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The
famous
flank
movement
merely
consisted
in
this
:
after
the
advance
of
the
French
had
ceased
,
the
Russian
army
,
which
had
been
continually
retreating
straight
back
from
the
invaders
,
deviated
from
that
direct
course
and
,
not
finding
itself
pursued
,
was
naturally
drawn
toward
the
district
where
supplies
were
abundant
.
If
instead
of
imagining
to
ourselves
commanders
of
genius
leading
the
Russian
army
,
we
picture
that
army
without
any
leaders
,
it
could
not
have
done
anything
but
make
a
return
movement
toward
Moscow
,
describing
an
arc
in
the
direction
where
most
provisions
were
to
be
found
and
where
the
country
was
richest
.
That
movement
from
the
Nízhni
to
the
Ryazán
,
Túla
,
and
Kalúga
roads
was
so
natural
that
even
the
Russian
marauders
moved
in
that
direction
,
and
demands
were
sent
from
Petersburg
for
Kutúzov
to
take
his
army
that
way
.
At
Tarútino
Kutúzov
received
what
was
almost
a
reprimand
from
the
Emperor
for
having
moved
his
army
along
the
Ryazán
road
,
and
the
Emperor
's
letter
indicated
to
him
the
very
position
he
had
already
occupied
near
Kalúga
.
Having
rolled
like
a
ball
in
the
direction
of
the
impetus
given
by
the
whole
campaign
and
by
the
battle
of
Borodinó
,
the
Russian
army
--
when
the
strength
of
that
impetus
was
exhausted
and
no
fresh
push
was
received
--
assumed
the
position
natural
to
it
.
Kutúzov
's
merit
lay
,
not
in
any
strategic
maneuver
of
genius
,
as
it
is
called
,
but
in
the
fact
that
he
alone
understood
the
significance
of
what
had
happened
.
He
alone
then
understood
the
meaning
of
the
French
army
's
inactivity
,
he
alone
continued
to
assert
that
the
battle
of
Borodinó
had
been
a
victory
,
he
alone
--
who
as
commander
in
chief
might
have
been
expected
to
be
eager
to
attack
--
employed
his
whole
strength
to
restrain
the
Russian
army
from
useless
engagements
.
The
beast
wounded
at
Borodinó
was
lying
where
the
fleeing
hunter
had
left
him
;
but
whether
he
was
still
alive
,
whether
he
was
strong
and
merely
lying
low
,
the
hunter
did
not
know
.
Suddenly
the
beast
was
heard
to
moan
.
The
moan
of
that
wounded
beast
(
the
French
army
)
which
betrayed
its
calamitous
condition
was
the
sending
of
Lauriston
to
Kutúzov
's
camp
with
overtures
for
peace
.
Napoleon
,
with
his
usual
assurance
that
whatever
entered
his
head
was
right
,
wrote
to
Kutúzov
the
first
words
that
occurred
to
him
,
though
they
were
meaningless
.
MONSIEUR
LE
PRINCE
KOUTOUZOV
:
I
am
sending
one
of
my
adjutants-general
to
discuss
several
interesting
questions
with
you
.
I
beg
your
Highness
to
credit
what
he
says
to
you
,
especially
when
he
expresses
the
sentiment
of
esteem
and
special
regard
I
have
long
entertained
for
your
person
.
This
letter
having
no
other
object
,
I
pray
God
,
monsieur
le
prince
Koutouzov
,
to
keep
you
in
His
holy
and
gracious
protection
!
