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(54) At that time I had no exact information as to the total number of our troops in Siberia. But having news in Paris that as our army proceeded eastward it was continually increasing in numbers by the arrival of fresh prisoners, we estimated its size as being far beyond what it actually was. That is why I erroneously mentioned so high a figure. At that time the maximum number of our troops was somewhere about 80,000.
