The Russians managed to break into the village, but due to heavy losses Baklanov was forced to retreat.

On July 7, the troops of the Russian Imperial Army under the command of Colonel Lyashchenko set out on a campaign to the village of Shali, where the detachment was engaged in the destruction of hay stocks.

[1] Gordali was rebuilt in the early 1850s by the order of Shamil as a village-fortress, as opposed to the fortification of the Impregnable Stan (Isti-su).

The main part of the troops moving from the Gordali-aul to the Kura fortification had to pass through a forest clearing, where they were met by Shamil's murids, and from the other side were attacked by the Gordalians.

The forest resounded with the fierce exclamations of the mountaineers, our "hurray" ... - and groaned, as if upset by the appearance of intruders and a battle that had begun in it.

In the end, it got to the point that there was no one, and it was impossible to take the dead and wounded - these unfortunates were left in place.Seeing that the further movement of the column would lead to its death, Baron Nikolay, who was in charge of the Kabardin regiment, decided to stop, gather the remnants of the troops in one place and defend himself until help arrived.