Napoleon soon penetrated his design, and strove to frustrate it by a rapid move from vilna towards Polotsk on Barclay's flank, but he failed to cut into his line of march, and once more had to pursue.
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"Remove all strangers from vilna," he wrote to Maret: "the army is not fine to look upon just now."
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
vilna offered a poor haven of refuge.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose