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Chapter 33

           Butwhethertheyweremovingorstationary,whethertheywereFrenchorRussian,couldnotbediscoveredfromtheShevárdinoRedoubt.

           ThesunhadrisenbrightlyanditsslantingraysstruckstraightintoNapoleon’sfaceas,shadinghiseyeswithhishand,helookedattheflèches.Thesmokespreadoutbeforethem,andattimesitlookedasifthesmokeweremoving,attimesasifthetroopsmoved.Sometimesshoutswereheardthroughthefiring,butitwasimpossibletotellwhatwasbeingdonethere.

           Napoleon,standingontheknoll,lookedthroughafieldglass,andinitssmallcircletsawsmokeandmen,sometimeshisownandsometimesRussians,butwhenhelookedagainwiththenakedeye,hecouldnottellwherewhathehadseenwas.

           Hedescendedtheknollandbeganwalkingupanddownbeforeit.

           Occasionallyhestopped,listenedtothefiring,andgazedintentlyatthebattlefield.

           Butnotonlywasitimpossibletomakeoutwhatwashappeningfromwherehewasstandingdownbelow,orfromtheknollaboveonwhichsomeofhisgeneralshadtakentheirstand,butevenfromtheflèchesthemselves—inwhichbythistimetherewerenowRussianandnowFrenchsoldiers,alternatelyortogether,dead,wounded,alive,frightened,ormaddened—evenatthoseflèchesthemselvesitwasimpossibletomakeoutwhatwastakingplace.Thereforseveralhoursamidincessantcannonandmusketryfire,nowRussianswereseenalone,nowFrenchmenalone,nowinfantry,andnowcavalry:theyappeared,fired,fell,collided,notknowingwhattodowithoneanother,screamed,andranbackagain.

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