ten o'clock
At the end of twenty minutes we had overtaken the rear of the column , and recognized the battalion of Captain Adjutant-Major Vidal , who was marching near it . We had taken our places in the ranks before any one noticed our absence . The nearer we approached the city the more detachments , cannon and baggage we encountered hastening to Leipzig . Toward ten o'clock we passed through the faubourg of Rendnitz . The general of brigade , Fournier , took command of us and ordered us to oblique to the left . At midnight we arrived at the long promenades which border the Pleisse , and halted under the old leafless lindens , and stacked arms . A long line of fires flickered in the fog as far as Randstadt ; and , when the flames burnt high , they threw a glare on groups of Polish lancers , lines of horses , cannon , and wagons , while , at intervals beyond , sentinels stood like statues in the mist .