Chapter 13

           

           Thatsamenight,havingtakenleaveoftheMinisterofWar,Bolkónskisetofftorejointhearmy,notknowingwherehewouldfinditandfearingtobecapturedbytheFrenchonthewaytoKrems.

           InBrünneverybodyattachedtothecourtwaspackingup,andtheheavybaggagewasalreadybeingdispatchedtoOlmütz.NearHetzelsdorfPrinceAndrewstruckthehighroadalongwhichtheRussianarmywasmovingwithgreathasteandinthegreatestdisorder.Theroadwassoobstructedwithcartsthatitwasimpossibletogetbyinacarriage.PrinceAndrewtookahorseandaCossackfromaCossackcommander,andhungryandweary,makinghiswaypastthebaggagewagons,rodeinsearchofthecommanderinchiefandofhisownluggage.Verysinisterreportsofthepositionofthearmyreachedhimashewentalong,andtheappearanceofthetroopsintheirdisorderlyflightconfirmedtheserumors.

           “Cettearméerussequel’ordel’Angleterreatransportéedesextrémitésdel’univers,nousallonsluifaireéprouverlemêmesort—(lesortdel’arméed’Ulm).”*HerememberedthesewordsinBonaparte’saddresstohisarmyatthebeginningofthecampaign,andtheyawokeinhimastonishmentatthegeniusofhishero,afeelingofwoundedpride,andahopeofglory.“Andshouldtherebenothingleftbuttodie?”hethought.“Well,ifneedbe,Ishalldoitnoworsethanothers.”

           *“ThatRussianarmywhichhasbeenbroughtfromtheendsof

           theearthbyEnglishgold,weshallcausetosharethesame

           fate—(thefateofthearmyatUlm).

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