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第613章

第613章fromthattimeuptotheendofthecampaign,allkutuzov’sactivitywaslimitedtotryingbytheexerciseofauthority,byguileandbyentreaties,toholdhisarmybackfromuselessattacks,man?uvres,andskirmisheswiththeperishingenemy.dohturovmarchedtomaleyyaroslavets,butkutuzovlingeredwiththemainarmy,andgaveordersfortheclearingofthekaluga,retreatbeyondwhichseemedtokutuzovquitepossible.

everywherekutuzovretreated,buttheenemy,withoutwaitingforhimtoretire,fledbackintheoppositedirection.

napoleon’shistoriansdescribetoushisskilfulman?uvresattarutino,andatmaleyyaroslavets,anddiscusswhatwouldhavehappenedifnapoleonhadeededinmakinghiswaytothewealthyprovincesofthesouth.

buttosaynothingofthefactthatnothinghinderednapoleonfrommarchingintothesesouthernprovinces(sincetherussianarmylefttheroadopen),thehistoriansforgetthatnothingcouldhavesavednapoleon’sarmy,becauseitcarriedwithinitselfatthattimetheinevitablegermsofruin.whyshouldthatarmy,whichfoundabundantprovisionsinmoscowandcouldnotkeepthem,buttrampledthemunderfoot,thatarmywhichcouldnotstoresuppliesonenteringsmolensk,butplunderedatrandom,whyshouldthatarmyhavemendeditswaysinthekalugaprovince,wheretheinhabitantswereofthesamerussianraceasinmoscow,andwherefirehadthesameaptitudefordestroyingwhatevertheysetfireto.

thearmycouldnothaverecovereditselfanyway.fromthebattleofborodinoandthesackingofmoscowitborewithinitself,asitwere,thechemicalelementsofdissolution.

themenofwhathadbeenanarmyfledwiththeirleaders,notknowingwhithertheywent,napoleonandeverysoldierwithhimfilledwithonedesire:tomakehisownescapeasquicklyasmightbefromthehopelesspositionofwhichallweredimlyaware.

atthecouncilinmaleyyaroslavets,whenthefrenchgenerals,affectingtobedeliberating,gavevariousopinionsastowhatwastobedone,theopinionofthebluntsoldier,mouton,whosaidwhatallwerethinking,thattheonlythingtodowastogetawayasquicklyaspossible,closedeveryone’smouth;andnoone,notevennapoleon,couldsayanythinginoppositiontothistruththatallrecognised.

butthougheverybodyknewthattheymustgo,therewasstillafeelingofshameleftatacknowledgingtheymustfly.andsomeexternalshockwasnecessarytoovercomethatshame.andthatshockcamewhenitwasneeded.itwaslehourradel’empereur,asthefrenchcalledit.

onthedayafterthecouncil,napoleon,onthepretextofinspectingthetroopsandthefieldofapastandofafuturebattle,rodeoutearlyinthemorninginthemidstofthelinesofhisarmywithasuiteofmarshalsandanescort.thecossacks,whowereinsearchofbooty,sweptdownontheemperor,andallbuttookhimprisoner.whatsavednapoleonfromthecossacksthatdaywasjustwhatwastheruinofthefrencharmy,thebooty,whichhereaswellasattarutinotemptedthecossackstolettheirpreyslip.withouttakinganynoticeofnapoleon,theydashedatthebooty,andnapoleoneededingettingaway.

whenlesenfantsdudonmightpositivelycapturetheemperorhimselfinthemiddleofhisarmy,itwasevidentthattherewasnothingelsetodobuttoflywithallpossiblehastebythenearestandthefamiliarroad.napoleon,withhisfortyyearsandhiscorpulence,hadnotallhisoldresourcefulnessandcourage,andhequitetookthehint;andundertheinfluenceofthefrightthecossackshadgivenhim,heagreedatoncewithmouton,andgave,asthehistorianstellus,theordertoretreatalongthesmolenskroad.

thefactthatnapoleonagreedwithmouton,andthatthearmydidnotretreatinthatdirection,doesnotprovethathiscommanddecidedthatretreat,butthattheforcesactingonthewholearmyanddrivingitalongthemozhaiskroadweresimultaneouslyactinguponnapoleontoo.

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