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Chapter 35

           

           “RideovertoPrincePeterIvánovichandfindoutaboutitexactly,”hesaidtooneofhisadjutants,andthenturnedtotheDukeofWürttembergwhowasstandingbehindhim.

           “WillYourHighnesspleasetakecommandofthefirstarmy?”

           Soonaftertheduke’sdeparture—beforehecouldpossiblyhavereachedSemënovsk—hisadjutantcamebackfromhimandtoldKutúzovthatthedukeaskedformoretroops.

           KutúzovmadeagrimaceandsentanordertoDokhtúrovtotakeoverthecommandofthefirstarmy,andarequesttotheduke—whomhesaidhecouldnotspareatsuchanimportantmoment—toreturntohim.WhentheybroughthimnewsthatMurathadbeentakenprisoner,andthestaffofficerscongratulatedhim,Kutúzovsmiled.

           “Waitalittle,gentlemen,”saidhe.“Thebattleiswon,andthereisnothingextraordinaryinthecaptureofMurat.Still,itisbettertowaitbeforewerejoice.”

           Buthesentanadjutanttotakethenewsroundthearmy.

           WhenScherbínincamegallopingfromtheleftflankwithnewsthattheFrenchhadcapturedtheflèchesandthevillageofSemënovsk,Kutúzov,guessingbythesoundsofthebattleandbyScherbínin’slooksthatthenewswasbad,roseasiftostretchhislegsand,takingScherbínin’sarm,ledhimaside.

           “Go,mydearfellow,”hesaidtoErmólov,“andseewhethersomethingcan’tbedone.”

           KutúzovwasinGórki,nearthecenteroftheRussianposition.TheattackdirectedbyNapoleonagainstourleftflankhadbeenseveraltimesrepulsed.

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