Oudinot meanwhile was moving towards the line of the Blosser Wasser, which was a significant obstacle, the defence being supplemented by redoubts and other earthworks.Milarodovich did send his Cossacks on a raid through the woods to threaten the flank of Oudinot's advance but Rostov's command became involved in a confused and indecisive melee with one of Oudinot's divisions and the advance was not