Position of the two armies after the battle of Iganie.--Plan of a simultaneous attack upon the Russian forces upon opposite sides.--Instructions to the different corps.--Operations on the enemy's front.--Unfortunate operations of general Sierawski, and the _first defeat_.--Details of those operations.--Operations of general Dwernicki.--He defeats Rudiger; but by a false operation exposes himself to be attacked disadvantageously by two Russian corps.--In the course of the action the Austrian frontier is passed by the combatants.--An Austrian force interposes, and general Dwernicki consents to go into camp.--His arms and prisoners are taken from him, while the enemy is permitted to leave the territory freely.--Reflections on the conduct of Austria.--Consequences of the loss of Dwernicki's corps.--The cholera makes its appearance in the two armies. The positions of the two armies, [_See Plan_ XXII,] were now as follows:--The Russian army was divided into four principal bodies, having no communication with each other. First, their main body (_a_), consisting of about 60,000 men and 130 pieces of cannon, were between Lukow (1) and Cock (2). Secondly, the remains of the corps of Rosen and Giesmar (_b_) were at Siedlce (3). They could be counted at about 20,000 men and perhaps 50 pieces of cannon. Thirdly, at Ostrolenka (4) was the Imperial guard (_c_), consisting of 18,000 men and 36 cannon. Fourthly, in the palatinate of Lublin, were the combined corps of Witt and Kreutz (_d_), consisting of 30,000 men and 60 pieces of cannon. Their different scattered detachments might be counted at 10,000 men. This separation of their different corps invited a sudden attack on either, before it could receive succor from the others. [Illustration: _XXII. p. 234_] [Illustration: _XXIII. p. 243._]