A courier was immediately sent with an authentic copy of the Russian capitulation to Dvinsk.
I hope soon to join a train going to Dvinsk with food and supplies.
It reached special intensity between Krevo and Smorgon and at Dvinsk.
General Ruzsky, who was holding Dvinsk, had learned the lesson of Verdun and pushed out his defences far from the city.
A frontal attack was launched on Dvinsk on 3rd Oct. and was a costly failure.
