into the Prussian territory, and by that act the operations of the Lithuanian corps were ended. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 79: It might have been the case, that a few wagons with some of the baggage of the corps, were sent in advance in the direction of Polonga, merely as a precautionary arrangement.] [Footnote 80: In this affair major the prince Giedroyc distinguished himself at the head of his regiment, the 6th chasseurs, and killed with his own hand the commander of the enemy's cavalry, an officer of the rank of general.] CHAPTER XXV. 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 Paszkewicz.--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. While the nation was afflicted by the treasons at Warsaw, their hopes had been still kept alive by looking towards Lithuania. What, then, can express the disheartening effect produced by the intelligence that the Lithuanian corps existed no longer;--that that pillar, so essential to the support of the fabric we had been rearing, had fallen; and that this disaster had been brought on by the gross negligence, if not the treason, of those to whom that all-important expedition had been entrusted. They felt that this was an almost mortal blow. They saw a horrible future opening upon them, prepared by parricidal hands. After such renewed outrages, the people fell into the greatest exasperation. That people, whose confidence had been so basely abused, whose holiest purposes had been so shamelessly sported with, seemed at last to have changed their nature. So often betrayed, they lost confidence in all, and seemed to see in every one a traitor. If, in the frenzy of indignation, which such an experience had justified, they allowed themselves to be carried away by their feelings, and to be guilty of acts of severity, it can scarcely be wondered at.