa zvino, namasimba eSonganiro achiverenga varwi 490,000 ku440,000 yaNapoleon.