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Chapter 11

           

           “DespitemygreatrespectforoldKutúzov,”hecontinued,“weshouldbeanicesetoffellowsifweweretowaitaboutandsogivehimachancetoescape,ortotrickus,nowthatwecertainlyhavehiminourhands!No,wemustn’tforgetSuvórovandhisrule—nottoputyourselfinapositiontobeattacked,butyourselftoattack.BelievemeinwartheenergyofyoungmenoftenshowsthewaybetterthanalltheexperienceofoldCunctators.”

           “Butinwhatpositionarewegoingtoattackhim?Ihavebeenattheoutpoststodayanditisimpossibletosaywherehischiefforcesaresituated,”saidPrinceAndrew.

           HewishedtoexplaintoDolgorúkovaplanofattackhehadhimselfformed.

           “Oh,thatisallthesame,”Dolgorúkovsaidquickly,andgettinguphespreadamaponthetable.“Alleventualitieshavebeenforeseen.IfheisstandingbeforeBrünn...”

           AndPrinceDolgorúkovrapidlybutindistinctlyexplainedWeyrother’splanofaflankingmovement.

           PrinceAndrewbegantoreplyandtostatehisownplan,whichmighthavebeenasgoodasWeyrother’s,butforthedisadvantagethatWeyrother’shadalreadybeenapproved.AssoonasPrinceAndrewbegantodemonstratethedefectsofthelatterandthemeritsofhisownplan,PrinceDolgorúkovceasedtolistentohimandgazedabsent-mindedlynotatthemap,butatPrinceAndrew’sface.

           “TherewillbeacouncilofwaratKutúzov’stonight,though;youcansayallthisthere,”remarkedDolgorúkov.

           “Iwilldoso,”saidPrinceAndrew,movingawayfromthemap

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