Война и мир

Chapter 12

           

           Thesethreegroupstravelingtogether—thecavalrystores,theconvoyofprisoners,andJunot’sbaggagetrain—stillconstitutedaseparateandunitedwhole,thougheachofthegroupswasrapidlymeltingaway.

           Oftheartillerybaggagetrainwhichhadconsistedofahundredandtwentywagons,notmorethansixtynowremained;theresthadbeencapturedorleftbehind.SomeofJunot’swagonsalsohadbeencapturedorabandoned.ThreewagonshadbeenraidedandrobbedbystragglersfromDavout’scorps.FromthetalkoftheGermansPierrelearnedthatalargerguardhadbeenallottedtothatbaggagetrainthantotheprisoners,andthatoneoftheircomrades,aGermansoldier,hadbeenshotbythemarshal’sownorderbecauseasilverspoonbelongingtothemarshalhadbeenfoundinhispossession.

           Thegroupofprisonershadmeltedawaymostofall.OfthethreehundredandthirtymenwhohadsetoutfromMoscowfewerthanahundrednowremained.TheprisonersweremoreburdensometotheescortthaneventhecavalrysaddlesorJunot’sbaggage.TheyunderstoodthatthesaddlesandJunot’sspoonmightbeofsomeuse,butthatcoldandhungrysoldiersshouldhavetostandandguardequallycoldandhungryRussianswhofrozeandlaggedbehindontheroad(inwhichcasetheorderwastoshootthem)wasnotmerelyincomprehensiblebutrevolting.Andtheescort,asifafraid,inthegrievousconditiontheythemselveswerein,ofgivingwaytothepitytheyfeltfortheprisonersandsorenderingtheirownplightstillworse,treatedthemwithparticularmorosenessandseverity.

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