Война и мир

Chapter 2

           Asableeding,mortallywoundedanimallicksitswounds,theyremainedinertinMoscowforfiveweeks,andthensuddenly,withnofreshreason,fledback:theymadeadashfortheKalúgaroad,and(afteravictory—foratMálo-Yaroslávetsthefieldofconflictagainremainedtheirs)withoutundertakingasingleseriousbattle,theyfledstillmorerapidlybacktoSmolénsk,beyondSmolénsk,beyondtheBerëzina,beyondVílna,andfartherstill.

           Ontheeveningofthetwenty-sixthofAugust,KutúzovandthewholeRussianarmywereconvincedthatthebattleofBorodinówasavictory.KutúzovreportedsototheEmperor.Hegaveorderstoprepareforafreshconflicttofinishtheenemyanddidthisnottodeceiveanyone,butbecauseheknewthattheenemywasbeaten,aseveryonewhohadtakenpartinthebattleknewit.

           Butallthateveningandnextdayreportscameinoneafteranotherofunheard-oflosses,ofthelossofhalfthearmy,andafreshbattleprovedphysicallyimpossible.

           Itwasimpossibletogivebattlebeforeinformationhadbeencollected,thewoundedgatheredin,thesuppliesofammunitionreplenished,theslainreckonedup,newofficersappointedtoreplacethosewhohadbeenkilled,andbeforethemenhadhadfoodandsleep.Andmeanwhile,theverynextmorningafterthebattle,theFrencharmyadvancedofitselfupontheRussians,carriedforwardbytheforceofitsownmomentumnowseeminglyincreasedininverseproportiontothesquareofthedistancefromitsaim.Kutúzov’swishwastoattacknextday,andthewholearmydesiredtodoso.

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