CHAPTER XXV

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Effect of the news of the Lithuanian disasters on the minds of the people.--Distrust of the National Government.--The Russian army resumes the offensive under general Paszkiewicz.--He decides to pass the Vistula.--Examination of the merits of this plan.--Plan of general Skrzynecki to act on the different detached corps of the enemy.--Advantages of general Chrzanowski over the corps of Rudiger.--The Russian forces execute the passage of the Vistula.--General Skrzynecki crosses the Vistula at Warsaw to operate against the enemy on the left bank.--An inquiry into the conduct of general Skrzynecki, and the appointment of a Council of War is demanded by the nation.--Arrival of the corps of general Dembinski at Warsaw. 384

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