Война и мир

Chapter 19

           

           TothemthewordsofMilorádovichseemveryinteresting,andsodotheirsurmisesandtherewardsthisorthatgeneralreceived;butthequestionofthosefiftythousandmenwhowereleftinhospitalsandingravesdoesnoteveninterestthem,foritdoesnotcomewithintherangeoftheirinvestigation.

           Yetoneneedonlydiscardthestudyofthereportsandgeneralplansandconsiderthemovementofthosehundredsofthousandsofmenwhotookadirectpartintheevents,andallthequestionsthatseemedinsolubleeasilyandsimplyreceiveanimmediateandcertainsolution.

           TheaimofcuttingoffNapoleonandhisarmyneverexistedexceptintheimaginationsofadozenpeople.Itcouldnotexistbecauseitwassenselessandunattainable.

           Thepeoplehadasingleaim:tofreetheirlandfrominvasion.Thataimwasattainedinthefirstplaceofitself,astheFrenchranaway,andsoitwasonlynecessarynottostoptheirflight.SecondlyitwasattainedbytheguerrillawarfarewhichwasdestroyingtheFrench,andthirdlybythefactthatalargeRussianarmywasfollowingtheFrench,readytouseitsstrengthincasetheirmovementstopped.

           TheRussianarmyhadtoactlikeawhiptoarunninganimal.Andtheexperienceddriverknewitwasbettertoholdthewhipraisedasamenacethantostriketherunninganimalonthehead.

           

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