the French had with them some three thousand Russian prisoners. Even though their presence cost nothing in terms of supplies –the unfortunate wretches were given no food at all, so they fed off the dead horses they found by the wayside and ended up, by some accounts, eating their own dead– they were an aggravating encumbrance to the Portuguese infantry detailed to escort them, and took up valuable space
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