Chapter 18

           

           PrinceBagratión,havingreachedthehighestpointofourrightflank,beganridingdownhilltowheretherollofmusketrywasheardbutwhereonaccountofthesmokenothingcouldbeseen.Thenearertheygottothehollowthelesstheycouldseebutthemoretheyfeltthenearnessoftheactualbattlefield.Theybegantomeetwoundedmen.Onewithableedingheadandnocapwasbeingdraggedalongbytwosoldierswhosupportedhimunderthearms.Therewasagurgleinhisthroatandhewasspittingblood.Abullethadevidentlyhithiminthethroatormouth.Anotherwaswalkingsturdilybyhimselfbutwithouthismusket,groaningaloudandswinginghisarmwhichhadjustbeenhurt,whilebloodfromitwasstreamingoverhisgreatcoatasfromabottle.Hehadthatmomentbeenwoundedandhisfaceshowedfearratherthansuffering.Crossingaroadtheydescendedasteepinclineandsawseveralmenlyingontheground;theyalsometacrowdofsoldierssomeofwhomwereunwounded.Thesoldierswereascendingthehillbreathingheavily,anddespitethegeneral’spresenceweretalkingloudlyandgesticulating.Infrontofthemrowsofgraycloakswerealreadyvisiblethroughthesmoke,andanofficercatchingsightofBagratiónrushedshoutingafterthecrowdofretreatingsoldiers,orderingthemback.Bagratiónrodeuptotheranksalongwhichshotscracklednowhereandnowthere,drowningthesoundofvoicesandtheshoutsofcommand.Thewholeairreekedwithsmoke.Theexcitedfacesofthesoldierswereblackenedwithit.

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