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Chapter 19

           

           Ontheotherquestion,howthebattleofBorodinóandtheprecedingbattleofShevárdinowerefought,therealsoexistsadefiniteandwell-known,butquitefalse,conception.Allthehistoriansdescribetheaffairasfollows:

           TheRussianarmy,theysay,initsretreatfromSmolénsksoughtoutforitselfthebestpositionforageneralengagementandfoundsuchapositionatBorodinó.

           TheRussians,theysay,fortifiedthispositioninadvanceontheleftofthehighroad(fromMoscowtoSmolénsk)andalmostatarightangletoit,fromBorodinótoUtítsa,attheveryplacewherethebattlewasfought.

           Infrontofthisposition,theysay,afortifiedoutpostwassetupontheShevárdinomoundtoobservetheenemy.Onthetwenty-fourth,wearetold,Napoleonattackedthisadvancedpostandtookit,and,onthetwenty-sixth,attackedthewholeRussianarmy,whichwasinpositiononthefieldofBorodinó.

           Sothehistoriessay,anditisallquitewrong,asanyonewhocarestolookintothemattercaneasilyconvincehimself.

           TheRussiansdidnotseekoutthebestpositionbut,onthecontrary,duringtheretreatpassedmanypositionsbetterthanBorodinó.TheydidnotstopatanyoneofthesepositionsbecauseKutúzovdidnotwishtooccupyapositionhehadnothimselfchosen,becausethepopulardemandforabattlehadnotyetexpresseditselfstronglyenough,andbecauseMilorádovichhadnotyetarrivedwiththemilitia,andformanyotherreasons.

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