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Chapter 1

           

           Thethirdandmostincomprehensiblethingisthatpeoplestudyinghistorydeliberatelyavoidseeingthatthisflankmarchcannotbeattributedtoanyoneman,thatnooneeverforesawit,andthatinreality,liketheretreatfromFilí,itdidnotsuggestitselftoanyoneinitsentirety,butresulted—momentbymoment,stepbystep,eventbyevent—fromanendlessnumberofmostdiversecircumstancesandwasonlyseeninitsentiretywhenithadbeenaccomplishedandbelongedtothepast.

           AtthecouncilatFilítheprevailingthoughtinthemindsoftheRussiancommanderswastheonenaturallysuggestingitself,namely,adirectretreatbytheNízhniroad.Inproofofthisthereisthefactthatthemajorityofthecouncilvotedforsucharetreat,andaboveallthereisthewell-knownconversationafterthecouncil,betweenthecommanderinchiefandLanskóy,whowasinchargeofthecommissariatdepartment.LanskóyinformedthecommanderinchiefthatthearmysupplieswereforthemostpartstoredalongtheOkáintheTúlaandRyazánprovinces,andthatiftheyretreatedonNízhnithearmywouldbeseparatedfromitssuppliesbythebroadriverOká,whichcannotbecrossedearlyinwinter.Thiswasthefirstindicationofthenecessityofdeviatingfromwhathadpreviouslyseemedthemostnaturalcourse—adirectretreatonNízhni-Nóvgorod.Thearmyturnedmoretothesouth,alongtheRyazánroadandnearertoitssupplies

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