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Chapter 15

           AtAusterlitzheremainedlastattheAugezddam,rallyingtheregiments,savingwhatwaspossiblewhenallwereflyingandperishingandnotasinglegeneralwasleftintherearguard.IllwithfeverhewenttoSmolénskwithtwentythousandmentodefendthetownagainstNapoleon’swholearmy.InSmolénsk,attheMalákhovGate,hehadhardlydozedoffinaparoxysmoffeverbeforehewasawakenedbythebombardmentofthetown—andSmolénskheldoutalldaylong.AtthebattleofBorodinó,whenBagratiónwaskilledandninetenthsofthemenofourleftflankhadfallenandthefullforceoftheFrenchartilleryfirewasdirectedagainstit,themansenttherewasthissameirresoluteandundiscerningDokhtúrov—Kutúzovhasteningtorectifyamistakehehadmadebysendingsomeoneelsetherefirst.AndthequietlittleDokhtúrovrodethither,andBorodinóbecamethegreatestgloryoftheRussianarmy.Manyheroeshavebeendescribedtousinverseandprose,butofDokhtúrovscarcelyawordhasbeensaid.

           ItwasDokhtúrovagainwhomtheysenttoFormínskandfromtheretoMálo-Yaroslávets,theplacewherethelastbattlewiththeFrenchwasfoughtandwheretheobviousdisintegrationoftheFrencharmybegan;andwearetoldofmanygeniusesandheroesofthatperiodofthecampaign,butofDokhtúrovnothingorverylittleissaidandthatdubiously.AndthissilenceaboutDokhtúrovistheclearesttestimonytohismerit.

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