Accordingly, leaving wittgenstein with 25,000 men to hold Oudinot's corps in check on the middle Dwina, he marched eastwards towards Vitepsk.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
The illness and finally the death of the obstinate old Kutusoff had stopped the intrigues of the Slav peace party, hitherto strong in the Russian camp: and the command now devolved on wittgenstein, a more energetic man, whose heart was in his work.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
wittgenstein, with his 35,000 Russians, showed less energy; but if a fourth Russian corps under Miloradovitch, then on the Elster, had arrived in time, the day might have closed with victory for the allies.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
