Война и мир

Chapter 39

           

           ItwasnotNapoleonalonewhohadexperiencedthatnightmarefeelingofthemightyarmbeingstrickenpowerless,butallthegeneralsandsoldiersofhisarmywhethertheyhadtakenpartinthebattleornot,afteralltheirexperienceofpreviousbattles—whenafteronetenthofsucheffortstheenemyhadfled—experiencedasimilarfeelingofterrorbeforeanenemywho,afterlosingHALFhismen,stoodasthreateninglyattheendasatthebeginningofthebattle.ThemoralforceoftheattackingFrencharmywasexhausted.Notthatsortofvictorywhichisdefinedbythecaptureofpiecesofmaterialfastenedtosticks,calledstandards,andofthegroundonwhichthetroopshadstoodandwerestanding,butamoralvictorythatconvincestheenemyofthemoralsuperiorityofhisopponentandofhisownimpotencewasgainedbytheRussiansatBorodinó.TheFrenchinvaders,likeaninfuriatedanimalthathasinitsonslaughtreceivedamortalwound,feltthattheywereperishing,butcouldnotstop,anymorethantheRussianarmy,weakerbyonehalf,couldhelpswerving.Byimpetusgained,theFrencharmywasstillabletorollforwardtoMoscow,butthere,withoutfurthereffortonthepartoftheRussians,ithadtoperish,bleedingfromthemortalwoundithadreceivedatBorodinó

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