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Chapter 4

           TheFrench,avoidingtheRussians,dispersedandhidthemselvesintheforestbynight,makingtheirwayroundasbesttheycould,andcontinuedtheirflight.

           Milorádovich,whosaidhedidnotwanttoknowanythingaboutthecommissariataffairsofhisdetachment,andcouldneverbefoundwhenhewaswanted—thatchevaliersanspeuretsansreproche*ashestyledhimself—whowasfondofparleyswiththeFrench,sentenvoysdemandingtheirsurrender,wastedtime,anddidnotdowhathewasorderedtodo.

           *Knightwithoutfearandwithoutreproach.

           “Igiveyouthatcolumn,lads,”hesaid,ridinguptothetroopsandpointingouttheFrenchtothecavalry.

           Andthecavalry,withspursandsabersurgingonhorsesthatcouldscarcelymove,trottedwithmuchefforttothecolumnpresentedtothem—thatistosay,toacrowdofFrenchmenstarkwithcold,frost-bitten,andstarving—andthecolumnthathadbeenpresentedtothemthrewdownitsarmsandsurrenderedasithadlongbeenanxioustodo.

           AtKrásnoetheytooktwenty-sixthousandprisoners,severalhundredcannon,andastickcalleda“marshal’sstaff,”anddisputedastowhohaddistinguishedhimselfandwerepleasedwiththeirachievement—thoughtheymuchregrettednothavingtakenNapoleon,oratleastamarshaloraheroofsomesort,andreproachedoneanotherandespeciallyKutúzovforhavingfailedtodoso.

           Thesemen,carriedawaybytheirpassions,werebutblindtoolsofthemostmelancholylawofnecessity,butconsideredthemselvesheroesandimaginedthattheywereaccomplishingamostnobleandhonorabledeed

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