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Chapter 9

           OnthethirtiethheattackedMortier’sdivision,whichwasontheleftbank,andbrokeitup.Inthisactionforthefirsttimetrophiesweretaken:banners,cannon,andtwoenemygenerals.Forthefirsttime,afterafortnight’sretreat,theRussiantroopshadhaltedandafterafighthadnotonlyheldthefieldbuthadrepulsedtheFrench.Thoughthetroopswereill-clad,exhausted,andhadlostathirdoftheirnumberinkilled,wounded,sick,andstragglers;thoughanumberofsickandwoundedhadbeenabandonedontheothersideoftheDanubewithaletterinwhichKutúzoventrustedthemtothehumanityoftheenemy;andthoughthebighospitalsandthehousesinKremsconvertedintomilitaryhospitalscouldnolongeraccommodateallthesickandwounded,yetthestandmadeatKremsandthevictoryoverMortierraisedthespiritsofthearmyconsiderably.ThroughoutthewholearmyandatheadquartersmostjoyfulthougherroneousrumorswererifeoftheimaginaryapproachofcolumnsfromRussia,ofsomevictorygainedbytheAustrians,andoftheretreatofthefrightenedBonaparte.

           PrinceAndrewduringthebattlehadbeeninattendanceontheAustrianGeneralSchmidt,whowaskilledintheaction.Hishorsehadbeenwoundedunderhimandhisownarmslightlygrazedbyabullet.Asamarkofthecommanderinchief’sspecialfavorhewassentwiththenewsofthisvictorytotheAustriancourt,nownolongeratVienna(whichwasthreatenedbytheFrench)butatBrünn.

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