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RV 103 finally reached Russia, where he commanded the Petrograd garrison during the revolution. Mrnak was hit and captured and later sentenced by the court-martial in Pressburg to be shot.

It had been the Czech soldier’s intention to enter as a volunteer into the ranks of the Czecho-Slovak Brigade, which has by this time grown into two divisions and has so distinguished itself in the present Russian offensive around Halicz. That his name and his heroic deed should not be forgotten, the commander of the brigade issued an order to have Mrnak’s name inscribed on the roll of Company A of the first regiment of the Czecho-Slovak Brigade of sharpshooters. It was further ordered that at every roll call, when Mrnak’s name is called, the sergeant of the first squad should answer: “Shot by Hungarian court martial in Pressburg for saving General Korniloff.”