<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-September 21, phakathi neMpi yoMfula iNiemen  <response>: , wanikezwa imiyalo ephuthumayo yokuhamba ayothatha isikhundla sokuzivikela ngaseMfuleni iNeman. Ngaleso sikhathi, ibutho lalinamadoda angu-500 nezikhulu ezinhlanu kuphela futhi zingekho izingcingo. EHoža, uVitkauskas wezwa ukuthi amabutho aseLithuania athuthela eDruskininkai lapho amabutho asePoland agxila khona ekuhlaseleni kwawo. UVitkauskas waxhumana nomlawuli wamasosha aseRussia eGrodno owathembisa ukuthumela i-48th ne-49th Infantry Regiments kodwa abakaze bavele. Amabutho asePoland athatha iDruskininkai futhi aqala ukuqhubekela phambili eHoža. UVitkauskas wayala ukuba abantu babuyele emuva eWarsaw, isiteshi sesitimela saseSaint Petersburg-Warsaw Railway, kodwa amabutho asePoland afika kuqala. Ibutho lahlukaniswa namanye amayunithi aseLithuania. Ngemva kwalokho uVitkauskas wanquma ukubuyela emuva. Ngosuku olulandelayo bahamba baya kodwa futhi yathathwa yiButho LasePoland. Ibutho laphendukela kuVasilishki laphokophela eLida lapho lathola khona amadoda athile avela eBattalion 1st of the 7th Infantry Regiment. UVitkauskas wakwazi ukuthola imvume evela kumkhuzi wamabutho waseRussia yokuqoqa amadoda futhi aqhubeke aye e-Ashmyany lapho afika khona ngoSepthemba 30, 1919. Ukusuka lapho, baphendukela eVilnius futhi bahlangana namabutho aseLithuania. Sekukonke, ukuze abalekele ukuvinjezelwa nokubanjwa, uVitkauskas wahola amadoda angaba ngu-750 ahamba izinsuku eziyi-7 ezimweni ezinzima kakhulu ngenxa yokuntuleka kokudla kwamadoda nokudla kwamahhashi. 