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Chapter 20

           Wouldthisdisorderlycrowdofsoldiersattendtothevoiceoftheircommander,orwouldthey,disregardinghim,continuetheirflight?Despitehisdesperateshoutsthatusedtoseemsoterribletothesoldiers,despitehisfuriouspurplecountenancedistortedoutofalllikenesstohisformerself,andtheflourishingofhissaber,thesoldiersallcontinuedtorun,talking,firingintotheair,anddisobeyingorders.Themoralhesitationwhichdecidedthefateofbattleswasevidentlyculminatinginapanic.

           Thegeneralhadafitofcoughingasaresultofshoutingandofthepowdersmokeandstoppedindespair.Everythingseemedlost.ButatthatmomenttheFrenchwhowereattacking,suddenlyandwithoutanyapparentreason,ranbackanddisappearedfromtheoutskirts,andRussiansharpshootersshowedthemselvesinthecopse.ItwasTimókhin’scompany,whichalonehadmaintaineditsorderinthewoodand,havinglaininambushinaditch,nowattackedtheFrenchunexpectedly.Timókhin,armedonlywithasword,hadrushedattheenemywithsuchadesperatecryandsuchmad,drunkendeterminationthat,takenbysurprise,theFrenchhadthrowndowntheirmusketsandrun.Dólokhov,runningbesideTimókhin,killedaFrenchmanatclosequartersandwasthefirsttoseizethesurrenderingFrenchofficerbyhiscollar.Ourfugitivesreturned,thebattalionsre-formed,andtheFrenchwhohadnearlycutourleftflankinhalfwereforthemomentrepulsed.Ourreserveunitswereabletojoinup,andthefightwasatanend.

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