The decisive Battle of Praga broke the spirits of the defenders and soon put an end to the Kościuszko Uprising. Though Suvorov ordered his men to spare non-combatants and the evacuation of townspeople, as he did before, after the battle spread to the streets and the insurgents hid in civilian houses, vowing to fight to the last man, many civilians died along with the rebels or were massacred in revenge for the slaughter of the Russian Garrison in Warsaw, when two thousand Russian military servicemen stationed in Warsaw were massacred by Polish soldiers and armed mobs, who played a major role in the attack, and cut with spikes and axes. In Praga, 9,000 rebels and 7,000 civilians or up to 20,000 rebels and civilians died.