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Chapter 5

           HealoneduringtheretreatoftheFrenchsaidthatallourmaneuversareuseless,everythingisbeingaccomplishedofitselfbetterthanwecoulddesire;thattheenemymustbeoffered“agoldenbridge”;thatneithertheTarútino,theVyázma,northeKrásnoebattleswerenecessary;thatwemustkeepsomeforcetoreachthefrontierwith,andthathewouldnotsacrificeasingleRussianfortenFrenchmen.

           Andthiscourtier,asheisdescribedtous,wholiestoArakchéevtopleasetheEmperor,healone—incurringtherebytheEmperor’sdispleasure—saidinVílnathattocarrythewarbeyondthefrontierisuselessandharmful.

           Nordowordsaloneprovethatonlyheunderstoodthemeaningoftheevents.Hisactions—withoutthesmallestdeviation—werealldirectedtooneandthesamethreefoldend:(1)tobraceallhisstrengthforconflictwiththeFrench,(2)todefeatthem,and(3)todrivethemoutofRussia,minimizingasfaraspossiblethesufferingsofourpeopleandofourarmy.

           ThisprocrastinatorKutúzov,whosemottowas“PatienceandTime,”thisenemyofdecisiveaction,gavebattleatBorodinó,investingthepreparationsforitwithunparalleledsolemnity.ThisKutúzovwhobeforethebattleofAusterlitzbegansaidthatitwouldbelost,healone,incontradictiontoeveryoneelse,declaredtillhisdeaththatBorodinówasavictory,despitetheassuranceofgeneralsthatthebattlewaslostanddespitethefactthatforanarmytohavetoretireafterwinningabattlewasunprecedented

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