The right column of the 1st Division Brigade, moving along the road to the Sea of an eagle (pl: Orłowo (powiat nidzicki)), stumbled unexpectedly to the opponent.

During this battle, the commander of the Chernigov Regiment, Colonel Alexeev, grabbed the banner and jumped forward.

-The memoirs of Colonel Zhelondkovskiy of participation in the activities of the XV Corps during the operation of Alexander Samsonov's Army.

The regimental coat of arms of the Chernigov Regiment (on the Silver Shield of black, one-head eagles under the Golden Crown, holding in the left Paw Golden Cross), surrounded by poluvenkom of the Laurel and oak branches, tied to the bottom of the band with dates: "1700-1900".

P. " For the Fatherland's War, the regiment received a St. George banner with the inscription "for distinction in defeating and expelling an enemy from Russia's limits in 1812".