CHAPTER XIII

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Plan of general Skrzynecki to act upon the isolated corps of Rosen and Gaismer.--Battle of Wawr.--Various detachments of the enemy are taken after that battle, and a great number of prisoners.--Battle of Dembe-Wielkie.--Destructive pursuit of the enemy by our cavalry.--View of the Russian losses in the preceding days.--Marshal Diebitsch abandons his plan of crossing the Vistula, and marches to the rescue of the remains of the corps of Rosen and Gaismer, and the Imperial Guard.--View of the position of the two armies, after the second repulse of the enemy from before Warsaw.--Operations of general Dwernicki.--Successes of a reconnoissance under colonel Russyian at Uscilog.--Effect of Dwernicki's victories on the inhabitants of the provinces.--Acknowledgment of general Dwernicki's services by the National Government.--The instructions for his future operations. 213

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