Война и мир

Chapter 28

           

           Moreover,theassertionmadebyvariouswritersthathiscoldwasthecauseofhisdispositionsnotbeingaswell-plannedasonformeroccasions,andofhisordersduringthebattlenotbeingasgoodaspreviously,isquitebaseless,whichagainshowsthatNapoleon’scoldonthetwenty-sixthofAugustwasunimportant.

           Thedispositionscitedabovearenotatallworse,butareevenbetter,thanpreviousdispositionsbywhichhehadwonvictories.Hispseudo-ordersduringthebattlewerealsonoworsethanformerly,butmuchthesameasusual.ThesedispositionsandordersonlyseemworsethanpreviousonesbecausethebattleofBorodinówasthefirstNapoleondidnotwin.Theprofoundestandmostexcellentdispositionsandordersseemverybad,andeverylearnedmilitaristcriticizesthemwithlooksofimportance,whentheyrelatetoabattlethathasbeenlost,andtheveryworstdispositionsandordersseemverygood,andseriouspeoplefillwholevolumestodemonstratetheirmerits,whentheyrelatetoabattlethathasbeenwon.

           ThedispositionsdrawnupbyWeyrotherforthebattleofAusterlitzwereamodelofperfectionforthatkindofcomposition,butstilltheywerecriticized—criticizedfortheirveryperfection,fortheirexcessiveminuteness.

           NapoleonatthebattleofBorodinófulfilledhisofficeasrepresentativeofauthorityaswellas,andevenbetterthan,atotherbattles

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