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Notes of my Captivity in Russia

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Notes of my Captivity in Russia (1844)
by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, translated by Alexander Laski
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NOTES

OF

MY CATIVITY IN RUSSIA,

in the years 1794, 1795, and 1796.

NOTES

OF

MY CAPTIVITY IN RUSSIA,

IN THE YEARS 1794, 1795, AND 1796.


BY


J. U. NIEMCEWICZ,

SENATOR-CASTELLAN OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND,

PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SCIENTIFIC AND

LITERARY SOCIETY OF WARSAW, &c.




TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL,

BY

ALEXANDER LASKI,

CAPTAIN IN THE LATE POLISH ARMY.


EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM TAIT, 107, PRINCE'S STREET;

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON.

MDCCCXLIV.


CONTENTS.


Page
THE BATTLE OF MACIEIOWICE, 1
ITINERARY OF THE PRISONERS, 40
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS, 103
COMPANIONS IN CAPTIVITY, 141
PRISON LIFE, 168
THE RELEASE, 196