Война и мир

Chapter 14

           

           ThecauseoftheconfusionwasthatwhiletheAustriancavalrywasmovingtowardourleftflank,thehighercommandfoundthatourcenterwastoofarseparatedfromourrightflankandthecavalrywereallorderedtoturnbacktotheright.Severalthousandcavalrycrossedinfrontoftheinfantry,whohadtowait.

           AtthefrontanaltercationoccurredbetweenanAustrianguideandaRussiangeneral.Thegeneralshoutedademandthatthecavalryshouldbehalted,theAustrianarguedthatnothe,butthehighercommand,wastoblame.Thetroopsmeanwhilestoodgrowinglistlessanddispirited.Afteranhour’sdelaytheyatlastmovedon,descendingthehill.Thefogthatwasdispersingonthehilllaystillmoredenselybelow,wheretheyweredescending.Infrontinthefogashotwasheardandthenanother,atfirstirregularlyatvaryingintervals—trata...tat—andthenmoreandmoreregularlyandrapidly,andtheactionattheGoldbachStreambegan.

           Notexpectingtocomeontheenemydownbythestream,andhavingstumbledonhiminthefog,hearingnoencouragingwordfromtheircommanders,andwithaconsciousnessofbeingtoolatespreadingthroughtheranks,andaboveallbeingunabletoseeanythinginfrontoraroundtheminthethickfog,theRussiansexchangedshotswiththeenemylazilyandadvancedandagainhalted,receivingnotimelyordersfromtheofficersoradjutantswhowanderedaboutinthefoginthoseunknownsurroundingsunabletofindtheirownregiments.Inthiswaytheactionbeganforthefirst,second,andthirdcolumns,whichhadgonedownintothevalley.

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