Chapter 6

           

           KutúzovfellbacktowardVienna,destroyingbehindhimthebridgesovertheriversInn(atBraunau)andTraun(nearLinz).OnOctober23theRussiantroopswerecrossingtheriverEnns.AtmiddaytheRussianbaggagetrain,theartillery,andcolumnsoftroopsweredefilingthroughthetownofEnnsonbothsidesofthebridge.

           Itwasawarm,rainy,autumnalday.ThewideexpansethatopenedoutbeforetheheightsonwhichtheRussianbatteriesstoodguardingthebridgewasattimesveiledbyadiaphanouscurtainofslantingrain,andthen,suddenlyspreadoutinthesunlight,far-distantobjectscouldbeclearlyseenglitteringasthoughfreshlyvarnished.Downbelow,thelittletowncouldbeseenwithitswhite,red-roofedhouses,itscathedral,anditsbridge,onbothsidesofwhichstreamedjostlingmassesofRussiantroops.AtthebendoftheDanube,vessels,anisland,andacastlewithaparksurroundedbythewatersoftheconfluenceoftheEnnsandtheDanubebecamevisible,andtherockyleftbankoftheDanubecoveredwithpineforests,withamysticbackgroundofgreentreetopsandbluishgorges.Theturretsofaconventstoodoutbeyondawildvirginpineforest,andfarawayontheothersideoftheEnnstheenemy’shorsepatrolscouldbediscerned.

           Amongthefieldgunsonthebrowofthehillthegeneralincommandoftherearguardstoodwithastaffofficer,scanningthecountrythroughhisfieldglass.AlittlebehindthemNesvítski,whohadbeensenttotherearguardbythecommanderinchief,wassittingonthetrailofaguncarriage.

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