Война и мир

Chapter 18

           

           WhenlesenfantsduDonmightsoeasilyhavetakentheEmperorhimselfinthemidstofhisarmy,itwasclearthattherewasnothingforitbuttoflyasfastaspossiblealongthenearest,familiarroad.Napoleonwithhisforty-year-oldstomachunderstoodthathint,notfeelinghisformeragilityandboldness,andundertheinfluenceofthefrighttheCossackshadgivenhimheatonceagreedwithMoutonandissuedorders—asthehistorianstellus—toretreatbytheSmolénskroad.

           ThatNapoleonagreedwithMouton,andthatthearmyretreated,doesnotprovethatNapoleoncausedittoretreat,butthattheforceswhichinfluencedthewholearmyanddirecteditalongtheMozháysk(thatis,theSmolénsk)roadactedsimultaneouslyonhimalso.

           

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