Chapter 31

           

           HavingdescendedthehillthegeneralafterwhomPierrewasgallopingturnedsharplytotheleft,andPierre,losingsightofhim,gallopedinamongsomeranksofinfantrymarchingaheadofhim.Hetriedtopasseitherinfrontofthemortotherightorleft,butthereweresoldierseverywhere,allwiththesamepreoccupiedexpressionandbusywithsomeunseenbutevidentlyimportanttask.Theyallgazedwiththesamedissatisfiedandinquiringexpressionatthisstoutmaninawhitehat,whoforsomeunknownreasonthreatenedtotramplethemunderhishorse’shoofs.

           “Whyrideintothemiddleofthebattalion?”oneofthemshoutedathim.

           Anotherproddedhishorsewiththebuttendofamusket,andPierre,bendingoverhissaddlebowandhardlyabletocontrolhisshyinghorse,gallopedaheadofthesoldierswheretherewasafreespace.

           Therewasabridgeaheadofhim,whereothersoldiersstoodfiring.Pierrerodeuptothem.WithoutbeingawareofithehadcometothebridgeacrosstheKolochábetweenGórkiandBorodinó,whichtheFrench(havingoccupiedBorodinó)wereattackinginthefirstphaseofthebattle.Pierresawthattherewasabridgeinfrontofhimandthatsoldiersweredoingsomethingonbothsidesofitandinthemeadow,amongtherowsofnew-mownhaywhichhehadtakennonoticeofamidthesmokeofthecampfiresthedaybefore;butdespitetheincessantfiringgoingontherehehadnoideathatthiswasthefieldofbattle.

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