Cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 21 ga Satumba, a lokacin da
Yaƙin Kogin Niemen, an ba shi umarni na gaggawa don tashi zuwa kuma ya dauki matsayi na tsaro tare da Kogin Neman. A wannan lokacin, rundunar ta kasance mutane 500 da jami'ai 5 kawai kuma babu wayoyi. A Hoža, Vitkauskas ya sami labarin cewa sojojin Lithuania sun koma Druskininkai inda sojojin Poland suka mayar da hankali kan harin su. Vitkauskas ya tuntubi kwamandan sojojin Rasha a Grodno wanda ya yi alkawarin aika da 48th da 49th Infantry Regiments amma ba su taba nunawa ba. Sojojin Poland sun ɗauki Druskininkai kuma sun fara ci gaba zuwa Hoža. Vitkauskas ya ba da umarnin koma baya zuwa, tashar jirgin kasa a kan jirgin kasa na Saint Petersburg-Warsaw, amma sojojin Poland sun isa can da farko. An yanke rundunar daga sauran rukunin Lithuania. Daga nan sai Vitkauskas ya yanke shawarar komawa. Washegari suka yi tafiya zuwa amma kuma sojojin Poland sun kama shi. Batun ya juya zuwa Vasilishki kuma ya tura zuwa Lida inda ya sami wasu maza daga 1st Battalion na 7th Infantry Regiment. Vitkauskas ya sami damar samun izini daga kwamandan Rasha don tattara mutanen da ci gaba zuwa Ashmyany wanda suka isa a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1919. Daga can, sun juya zuwa Vilnius kuma sun sake haɗuwa da sojojin Lithuania. Gabaɗaya, don tserewa daga kewaye da kamawa, Vitkauskas ya jagoranci wasu mazaje 750 waɗanda suka yi tafiya cikin kwanaki 7 a cikin mawuyacin hali saboda rashin abinci ga maza da abinci ga dawakai.