Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1797 Konopka akabatana nePolish Legions muItaly aine chinzvimbo chekaputeni uye akatora chikamu mumakwikwi ese eLegion. Pashure pokuparadzwa kweLegion, akadzokera kubasa muFrance saMajor. Nokukurumidza akaitwa mutungamiriri wehondo muLegion yeVistula. Akarwa muHondo yeChipiri yeMubatanidzwa
uye nokuda kwechikamu chake muHondo yeFriedland akashongedzwa neLégion d'honneur. Gare gare akarwa sechikamu chemauto aNapoleon muHondo yePeninsular kwaakawana kumwe kubudirira (semuenzaniso, paHondo yeCiudad-Real) pamwe nekutadza (paHondo yeYevenes). Muna 1811 akaitwa mukuru wemauto eFrance mushure meHondo yeAlbuera uye gare gare, Duchy yeWarsaw, uye Baron weFrench Empire.