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Chapter 15

           Seeingthemhekeptthinking,“ThatmaybetheverystandardwithwhichIshallleadthearmy.”

           Inthemorningallthatwasleftofthenightmistontheheightswasahoarfrostnowturningtodew,butinthevalleysitstilllaylikeamilk-whitesea.Nothingwasvisibleinthevalleytotheleftintowhichourtroopshaddescendedandfromwhencecamethesoundsoffiring.Abovetheheightswasthedarkclearsky,andtotherightthevastorbofthesun.Infront,faroffonthefarthershoreofthatseaofmist,somewoodedhillswerediscernible,anditwastheretheenemyprobablywas,forsomethingcouldbedescried.OntherighttheGuardswereenteringthemistyregionwithasoundofhoofsandwheelsandnowandthenagleamofbayonets;totheleftbeyondthevillagesimilarmassesofcavalrycameupanddisappearedintheseaofmist.Infrontandbehindmovedinfantry.Thecommanderinchiefwasstandingattheendofthevillagelettingthetroopspassbyhim.ThatmorningKutúzovseemedwornandirritable.Theinfantrypassingbeforehimcametoahaltwithoutanycommandbeinggiven,apparentlyobstructedbysomethinginfront.

           “Doorderthemtoformintobattalioncolumnsandgoroundthevillage!”hesaidangrilytoageneralwhohadriddenup.“Don’tyouunderstand,yourexcellency,mydearsir,thatyoumustnotdefilethroughnarrowvillagestreetswhenwearemarchingagainsttheenemy?”

           “Iintendedtore-formthembeyondthevillage,yourexcellency,”answeredthegeneral.

           Kutúzovlaughedbitterly.

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