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The main staff of the Prince had halted in the town near by, but

in Soplicowo was a camp of forty thousand men, and with them

Generals Dombrowski,182 Kniaziewicz,183 Malachowski,184

Giedrojc,185 and Grabowski,186 with their staffs.

As it was late when they arrived, each man chose quarters

wherever he could, either in the old castle or in the mansion;

soon orders had been issued and guards stationed, and each weary

man went to his chamber for sleep. As night drew on all became

quiet, both camp, mansion, and field; one could see only the

patrols wandering about like shadows, and here and there the

flickering of the camp fires; one could hear only the watchwords

being passed about from post to post in the army.