Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Hondo yeChishanu Yenyika Dzakabatana muna 1809 yakanga yaguma nokukurirwazve kwemauto akabatana eUmambo hweAustria, Great Britain, Spain, nePortugal vachirwa neFrance nehama dzavo dzeGermany. 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 chehondo yacho, mauto akabatana naNapoleon akakundwa pa
Großgörschen (2 May) uye Bautzen (20<unk>21 May), vachidzoserwa kurwizi rweElbe. 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.