Chapter 19

           

           TheattackoftheSixthChasseurssecuredtheretreatofourrightflank.InthecenterTúshin’sforgottenbattery,whichhadmanagedtosetfiretotheSchönGrabernvillage,delayedtheFrenchadvance.TheFrenchwereputtingoutthefirewhichthewindwasspreading,andthusgaveustimetoretreat.Theretirementofthecentertotheothersideofthedipinthegroundattherearwashurriedandnoisy,butthedifferentcompaniesdidnotgetmixed.Butourleft—whichconsistedoftheAzóvandPodólskinfantryandthePávlogradhussars—wassimultaneouslyattackedandoutflankedbysuperiorFrenchforcesunderLannesandwasthrownintoconfusion.BagratiónhadsentZherkóvtothegeneralcommandingthatleftflankwithorderstoretreatimmediately.

           Zherkóv,notremovinghishandfromhiscap,turnedhishorseaboutandgallopedoff.ButnosoonerhadheleftBagratiónthanhiscouragefailedhim.Hewasseizedbypanicandcouldnotgowhereitwasdangerous.

           Havingreachedtheleftflank,insteadofgoingtothefrontwherethefiringwas,hebegantolookforthegeneralandhisstaffwheretheycouldnotpossiblybe,andsodidnotdelivertheorder.

           ThecommandoftheleftflankbelongedbysenioritytothecommanderoftheregimentKutúzovhadreviewedatBraunauandinwhichDólokhovwasservingasaprivate.ButthecommandoftheextremeleftflankhadbeenassignedtothecommanderofthePávlogradregimentinwhichRostóvwasserving,andamisunderstandingarose.

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