Austrian column guides were moving in and out among the Russian troops and served as heralds of the advance.

As soon as an Austrian officer showed himself near a commanding officer's quarters, the regiment began to move: the soldiers ran from the fires, thrust their pipes into their boots, their bags into the carts, got their muskets ready, and formed rank.

The officers buttoned up their coats, buckled on their swords and pouches, and moved along the ranks shouting.

The train drivers and orderlies harnessed and packed the wagons and tied on the loads.

The adjutants and battalion and regimental commanders mounted, crossed themselves, gave final instructions, orders, and commissions to the baggage men who remained behind, and the monotonous tramp of thousands of feet resounded.