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Chapter 17

           Butafterafourdays’haltthemob,withnomaneuversorplans,againbeganrunningalongthebeatentrack,neithertotherightnortotheleftbutalongtheold—theworst—road,throughKrásnoeandOrshá.

           Expectingtheenemyfrombehindandnotinfront,theFrenchseparatedintheirflightandspreadoutoveradistanceoftwenty-fourhours.InfrontofthemallfledtheEmperor,thenthekings,thenthedukes.TheRussianarmy,expectingNapoleontotaketheroadtotherightbeyondtheDnieper—whichwastheonlyreasonablethingforhimtodo—themselvesturnedtotherightandcameoutontothehighroadatKrásnoe.Andhereasinagameofblindman’sbufftheFrenchranintoourvanguard.SeeingtheirenemyunexpectedlytheFrenchfellintoconfusionandstoppedshortfromthesuddenfright,butthentheyresumedtheirflight,abandoningtheircomradeswhowerefartherbehind.ThenforthreedaysseparateportionsoftheFrencharmy—firstMurat’s(thevice-king’s),thenDavout’s,andthenNey’s—ran,asitwere,thegauntletoftheRussianarmy.Theyabandonedoneanother,abandonedalltheirheavybaggage,theirartillery,andhalftheirmen,andfled,gettingpasttheRussiansbynightbymakingsemicirclestotheright.

           Ney,whocamelast,hadbeenbusyinghimselfblowingupthewallsofSmolénskwhichwereinnobody’sway,becausedespitetheunfortunateplightoftheFrenchorbecauseofit,theywishedtopunishtheflooragainstwhichtheyhadhurtthemselves

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