IfatfirstthemembersofthecouncilthoughtthatKutuzovwaspretendingtosleep, thesoundshisnoseemittedduringthereadingthatfollowedprovedthatthecommander-in-chiefatthatmomentwasabsorbedbyafarmoreseriousmatterthanadesiretoshowhiscontemptforthedispositionsoranythingelse—, withthegestureofamantoobusytoloseamoment, glancedatKutuzovand, havingconvincedhimselfthathewasasleep, tookupapaperandinaloud, monotonousvoicebegantoreadoutthedispositionsfortheimpendingbattle, underaheadingwhichhealsoreadout:
"DispositionsforanattackontheenemypositionbehindKobelnitzandSokolnitz, November30, 1805."
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"Astheenemy'sleftwingrestsonwoodedhillsandhisrightextendsalongKobelnitzandSokolnitzbehindthepondsthatarethere, whilewe, ontheotherhand, withourleftwingbyfaroutflankhisright, itisadvantageoustoattacktheenemy'slatterwingespeciallyifweoccupythevillagesofSokolnitzandKobelnitz, wherebywecanbothfallonhisflankandpursuehimovertheplainbetweenSchlappanitzandtheThuerassaforest, avoidingthedefilesofSchlappanitzandBellowitzwhichcovertheenemy'...Thefirstcolumnmarches...Thesecondcolumnmarches...Thethirdcolumnmarches..." andsoon, readWeyrother.
