"Informed of the fighting at Maciejowice on 14 October, Suvorov correctly supposed that striking at the Polish capital would allow a quick conclusion to a war that was already becoming a protracted affair, and he ordered Fersen and Derfelden to join forces with him. He himself lost no time in marching forth. Derfelden was not inclined to obey this order, having earlier planned to deploy into winter quarters, but the Catherine's aide-de-camp with him, V.A. Zubov, applied the necessary pressure to induce him to move forward.
After uniting his forces with Fersen at Stanislaw, Suvorov defeated one of the "Lithuanian" army's columns retreating toward Warsaw (c. 4000 men) in a battle at Kobylka on 26 October 1794, where he remained until 2 November. Derfelden also joined him here.
As the Russians approached, General Wawrzecki, chosen by the "People's Supreme Council" to replace Kościuszko, wanted to abandon the Praga suburb and concentrate his forces to defend Warsaw itself, but the supreme council insisted on maintaining this last line of defense before the capital.
In the meanwhile Suvorov with 8500 men under Derfelden, 10,500 under Potemkin, and 11,000 under Fersen (with 86 guns) was occupied until the November 1st with the preparation of fascines, scaling ladders, and plaited mats to cover wolf traps (pits with wooden stakes). On the night of the 3rd he drove off the Polish guard piquets and moved on Praga. The Russians erected batteries and for a whole day conducted an artillery barrage that gave the impression of preparing for a long siege. But disposition instructions for "the storming of the Praga entrenchments" had already been given out, and on the night of November 4th at five in the morning, an hour before dawn, a signal rocket flew up over seven assault columns occupying lines of departure. The first to move forward were the four columns of Derfelden's corps…"
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