| Russia would attack East Prussia with its Niemen and Narva armies. |
| Thus the attacks on the Niemen and the Bobr had come to nothing. |
| On that basis, the two emperors began peace negotiations at the town of Tilsit after meeting on an iconic raft on the River Niemen. |
| The unexpected news of the French having crossed the Niemen was particularly startling after a month of unfulfilled expectations, and at a ball. |
| I met him at a critical moment on the battlefield near Niemen. |
| Next day, overtaking the army, he went in a carriage to the Niemen, and, changing into a Polish uniform, he drove to the riverbank in order to select a place for the crossing. |
