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第651章butthegenerals,especiallythosenotrussian,burningtodistinguishthemselves,todazzlepeople,totakesomedukeorkingprisonerforsomeincomprehensiblereason—thosegeneralsthoughtthatthen,whenanybattlewassickeningandmeaningless,wastheverytimeforfightingbattlesandconqueringsomebody.kutuzovsimplyedhisshoulderswhentheycametohimoneafteranotherwithprojectsofman?uvreswiththeill-shod,half-clothed,andhalf-starvedsoldiers,whosenumbershadinonemonthdwindledtoone-halfwithoutabattle,andwhowouldeven,underthemostfavourablecircumstances,havealongerdistancetotraversebeforetheyreachedthefrontierthantheyhadcomealready.

thisdesireonthepartofthegeneralstodistinguishthemselves,toexecuteman?uvres,toattack,andtocutofftheenemy,wasparticularlyconspicuouswhenevertherussianarmydidcomeintocontactwiththefrench.

soitwasatkrasnoe,wheretheyhadexpectedtofindoneofthethreecolumnsofthefrench,andstumbleduponnapoleonhimselfwithsixteenthousandtroops.inspiteofallkutuzov’seffortstoavoidthisdisastrousengagement,andtokeephismensafeforthreedaysatkrasnoe,therewasaslaughterofthedisorderedbandsofthefrenchbytheexhaustedsoldiersoftherussianarmy.

tollwroteoutadisposition:firstcolumntoadvancetothisspot,andsoon.andasalways,whatwasdonewasnotatallinaccordancewiththatdisposition.princeeugeneofwurtembergkeptupafirefromthehillsonthemoboffrenchastheyracedby,andaskedforreinforcements,whichdidnotcome.inthenightsthefrenchdispersedtogetroundtherussians,hidthemselvesinthewoods,andallthatcouldledonagain.

miloradovitch,whodeclaredthathehadnowishtoknowanythingaboutthecommissariatarrangementsofhisdetachment,whocouldneverbefoundwhenhewaswanted,thatchevaliersanspeuretsansreproche,ashecalledhimself,alwayseagerforparleyswiththefrench,sentmessengerstodemandtheirsurrender,wastedtime,anddidnotcarryouttheordersgivenhim.

“imakeyouapresentofthatcolumn,lads,”hesaidtohismen,pointingoutthefrenchtohiscavalry.andthecavalry,withspurandsabre,urgedtheirbroken-downhorsesintoatrot,andwithimmenseeffortreachedthecolumnhehadbestowedonthem,thatistosay,amoboffrozen,numb,andstarvingfrenchmen.andthecolumnlaiddowntheirweaponsandsurrendered,whichwaswhattheyhadbeenlongingtodoforweekspast.

atkrasnoethereweretakentwenty-sixthousandprisoners,ahundredcannons,astickofsomesort,whichwaspromptlydubbeda“marshal’sbaton.”andthegeneralsdisputedamongthemselveswhohadgainedmostdistinctionintheaction,andweredelightedatit,thoughtheywerefullofregretatnothavingcapturednapoleonorsomemarshalandhero,andblamedoneanother,andaboveallkutuzov,forfailingtodoso.

thesemen,drawnonbytheirownpassions,werebuttheblindinstrumentsofthemostmelancholylawofnecessity;buttheybelievedthemselvesheroes,andimaginedthatwhattheyweredoingwasthenoblestandmosthonourableachievement.theyblamedkutuzov,anddeclaredfromtheverybeginningofthecampaignhehadpreventedthemfromconqueringnapoleon;thathethoughtofnothingbuthisownsensualgratifications,andwouldnotadvanceoutofpolotnyanyzavodybecausehewascomfortablethere;thathehadcheckedtheadvanceatkrasnoe;thathehadcompletelylosthisheadwhenheheardnapoleonwasnear;thatonemightreallysupposehehadasecretunderstandingwithnapoleon,thathehadbeenboughtoverbyhim,andsoonandsoon.

andnotonlycontemporaries,misledbytheirownpassions,havespokenthus.posterityandhistoryhaveacceptednapoleonasgrand,whileforeignwritershavecalledkutuzovacrafty,dissolute,weak,intriguingoldman;andrussianshaveseeninhimanondescriptbeing,asortofpuppet,onlyofuseowingtohisrussianname…

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