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the railway lines, the principal stations, and practically the whole region east of the Volga. We had recovered all our material, and were now fully armed, well provided, and in possession of the telegraph wires, and had large stores of war material and provisions at our disposal. It was a daring achievement for such a small army as ours, and excited surprise and panic in Moscow, where the rumours were spread that we were half a million in number. The fact is we were at that time only from 70,000 to 80,000, and our number never exceeded 100,000.
