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Chapter 19

           AndtheRussians,nothavingtimetobeginageneralengagement,withdrewtheirleftwingfromthepositiontheyhadintendedtooccupyandtookupanewpositionwhichhadnotbeenforeseenandwasnotfortified.BycrossingtotheothersideoftheKolochátotheleftofthehighroad,Napoleonshiftedthewholeforthcomingbattlefromrighttoleft(lookingfromtheRussianside)andtransferredittotheplainbetweenUtítsa,Semënovsk,andBorodinó—aplainnomoreadvantageousasapositionthananyotherplaininRussia—andtherethewholebattleofthetwenty-sixthofAugusttookplace.

           HadNapoleonnotriddenoutontheeveningofthetwenty-fourthtotheKolochá,andhadhenotthenorderedanimmediateattackontheredoubtbuthadbeguntheattacknextmorning,noonewouldhavedoubtedthattheShevárdinoRedoubtwastheleftflankofourposition,andthebattlewouldhavetakenplacewhereweexpectedit.InthatcaseweshouldprobablyhavedefendedtheShevárdinoRedoubt—ourleftflank—stillmoreobstinately.WeshouldhaveattackedNapoleoninthecenterorontheright,andtheengagementwouldhavetakenplaceonthetwenty-fifth,inthepositionweintendedandhadfortified.

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