Chapter 23

           

           FromGórki,Bennigsendescendedthehighroadtothebridgewhich,whentheyhadlookedatitfromthehill,theofficerhadpointedoutasbeingthecenterofourpositionandwhererowsoffragrantnew-mownhaylaybytheriverside.TheyrodeacrossthatbridgeintothevillageofBorodinóandthenceturnedtotheleft,passinganenormousnumberoftroopsandguns,andcametoahighknollwheremilitiamenweredigging.Thiswastheredoubt,asyetunnamed,whichafterwardsbecameknownastheRaévskiRedoubt,ortheKnollBattery,butPierrepaidnospecialattentiontoit.HedidnotknowthatitwouldbecomemorememorabletohimthananyotherspotontheplainofBorodinó.

           TheythencrossedthehollowtoSemënovsk,wherethesoldiersweredraggingawaythelastlogsfromthehutsandbarns.Thentheyrodedownhillanduphill,acrossaryefieldtroddenandbeatendownasifbyhail,followingatrackfreshlymadebytheartilleryoverthefurrowsoftheplowedland,andreachedsomeflèches*whichwerestillbeingdug.

           *Akindofentrenchment.

           AttheflèchesBennigsenstoppedandbeganlookingattheShevárdinoRedoubtopposite,whichhadbeenoursthedaybeforeandwhereseveralhorsemencouldbedescried.TheofficerssaidthateitherNapoleonorMuratwasthere,andtheyallgazedeagerlyatthislittlegroupofhorsemen.Pierrealsolookedatthem,tryingtoguesswhichofthescarcelydiscerniblefigureswasNapoleon.Atlastthosemountedmenrodeawayfromthemoundanddisappeared.

           Bennigsenspoketoageneralwhoapproachedhim,andbeganexplainingthewholepositionofourtroops.

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