![]() ![]() The homes of the peasants were so filthy that they seemed to be alive with cockroaches. Nearly 20,000 army horses died from lack of water and fodder on the way to Vilnius. Many of the soldiers pillaged the homes, livestock, and fields of the local peasants. The army was so huge that it was nearly impossible to keep military formation intact, and the greater part of the army dissolved into straggling, sprawling mobs. ![]() The roads were soft with loose dust or were deeply rutted from the spring rains the supply trains lagged farther and farther behind the main body of soldiers, and it became difficult to provide food and water. Since the army was now in enemy territory, the supply trains had to move to the rear. The peasants were unwashed, with matted hair and ridden with lice and fleas, and the wells were fouled. He found the region filthy beyond belief. Poland is where things started going badly for Napoleon. ![]()
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