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The
period
of
the
campaign
of
1812
from
the
battle
of
Borodinó
to
the
expulsion
of
the
French
proved
that
the
winning
of
a
battle
does
not
produce
a
conquest
and
is
not
even
an
invariable
indication
of
conquest
;
it
proved
that
the
force
which
decides
the
fate
of
peoples
lies
not
in
the
conquerors
,
nor
even
in
armies
and
battles
,
but
in
something
else
.
The
French
historians
,
describing
the
condition
of
the
French
army
before
it
left
Moscow
,
affirm
that
all
was
in
order
in
the
Grand
Army
,
except
the
cavalry
,
the
artillery
,
and
the
transport
--
there
was
no
forage
for
the
horses
or
the
cattle
.
That
was
a
misfortune
no
one
could
remedy
,
for
the
peasants
of
the
district
burned
their
hay
rather
than
let
the
French
have
it
.
The
victory
gained
did
not
bring
the
usual
results
because
the
peasants
Karp
and
Vlas
(
who
after
the
French
had
evacuated
Moscow
drove
in
their
carts
to
pillage
the
town
,
and
in
general
personally
failed
to
manifest
any
heroic
feelings
)
,
and
the
whole
innumerable
multitude
of
such
peasants
,
did
not
bring
their
hay
to
Moscow
for
the
high
price
offered
them
,
but
burned
it
instead
.
Let
us
imagine
two
men
who
have
come
out
to
fight
a
duel
with
rapiers
according
to
all
the
rules
of
the
art
of
fencing
.
The
fencing
has
gone
on
for
some
time
;
suddenly
one
of
the
combatants
,
feeling
himself
wounded
and
understanding
that
the
matter
is
no
joke
but
concerns
his
life
,
throws
down
his
rapier
,
and
seizing
the
first
cudgel
that
comes
to
hand
begins
to
brandish
it
.
Then
let
us
imagine
that
the
combatant
who
so
sensibly
employed
the
best
and
simplest
means
to
attain
his
end
was
at
the
same
time
influenced
by
traditions
of
chivalry
and
,
desiring
to
conceal
the
facts
of
the
case
,
insisted
that
he
had
gained
his
victory
with
the
rapier
according
to
all
the
rules
of
art
.
One
can
imagine
what
confusion
and
obscurity
would
result
from
such
an
account
of
the
duel
.
The
fencer
who
demanded
a
contest
according
to
the
rules
of
fencing
was
the
French
army
;
his
opponent
who
threw
away
the
rapier
and
snatched
up
the
cudgel
was
the
Russian
people
;
those
who
try
to
explain
the
matter
according
to
the
rules
of
fencing
are
the
historians
who
have
described
the
event
.
After
the
burning
of
Smolénsk
a
war
began
which
did
not
follow
any
previous
traditions
of
war
.
The
burning
of
towns
and
villages
,
the
retreats
after
battles
,
the
blow
dealt
at
Borodinó
and
the
renewed
retreat
,
the
burning
of
Moscow
,
the
capture
of
marauders
,
the
seizure
of
transports
,
and
the
guerrilla
war
were
all
departures
from
the
rules
.
Napoleon
felt
this
,
and
from
the
time
he
took
up
the
correct
fencing
attitude
in
Moscow
and
instead
of
his
opponent
's
rapier
saw
a
cudgel
raised
above
his
head
,
he
did
not
cease
to
complain
to
Kutúzov
and
to
the
Emperor
Alexander
that
the
war
was
being
carried
on
contrary
to
all
the
rules
--
as
if
there
were
any
rules
for
killing
people
In
spite
of
the
complaints
of
the
French
as
to
the
nonobservance
of
the
rules
,
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
to
some
highly
placed
Russians
it
seemed
rather
disgraceful
to
fight
with
a
cudgel
and
they
wanted
to
assume
a
pose
en
quarte
or
en
tierce
according
to
all
the
rules
,
and
to
make
an
adroit
thrust
en
prime
,
and
so
on
--
the
cudgel
of
the
people
's
war
was
lifted
with
all
its
menacing
and
majestic
strength
,
and
without
consulting
anyone
's
tastes
or
rules
and
regardless
of
anything
else
,
it
rose
and
fell
with
stupid
simplicity
,
but
consistently
,
and
belabored
the
French
till
the
whole
invasion
had
perished
.
And
it
is
well
for
a
people
who
do
not
--
as
the
French
did
in
1813
--
salute
according
to
all
the
rules
of
art
,
and
,
presenting
the
hilt
of
their
rapier
gracefully
and
politely
,
hand
it
to
their
magnanimous
conqueror
,
but
at
the
moment
of
trial
,
without
asking
what
rules
others
have
adopted
in
similar
cases
,
simply
and
easily
pick
up
the
first
cudgel
that
comes
to
hand
and
strike
with
it
till
the
feeling
of
resentment
and
revenge
in
their
soul
yields
to
a
feeling
of
contempt
and
compassion
.
