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That very night the Russians surprised and afterward abandoned a town through which the escort had to pass; and Napoleon was within an hour of falling into that affray. He met the Duke of Bassano at Miedniki, a village about thirty miles west of Smorgoni.
The last part of the march to Miedniki was most painful for von Brandt, on account of the inflammation of his left foot. He describes his stay at that place in which there were many stragglers.
This corps consisted of between six and seven hundred men, when it left Wilna to meet the Emperor; it perished entirely in that short passage; the winter was its only adversary. Napoleon was within an hour of falling into that affray. He met the Duke of Bassano at Miedniki.
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