The Winter of 1794

The winter of 17 94 turned out to be one of the worst winters on record, even colder and more miserable than that epoch making winter of 17 88 17 89. The french cavalry launched a surprise attack across the ice and captured not only the 14 dutch ships, but the 850 heavy guns they held between them. As many poles died in a single day as were executed the guillotine over the course of an entire year. Of the terror, with the poles beaten militarily, it was left for the occupying powers to decide what to do next. It took a while to work out, but the decision was, let's just divy up the rest of poland. In january