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Chapter 39

           ButevenhadtheaimoftheRussiansbeentodrivetheFrenchfromtheirpositions,theycouldnothavemadethislasteffort,foralltheRussiantroopshadbeenbrokenup,therewasnopartoftheRussianarmythathadnotsufferedinthebattle,andthoughstillholdingtheirpositionstheyhadlostONEHALFoftheirarmy.

           TheFrench,withthememoryofalltheirformervictoriesduringfifteenyears,withtheassuranceofNapoleon’sinvincibility,withtheconsciousnessthattheyhadcapturedpartofthebattlefieldandhadlostonlyaquarteroftheirmenandstillhadtheirGuardsintact,twentythousandstrong,mighteasilyhavemadethateffort.TheFrenchwhohadattackedtheRussianarmyinordertodriveitfromitspositionoughttohavemadethateffort,foraslongastheRussianscontinuedtoblocktheroadtoMoscowasbefore,theaimoftheFrenchhadnotbeenattainedandalltheireffortsandlosseswereinvain.ButtheFrenchdidnotmakethateffort.SomehistorianssaythatNapoleonneedonlyhaveusedhisOldGuards,whowereintact,andthebattlewouldhavebeenwon.TospeakofwhatwouldhavehappenedhadNapoleonsenthisGuardsisliketalkingofwhatwouldhappenifautumnbecamespring.Itcouldnotbe.NapoleondidnotgivehisGuards,notbecausehedidnotwantto,butbecauseitcouldnotbedone.Allthegenerals,officers,andsoldiersoftheFrencharmyknewitcouldnotbedone,becausetheflaggingspiritofthetroopswouldnotpermitit.

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