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Chapter 7

           

           Soonafterthis,ErmólovmoveduptoKutúzovandrespectfullyremarked:

           “Itisnottoolateyet,yourHighness—theenemyhasnotgoneaway—ifyouweretoorderanattack!Ifnot,theGuardswillnotsomuchasseealittlesmoke.”

           Kutúzovdidnotreply,butwhentheyreportedtohimthatMurat’stroopswereinretreatheorderedanadvance,thoughateveryhundredpaceshehaltedforthreequartersofanhour.

           ThewholebattleconsistedinwhatOrlóv-Denísov’sCossackshaddone:therestofthearmymerelylostsomehundredsofmenuselessly.

           InconsequenceofthisbattleKutúzovreceivedadiamonddecoration,andBennigsensomediamondsandahundredthousandrubles,othersalsoreceivedpleasantrecognitionscorrespondingtotheirvariousgrades,andfollowingthebattlefreshchangesweremadeinthestaff.

           “That’showeverythingisdonewithus,alltopsy-turvy!”saidtheRussianofficersandgeneralsaftertheTarútinobattle,lettingitbeunderstoodthatsomefoolthereisdoingthingsallwrongbutthatweourselvesshouldnothavedoneso,justaspeoplespeaktoday.Butpeoplewhotalklikethateitherdonotknowwhattheyaretalkingaboutordeliberatelydeceivethemselves.Nobattle—Tarútino,Borodinó,orAusterlitz—takesplaceasthosewhoplanneditanticipated.Thatisanessentialcondition.

           Acountlessnumberoffreeforces(fornowhereismanfreerthanduringabattle,whereitisaquestionoflifeanddeath)influencethecoursetakenbythefight,andthatcoursenevercanbeknowninadvanceandnevercoincideswiththedirectionofanyoneforce.

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