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Chapter 10

           AmongtheOldGuarddisorderandpillagewererenewedmoreviolentlythaneveryesterdayevening,lastnight,andtoday.TheEmperorseeswithregretthatthepickedsoldiersappointedtoguardhisperson,whoshouldsetanexampleofdiscipline,carrydisobediencetosuchapointthattheybreakintothecellarsandstorescontainingarmysupplies.Othershavedisgracedthemselvestotheextentofdisobeyingsentinelsandofficers,andhaveabusedandbeatenthem.”

           “TheGrandMarshalofthepalace,”wrotethegovernor,“complainsbitterlythatinspiteofrepeatedorders,thesoldierscontinuetocommitnuisancesinallthecourtyardsandevenundertheverywindowsoftheEmperor.”

           Thatarmy,likeaherdofcattlerunwildandtramplingunderfoottheprovenderwhichmighthavesaveditfromstarvation,disintegratedandperishedwitheachadditionaldayitremainedinMoscow.Butitdidnotgoaway.

           ItbegantorunawayonlywhensuddenlyseizedbyapaniccausedbythecaptureoftransporttrainsontheSmolénskroad,andbythebattleofTarútino.ThenewsofthatbattleofTarútino,unexpectedlyreceivedbyNapoleonatareview,evokedinhimadesiretopunishtheRussians(Thierssays),andheissuedtheorderfordeparturewhichthewholearmywasdemanding.

           FleeingfromMoscowthesoldierstookwiththemeverythingtheyhadstolen.Napoleon,too,carriedawayhisownpersonaltrésor,butonseeingthebaggagetrainsthatimpededthearmy,hewas(Thierssays)horror-struck

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