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Chapter 23

           Pierrelistenedtohim,strainingeachfacultytounderstandtheessentialpointsoftheimpendingbattle,butwasmortifiedtofeelthathismentalcapacitywasinadequateforthetask.Hecouldmakenothingofit.Bennigsenstoppedspeakingand,noticingthatPierrewaslistening,suddenlysaidtohim:

           “Idon’tthinkthisinterestsyou?”

           “Onthecontraryit’sveryinteresting!”repliedPierrenotquitetruthfully.

           Fromtheflèchestheyrodestillfarthertotheleft,alongaroadwindingthroughathick,low-growingbirchwood.Inthemiddleofthewoodabrownharewithwhitefeetsprangoutand,scaredbythetrampofthemanyhorses,grewsoconfusedthatitleapedalongtheroadinfrontofthemforsometime,arousinggeneralattentionandlaughter,andonlywhenseveralvoicesshoutedatitdiditdarttoonesideanddisappearinthethicket.AftergoingthroughthewoodforaboutamileandahalftheycameoutonagladewheretroopsofTúchkov’scorpswerestationedtodefendtheleftflank.

           Here,attheextremeleftflank,Bennigsentalkedagreatdealandwithmuchheat,and,asitseemedtoPierre,gaveordersofgreatmilitaryimportance.InfrontofTúchkov’stroopswassomehighgroundnotoccupiedbytroops.Bennigsenloudlycriticizedthismistake,sayingthatitwasmadnesstoleaveaheightwhichcommandedthecountryaroundunoccupiedandtoplacetroopsbelowit.Someofthegeneralsexpressedthesameopinion.Oneinparticulardeclaredwithmartialheatthattheywereputtheretobeslaughtered.Bennigsenonhisownauthorityorderedthetroopstooccupythehighground

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