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corps ("yertoul") counting up to 1,000 men was sent out to capture some prisoners who would provide important information on
Lithuanians. The corps met the avantgarde of the Lithuanian army near the village of Postavy and smashed it, having captured the flag and many prisoners. Several days later,
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