Buuxi weedha soo socota: Dayrtii 1609, Strus wuxuu ku biiray Duulaankii Smolensk (1609<unk>11), isagoo hoggaaminaya cutub ka kooban 150 Hussars, 50 Cossacks iyo 100 ciidanka lugta ah. 4-tii Luulyo, 1610, wuxuu ku dagaalamay
Dagaalkii Klushino, ka dib markii uu la orday Aleksander Zborowski iyo Mikolaj Scibor Marchocki Boqorkii Zygmunt III Waza, isagoo u soo bandhigay calanka cadowga ee la qabsaday (17 Luulyo). Gugii 1612-kii, isaga oo ay weheliyaan 1000 askari oo lug ah iyo 3000 oo fardooley ah, Strus wuxuu ku biiray ciidamada Hetman-ka Lithuania Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, oo loo diray inay xoojiyaan ciidanka Commonwealth ee Kremlin-ka Moscow.