Война и мир

Chapter 19

           Onecancutoffasliceofbread,butnotanarmy.Tocutoffanarmy—tobaritsroad—isquiteimpossible,forthereisalwaysplentyofroomtoavoidcaptureandthereisthenightwhennothingcanbeseen,asthemilitaryscientistsmightconvincethemselvesbytheexampleofKrásnoeandoftheBerëzina.Itisonlypossibletocaptureprisonersiftheyagreetobecaptured,justasitisonlypossibletocatchaswallowifitsettlesonone’shand.Mencanonlybetakenprisonersiftheysurrenderaccordingtotherulesofstrategyandtactics,astheGermansdid.ButtheFrenchtroopsquiterightlydidnotconsiderthatthissuitedthem,sincedeathbyhungerandcoldawaitedtheminflightorcaptivityalike.

           Fourthlyandchieflyitwasimpossible,becauseneversincetheworldbeganhasawarbeenfoughtundersuchconditionsasthosethatobtainedin1812,andtheRussianarmyinitspursuitoftheFrenchstraineditsstrengthtotheutmostandcouldnothavedonemorewithoutdestroyingitself.

           DuringthemovementoftheRussianarmyfromTarútinotoKrásnoeitlostfiftythousandsickorstragglers,thatisanumberequaltothepopulationofalargeprovincialtown.Halfthemenfelloutofthearmywithoutabattle.

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