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Chapter 1

           Thenletusimaginethatthecombatantwhososensiblyemployedthebestandsimplestmeanstoattainhisendwasatthesametimeinfluencedbytraditionsofchivalryand,desiringtoconcealthefactsofthecase,insistedthathehadgainedhisvictorywiththerapieraccordingtoalltherulesofart.Onecanimaginewhatconfusionandobscuritywouldresultfromsuchanaccountoftheduel.

           ThefencerwhodemandedacontestaccordingtotherulesoffencingwastheFrencharmy;hisopponentwhothrewawaytherapierandsnatchedupthecudgelwastheRussianpeople;thosewhotrytoexplainthematteraccordingtotherulesoffencingarethehistorianswhohavedescribedtheevent.

           AftertheburningofSmolénskawarbeganwhichdidnotfollowanyprevioustraditionsofwar.Theburningoftownsandvillages,theretreatsafterbattles,theblowdealtatBorodinóandtherenewedretreat,theburningofMoscow,thecaptureofmarauders,theseizureoftransports,andtheguerrillawarwerealldeparturesfromtherules.

           Napoleonfeltthis,andfromthetimehetookupthecorrectfencingattitudeinMoscowandinsteadofhisopponent’srapiersawacudgelraisedabovehishead,hedidnotceasetocomplaintoKutúzovandtotheEmperorAlexanderthatthewarwasbeingcarriedoncontrarytoalltherules—asiftherewereanyrulesforkillingpeople

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