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Chapter 21 - Pierre surveys the scene Pierre stepped out of his carriage and, passing the toiling militiamen, ascended the knoll from which, according to the doctor, the battlefield could be seen. It was about eleven oclock. The sun shone somewhat to
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Chapter 22 - Pierre meets old acquaintances Staggering amid the crush, Pierre looked about him. Count Peter Kirilovich! How did you get here? said a voice. Pierre looked round. Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his hand (he had probably soile
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Chapter 23 - Pierre rides to the left flank with Bennigsen From Gorki, Bennigsen descended the highroad to the bridge which, when they had looked it from the hill, the officer had pointed out as being the center of our position and where rows of frag
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Chapter 24 - Prince Andrews reflections on life and death On that bright evening of August 25, Prince Andrey lay leaning on his elbow in a broken-down shed in the village of Knyazkovo at the further end of his regiments encampment. Through a gap in t
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Chapter 25 - Prince Andrey's opinions on war. The spirit of the army The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrey, apparently reluctant to be left alone with his friend, asked them to stay and have tea. Seats were brought in and so was th
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Chapter 26 - Napoleons proclamation On August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodino, M. de Beausset, prefect of the French Emperors palace, arrived at Napoleons quarters at Valuevo with Colonel Fabvier, the former from Paris and the latter from Madri
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Chapter 27 - Napoleons dispositions for the battle of Borodin On the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon spent the whole day on horseback inspecting the locality, considering plans submitted to him by his marshals, and persona
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Chapter 28 - Why the battle had to be fought Many historians say that the French did not win the battle of Borodino because Napoleon had a cold, and that if he had not had a cold the orders he gave before and during the battle would have been still m
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Chapter 29 - The game begins On returning from a second inspection of the lines, Napoleon remarked: The chessmen are set up, the game will begin tomorrow! Having ordered punch and summoned de Beausset, he began to talk to him about Paris and about so
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Chapter 30 - Pierre views the battlefield from the knoll at Grki On returning to Gorki after having seen Prince Andrey, Pierre ordered his groom to get the horses ready and to call him early in the morning, and then immediately fell asleep behind a p
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Chapter 31 - Pierre under fire Having descended the hill the general after whom Pierre was galloping turned sharply to the left, and Pierre, losing sight of him, galloped in among some ranks of infantry marching ahead of him. He tried to pass either
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Chapter 32 - The redoubt captured and retaken Beside himself with terror Pierre jumped up and ran back to the battery, as to the only refuge from the horrors that surrounded him. On entering the earthwork he noticed that there were men doing somethin
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Chapter 33 - The course of the battle The chief action of the battle of Borodino was fought within the seven thousand feet between Borodino and Bagrations fleche entrenchments. Beyond that space there was, on the one side, a demonstration made by the
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Chapter 34 - Napoleon's view of the battle Napoleons generals Davout, Ney, and Murat, who were near that region of fire and sometimes even entered it repeatedly led into it huge masses of well-ordered troops. But contrary to what had always happened
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Chapter 35 - Kutzov directs the army On the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning sat Kutuzov, his gray head hanging, his heavy body relaxed. He gave no orders, but only assented to or dissented from what others suggested. Yes, y