Chapter 7

           

           WhilethiswastakingplaceinPetersburgtheFrenchhadalreadypassedSmolénskandweredrawingnearerandnearertoMoscow.Napoleon’shistorianThiers,likeotherofhishistorians,tryingtojustifyhisherosaysthathewasdrawntothewallsofMoscowagainsthiswill.Heisasrightasotherhistorianswholookfortheexplanationofhistoriceventsinthewillofoneman;heisasrightastheRussianhistorianswhomaintainthatNapoleonwasdrawntoMoscowbytheskilloftheRussiancommanders.Herebesidesthelawofretrospection,whichregardsallthepastasapreparationforeventsthatsubsequentlyoccur,thelawofreciprocitycomesin,confusingthewholematter.Agoodchessplayerhavinglostagameissincerelyconvincedthathislossresultedfromamistakehemadeandlooksforthatmistakeintheopening,butforgetsthatateachstageofthegamethereweresimilarmistakesandthatnoneofhismoveswereperfect.Heonlynoticesthemistaketowhichhepaysattention,becausehisopponenttookadvantageofit.Howmuchmorecomplexthanthisisthegameofwar,whichoccursundercertainlimitsoftime,andwhereitisnotonewillthatmanipulateslifelessobjects,buteverythingresultsfrominnumerableconflictsofvariouswills!

           AfterSmolénskNapoleonsoughtabattlebeyondDorogobúzhatVyázma,andthenatTsárevo-Zaymíshche,butithappenedthatowingtoaconjunctionofinnumerablecircumstancestheRussianscouldnotgivebattletilltheyreachedBorodinó,seventymilesfromMoscow.FromVyázmaNapoleonorderedadirectadvanceonMoscow.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 1302 из 2250