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Chapter 1

           Soitisimpossibletounderstandbywhatreasoningthehistoriansreachtheconclusionthatthismaneuverwasaprofoundone.AnditisevenmoredifficulttounderstandjustwhytheythinkthatthismaneuverwascalculatedtosaveRussiaanddestroytheFrench;forthisflankmarch,haditbeenpreceded,accompanied,orfollowedbyothercircumstances,mighthaveprovedruinoustotheRussiansandsalutaryfortheFrench.IfthepositionoftheRussianarmyreallybegantoimprovefromthetimeofthatmarch,itdoesnotatallfollowthatthemarchwasthecauseofit.

           ThatflankmarchmightnotonlyhavefailedtogiveanyadvantagetotheRussianarmy,butmightinothercircumstanceshaveledtoitsdestruction.WhatwouldhavehappenedhadMoscownotburneddown?IfMurathadnotlostsightoftheRussians?IfNapoleonhadnotremainedinactive?IftheRussianarmyatKrásnayaPakhráhadgivenbattleasBennigsenandBarclayadvised?WhatwouldhavehappenedhadtheFrenchattackedtheRussianswhiletheyweremarchingbeyondthePakhrá?WhatwouldhavehappenedifonapproachingTarútino,NapoleonhadattackedtheRussianswithbutatenthoftheenergyhehadshownwhenheattackedthematSmolénsk?WhatwouldhavehappenedhadtheFrenchmovedonPetersburg?...Inanyoftheseeventualitiestheflankmarchthatbroughtsalvationmighthaveproveddisastrous.

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