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Expecting
the
enemy
from
behind
and
not
in
front
,
the
French
separated
in
their
flight
and
spread
out
over
a
distance
of
twenty-four
hours
.
In
front
of
them
all
fled
the
Emperor
,
then
the
kings
,
then
the
dukes
.
The
Russian
army
,
expecting
Napoleon
to
take
the
road
to
the
right
beyond
the
Dnieper
--
which
was
the
only
reasonable
thing
for
him
to
do
--
themselves
turned
to
the
right
and
came
out
onto
the
highroad
at
Krásnoe
.
And
here
as
in
a
game
of
blindman
's
buff
the
French
ran
into
our
vanguard
.
Seeing
their
enemy
unexpectedly
the
French
fell
into
confusion
and
stopped
short
from
the
sudden
fright
,
but
then
they
resumed
their
flight
,
abandoning
their
comrades
who
were
farther
behind
.
Then
for
three
days
separate
portions
of
the
French
army
--
first
Murat
's
(
the
vice-king
's
)
,
then
Davout
's
,
and
then
Ney
's
--
ran
,
as
it
were
,
the
gauntlet
of
the
Russian
army
.
They
abandoned
one
another
,
abandoned
all
their
heavy
baggage
,
their
artillery
,
and
half
their
men
,
and
fled
,
getting
past
the
Russians
by
night
by
making
semicircles
to
the
right
.
Ney
,
who
came
last
,
had
been
busying
himself
blowing
up
the
walls
of
Smolénsk
which
were
in
nobody
's
way
,
because
despite
the
unfortunate
plight
of
the
French
or
because
of
it
,
they
wished
to
punish
the
floor
against
which
they
had
hurt
themselves
Ney
,
who
had
had
a
corps
of
ten
thousand
men
,
reached
Napoleon
at
Orshá
with
only
one
thousand
men
left
,
having
abandoned
all
the
rest
and
all
his
cannon
,
and
having
crossed
the
Dnieper
at
night
by
stealth
at
a
wooded
spot
.
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From
Orshá
they
fled
farther
along
the
road
to
Vílna
,
still
playing
at
blindman
's
buff
with
the
pursuing
army
.
At
the
Berëzina
they
again
became
disorganized
,
many
were
drowned
and
many
surrendered
,
but
those
who
got
across
the
river
fled
farther
.
Their
supreme
chief
donned
a
fur
coat
and
,
having
seated
himself
in
a
sleigh
,
galloped
on
alone
,
abandoning
his
companions
.
The
others
who
could
do
so
drove
away
too
,
leaving
those
who
could
not
to
surrender
or
die
.
This
campaign
consisted
in
a
flight
of
the
French
during
which
they
did
all
they
could
to
destroy
themselves
.
From
the
time
they
turned
onto
the
Kalúga
road
to
the
day
their
leader
fled
from
the
army
,
none
of
the
movements
of
the
crowd
had
any
sense
.
So
one
might
have
thought
that
regarding
this
period
of
the
campaign
the
historians
,
who
attributed
the
actions
of
the
mass
to
the
will
of
one
man
,
would
have
found
it
impossible
to
make
the
story
of
the
retreat
fit
their
theory
.
But
no
!
Mountains
of
books
have
been
written
by
the
historians
about
this
campaign
,
and
everywhere
are
described
Napoleon
's
arrangements
,
the
maneuvers
,
and
his
profound
plans
which
guided
the
army
,
as
well
as
the
military
genius
shown
by
his
marshals
.
The
retreat
from
Málo-Yaroslávets
when
he
had
a
free
road
into
a
well-supplied
district
and
the
parallel
road
was
open
to
him
along
which
Kutúzov
afterwards
pursued
him
--
this
unnecessary
retreat
along
a
devastated
road
--
is
explained
to
us
as
being
due
to
profound
considerations
.
Similarly
profound
considerations
are
given
for
his
retreat
from
Smolénsk
to
Orshá
.
Then
his
heroism
at
Krásnoe
is
described
,
where
he
is
reported
to
have
been
prepared
to
accept
battle
and
take
personal
command
,
and
to
have
walked
about
with
a
birch
stick
and
said
:
"
J'ai
assez
fait
l'empereur
;
il
est
temps
de
faire
le
général
,
"
*
but
nevertheless
immediately
ran
away
again
,
abandoning
to
its
fate
the
scattered
fragments
of
the
army
he
left
behind
.
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*
"
I
have
acted
the
Emperor
long
enough
;
it
is
time
to
act
the
general
.
"