Brigadier Apraksin was originally supposed to help the Pieri detachment at Aldy but arrived too late and was ambushed by Chechen fighters when trying to capture the village Alkhan–Yurt.

[1][2][3] On July 6, Brigadier Fyodor Apraksin received an order from General Wrede Leontiev to approach the Aldy crossing, from which he was 32 kilometers away, to help the retreating Pieri detachment.

The detachment went through the village and did not meet anyone, but as they descended to the ford, Chechen fighters came out behind bushes and trees and ambushed the Cossacks.

[1] “During the battle,” noted Brigadier Apraksin in his report, “the Chechens were all on fresh horses and always kept a few fathoms from the forest so that they could quickly take cover.” After the burning of the village of Prince Alkhan, it was decided to steal the herd that belonged to the residents of Alkhan–Yurt — Up to two hundred heads of cattle.

It was reported, for example, that “a huntsman’s bandoleer was removed from one dead man, and one banner and a drum were knocked off; the shape shows that it came from the false prophet (Sheikh Mansur) himself.