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The city had just paid more than six millions of florins , had contributed in goods an equivalent sum , and was billeting soldiers at a crushing expense . Some had ten , others twenty , thirty , or even fifty soldiers . General Falkenstein had prescribed the soldiers ' rations as for the officers , they were entitled to anything they asked for . A soldier 's daily rations comprised , coffee and accessories in the morning ; a pound of meat , vegetables , bread , and half a bottle of wine at noon ; a collation with a pint of beer in the evening , in addition eight cigars . These cigars had to be specially bought from the dealers coming with the army . Usually the soldiers demanded and got an extra meal at ten in the morning of bread-and-butter and brandy , and after lunch they got coffee . The sergeant-majors had to be treated like officers , being provided with roast meat and a bottle of wine at dinner , with coffee to follow .