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Chapter 4

           

           Kutúzovasfaraswasinhispower,insteadoftryingtocheckthemovementoftheFrenchaswasdesiredinPetersburgandbytheRussianarmygenerals,directedhiswholeactivityhere,ashehaddoneatTarútinoandVyázma,tohasteningitonwhileeasingthemovementofourarmy.

           Butbesidesthis,sincetheexhaustionandenormousdiminutionofthearmycausedbytherapidityoftheadvancehadbecomeevident,anotherreasonforslackeningthepaceanddelayingpresenteditselftoKutúzov.TheaimoftheRussianarmywastopursuetheFrench.TheroadtheFrenchwouldtakewasunknown,andsothecloserourtroopstrodontheirheelsthegreaterdistancetheyhadtocover.OnlybyfollowingatsomedistancecouldonecutacrossthezigzagpathoftheFrench.Alltheartfulmaneuverssuggestedbyourgeneralsmeantfreshmovementsofthearmyandalengtheningofitsmarches,whereastheonlyreasonableaimwastoshortenthosemarches.TothatendKutúzov’sactivitywasdirectedduringthewholecampaignfromMoscowtoVílna—notcasuallyorintermittentlybutsoconsistentlythatheneveroncedeviatedfromit.

           Kutúzovfeltandknew—notbyreasoningorsciencebutwiththewholeofhisRussianbeing—whateveryRussiansoldierfelt:thattheFrenchwerebeaten,thattheenemywasflyingandmustbedrivenout;butatthesametimehelikethesoldiersrealizedallthehardshipofthismarch,therapidityofwhichwasunparalleledforsuchatimeoftheyear.

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