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Chapter 34

           

           Formerly,afterhehadgiventwoorthreeordersandutteredafewphrases,marshalsandadjutantshadcomegallopingupwithcongratulationsandhappyfaces,announcingthetrophiestaken,thecorpsofprisoners,bundlesofenemyeaglesandstandards,cannonandstores,andMurathadonlybeggedleavetoloosethecavalrytogatherinthebaggagewagons.SoithadbeenatLodi,Marengo,Arcola,Jena,Austerlitz,Wagram,andsoon.Butnowsomethingstrangewashappeningtohistroops.

           Despitenewsofthecaptureoftheflèches,Napoleonsawthatthiswasnotthesame,notatallthesame,aswhathadhappenedinhisformerbattles.Hesawthatwhathewasfeelingwasfeltbyallthemenabouthimexperiencedintheartofwar.Alltheirfaceslookeddejected,andtheyallshunnedoneanother’seyes—onlyadeBeaussetcouldfailtograspthemeaningofwhatwashappening.

           ButNapoleonwithhislongexperienceofwarwellknewthemeaningofabattlenotgainedbytheattackingsideineighthours,afteralleffortshadbeenexpended.Heknewthatitwasalostbattleandthattheleastaccidentmightnow—withthefightbalancedonsuchastrainedcenter—destroyhimandhisarmy.

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