Thursday, 9 January 2020

In Which We Discuss War and Peace, Part 13, Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 continues Tolstoy's essay on the Russian retreat and flanking of the French army as something natural "like a ball rolling downhill", rather than some inspired military tactic.  He does give Kutuzov credit for realising that the battle of Borodino was a victory for Russia and that the French army was a "wounded beast".

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