How is it possible to choose an advantageous place for a camp, and especially in such circumstances as our Armenia was then, one can easily answer that it is impossible to choose a camp from all places so that it would have all the advantages, because it very often happens that such heights approach the flanks that they cannot be captured. Can. It seems to me that it is not a mistake if, while setting up a camp, I see its shortcoming, and an unforgivable error is that when you mistake the harmful for the useful, and the useful for the harmful, for if I see the shortcoming of the camp, then I must certainly try, if it is not possible to change it, calling on art for help, and, if possible, to avert it.
30th. The Tsar's General Baron Laudon sent word that Field Marshal General Count Daun of the King of Prussia really intends to attack, and in this case, through the river. Oder to have free communication, Field Marshal Count Saltykov ordered Major General Muravyov'at the Auras site across the river. Oder to build pontoon bridges and make a tête-de-pont and in the proper places to cleanse the battery and supply it with a sufficient number of guns, for which engineer-Colonel Demolino was seconded from the engineering regiment, with two engineering chief officers and 100 men and the above-mentioned major general himself went there at the same time; two bridges were built: the first of canvas - 28, and the other of copper - 31 pontoons, and a tete-de-pont was built, also on this side of two batteries, having completed all the work at 18 o'clock. Major General Plemyannikov and his brigade were sent to cover the bridges, and several battalions were detached to reinforce the Major General.
31st. At the request of Field Marshal Daun, the Russian Army entered from the position at Kunzendorf to cross the river. Oder.
During this movement, from those induced through the river. Oder bridges, one copper one was removed, and in its place a bridge was made, above a canvas pontoon, from logs on trestles; Engineer Major Lukomsky was sent to this work with 1,500 workers, who completed it after 21 hours, while the brigade located there remained to cover them.
On August 7th, Field Marshal Count Saltykov engineer-Major General Muravyov to inspect the camp near the village. Kainov, who ordered to make fortifications in decent places, for which the required number from the Schoner divisions, and from the engineering regiment Colonel Baron Demolino and with him the required number of engineers were sent, but as in the camp the place was divided by several channels, then in order to have free communication everywhere, bridges were built, seconded from the engineering regiment, shoners, of whom there were 100 people at that work; All the work shown was corrected at 20:00.
Armenia, having entered a new camp near the village of Kainov, settled down in three lines; the right flank of the Uezermil mill, which stands on the stream that comes out of the Oder past the trees. Gros-Ueschitz, leaving it behind, continued against the Munich mill and the village of Bildashki, and ended against the village of Kacherki. The second line began from the shown stream and continued to the village of Gros-Ueschitz. The third one, I didn’t allow a stream and a dry ditch flowing in that MST across the entire longitude of the camp, at equal distances from the first two, for this reason it separated somewhat from them and stood opposite the village of Klein-Ueschitz. The camp stood on a low ground, in front of the front there was a small stream overgrown with forests, a forest approached the right flank, which was occupied by hunting, and in front of this forest there was a swampy meadow, the left flank of our army was fortified with separate field buildings of a deliberate profile; this camp was quite small and the enemy could only attack our right flank, and since then it was difficult for him to pass straight through, but it was necessary to move towards Parvits first, then we would have enough time to steal Kainovo and make a fortified area on the right flank, to which the arrangement had already been made, as if the enemy would soon encroach on ours left flank.
The Armenians remained in this position until the 13th of August.
On the 14th the army entered Ober-Vikoline near Gernstatt on the river. Barch, and settled down in broken lines across the mountains. Field Marshal General ordered Major General Muravyov at the Gernshtat MBstechk to make a fortified fortification from the enemy, this general-mashur then went to Hernshtat and appointed fortification, and for these engineering regiments 100 people were sent and corrected at 9 o’clock, and one was sent to Hernshtat every day The regiment was “unno”.... in this position the Armenians stood until August 31....