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with some sort of party, the Swedes put up an open front, and two hours later there was not a living soul left who could run up to the
Margrave and shout that it was Czarniecki. They simply swept away the eight banners on their sabres, leaving no witness to the defeat. Then they set off, as if someone had thrown a sickle, to Magnuszewo, as the spies informed them that the Margrave of Baden with his entire army was in Warka.
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artillery consisting of 240 raiders and dragoons under the command of
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364:2nd Kraków
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304:1st Warsaw
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254:Jasna Góra
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202:The Deluge
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