Война и мир

Chapter 3

           Inalltheseplottingsthesubjectofintriguewasgenerallytheconductofthewar,whichallthesemenbelievedtheyweredirecting;butthisaffairofthewarwentonindependentlyofthem,asithadtogo:thatis,neverinthewaypeopledevised,butflowingalwaysfromtheessentialattitudeofthemasses.Onlyinthehighestspheresdidalltheseschemes,crossings,andinterminglingsappeartobeatruereflectionofwhathadtohappen.

           PrinceMichaelIlariónovich!(wrotetheEmperoronthesecondofOctoberinaletterthatreachedKutúzovafterthebattleatTarútino)SinceSeptember2Moscowhasbeeninthehandsoftheenemy.Yourlastreportswerewrittenonthetwentieth,andduringallthistimenotonlyhasnoactionbeentakenagainsttheenemyorforthereliefoftheancientcapital,butaccordingtoyourlastreportyouhaveevenretreatedfarther.SérpukhovisalreadyoccupiedbyanenemydetachmentandTúlawithitsfamousarsenal,soindispensabletothearmy,isindanger.FromGeneralWintzingerode’sreports,IseethatanenemycorpsoftenthousandmenismovingonthePetersburgroad.AnothercorpsofseveralthousandmenismovingonDmítrov.AthirdhasadvancedalongtheVladímirroad,andafourth,ratherconsiderabledetachmentisstationedbetweenRúzaandMozháysk.NapoleonhimselfwasinMoscowaslateasthetwenty-fifth.

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