Chapter 4

           

           Bennigsen’snoteandtheCossack’sinformationthattheleftflankoftheFrenchwasunguardedweremerelyfinalindicationsthatitwasnecessarytoorderanattack,anditwasfixedforthefifthofOctober.

           OnthemorningofthefourthofOctoberKutúzovsignedthedispositions.TollreadthemtoErmólov,askinghimtoattendtothefurtherarrangements.

           “Allright—allright.Ihaven’ttimejustnow,”repliedErmólov,andleftthehut.

           ThedispositionsdrawnupbyTollwereverygood.AsintheAusterlitzdispositions,itwaswritten—thoughnotinGermanthistime:

           “TheFirstColumnwillmarchhereandhere,”“theSecondColumnwillmarchthereandthere,”andsoon;andonpaper,allthesecolumnsarrivedattheirplacesattheappointedtimeanddestroyedtheenemy.Everythinghadbeenadmirablythoughtoutasisusualindispositions,andasisalwaysthecase,notasinglecolumnreacheditsplaceattheappointedtime.

           Whenthenecessarynumberofcopiesofthedispositionshadbeenprepared,anofficerwassummonedandsenttodeliverthemtoErmólovtodealwith.AyoungofficeroftheHorseGuards,Kutúzov’sorderly,pleasedattheimportanceofthemissionentrustedtohim,wenttoErmólov’squarters.

           “Goneaway,”saidErmólov’sorderly.

           TheofficeroftheHorseGuardswenttoageneralwithwhomErmólovwasoftentobefound.

           “No,andthegeneral’souttoo.”

           Theofficer,mountinghishorse,rodeofftosomeoneelse.

           “No,he’sgoneout.

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