Война и мир

Chapter 18

           Onlysomecartsandcarriageswerepassingby.FromoneofthedrivershelearnedthatKutúzov’sstaffwerenotfaroff,inthevillagethevehiclesweregoingto.Rostóvfollowedthem.InfrontofhimwalkedKutúzov’sgroomleadinghorsesinhorsecloths.Thencameacart,andbehindthatwalkedanold,bandy-leggeddomesticserfinapeakedcapandsheepskincoat.

           “Tit!Isay,Tit!”saidthegroom.

           “What?”answeredtheoldmanabsent-mindedly.

           “Go,Tit!Threshabit!”

           “Oh,youfool!”saidtheoldman,spittingangrily.Sometimepassedinsilence,andthenthesamejokewasrepeated.

           Beforefiveintheeveningthebattlehadbeenlostatallpoints.MorethanahundredcannonwerealreadyinthehandsoftheFrench.

           Przebyszéwskiandhiscorpshadlaiddowntheirarms.Othercolumnsafterlosinghalftheirmenwereretreatingindisorderlyconfusedmasses.

           TheremainsofLangeron’sandDokhtúrov’smingledforceswerecrowdingaroundthedamsandbanksofthepondsnearthevillageofAugesd.

           Afterfiveo’clockitwasonlyattheAugesdDamthatahotcannonade(deliveredbytheFrenchalone)wasstilltobeheardfromnumerousbatteriesrangedontheslopesofthePratzenHeights,directedatourretreatingforces.

           Intherearguard,DokhtúrovandothersrallyingsomebattalionskeptupamusketryfireattheFrenchcavalrythatwaspursuingourtroops.Itwasgrowingdusk.

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