[7] The next day, after several attacks and counterattacks, the Russian advance forced Oudinot to retreat to Klyastitsy.

While the Russian cavalry was wading across the Nishcha, the 2nd Battalion of the Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment rushed the burning bridge.

After crossing the Drissa River on 1 August, his unit ran into an ambush and suffered heavy casualties from French artillery.

Wittgenstein has finalised the victory and Oudinot retreated to Polotsk; the French advance on St. Petersburg failed.

Krylov, whose unit was the first to cross the river over the burning bridge, received the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree.