Chapter 21

           

           Pierresteppedoutofhiscarriageand,passingthetoilingmilitiamen,ascendedtheknollfromwhich,accordingtothedoctor,thebattlefieldcouldbeseen.

           Itwasabouteleveno’clock.Thesunshonesomewhattotheleftandbehindhimandbrightlylituptheenormouspanoramawhich,risinglikeanamphitheater,extendedbeforehimintheclearrarefiedatmosphere.

           Fromaboveontheleft,bisectingthatamphitheater,woundtheSmolénskhighroad,passingthroughavillagewithawhitechurchsomefivehundredpacesinfrontoftheknollandbelowit.ThiswasBorodinó.Belowthevillagetheroadcrossedtheriverbyabridgeand,windingdownandup,rosehigherandhighertothevillageofValúevovisibleaboutfourmilesaway,whereNapoleonwasthenstationed.BeyondValúevotheroaddisappearedintoayellowingforestonthehorizon.Farinthedistanceinthatbirchandfirforesttotherightoftheroad,thecrossandbelfryoftheKolocháMonasterygleamedinthesun.Hereandthereoverthewholeofthatblueexpanse,torightandleftoftheforestandtheroad,smokingcampfirescouldbeseenandindefinitemassesoftroops—oursandtheenemy’s.Thegroundtotheright—alongthecourseoftheKolocháandMoskvárivers—wasbrokenandhilly.BetweenthehollowsthevillagesofBezúbovaandZakhárinoshowedinthedistance.Ontheleftthegroundwasmorelevel;therewerefieldsofgrain,andthesmokingruinsofSemënovsk,whichhadbeenburneddown,couldbeseen.

           AllthatPierresawwassoindefinitethatneithertheleftnortherightsideofthefieldfullysatisfiedhisexpectations.

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