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Chapter 1

           

           TheEmperorwaswiththearmytoencourageit,buthispresenceandignoranceofwhatstepstotake,andtheenormousnumberofadvisersandplans,destroyedthefirstarmy’senergyanditretired.

           TheintentionwastomakeastandattheDrissacamp,butPaulucci,aimingatbecomingcommanderinchief,unexpectedlyemployedhisenergytoinfluenceAlexander,andPfuel’swholeplanwasabandonedandthecommandentrustedtoBarclay.ButasBarclaydidnotinspireconfidencehispowerwaslimited.Thearmiesweredivided,therewasnounityofcommand,andBarclaywasunpopular;butfromthisconfusion,division,andtheunpopularityoftheforeigncommanderinchief,thereresultedontheonehandindecisionandtheavoidanceofabattle(whichwecouldnothaverefrainedfromhadthearmiesbeenunitedandhadsomeoneelse,insteadofBarclay,beenincommand)andontheotheranever-increasingindignationagainsttheforeignersandanincreaseinpatrioticzeal.

           AtlasttheEmperorleftthearmy,andasthemostconvenientandindeedtheonlypretextforhisdepartureitwasdecidedthatitwasnecessaryforhimtoinspirethepeopleinthecapitalsandarousethenationingeneraltoapatrioticwar.AndbythisvisitoftheEmperortoMoscowthestrengthoftheRussianarmywastrebled.

           Heleftinordernottoobstructthecommanderinchief’sundividedcontrolofthearmy,andhopingthatmoredecisiveactionwouldthenbetaken,butthecommandofthearmiesbecamestillmoreconfusedandenfeebled.

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