The Dnieper (the Borysthenes of antiquity) turned out to be "an ordinary little river, so steeply embanked you can hardly see it before you stumble on it." The gigantic concentration described by Dumonceau, and neccessary for the flank march on Smolensk. Ney's III Corps crossing at Rossasna, under Napoleon's supervision. - Faber du Faur.

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