Every day, letters of inquiry and notices from the court arrived, and on the first of May, Denisov was ordered to hand the squadron over to the next in seniority and appear before the staff of his division to explain his violence at the commissariat office.

On the previous day Platov reconnoitered with two Cossack regiments and two squadrons of hussars.

Denisov, as was his wont, rode out in front of the outposts, parading his courage.