FromGorki, Bennigsendescendedthehighroadtothebridgewhich, whentheyhadlookedatitfromthehill, , passinganenormousnumberoftroopsandguns, , asyetunnamed, whichafterwardsbecameknownastheRaevskiRedoubt, ortheKnollBattery, .
TheythencrossedthehollowtoSemenovsk, , acrossaryefieldtroddenandbeatendownasifbyhail, followingatrackfreshlymadebytheartilleryoverthefurrowsoftheplowedland, andreachedsomefleches [1] whichwerestillbeingdug.
AttheflechesBennigsenstoppedandbeganlookingattheShevardinoRedoubtopposite, , , .
Bennigsenspoketoageneralwhoapproachedhim, , strainingeachfacultytounderstandtheessentialpointsoftheimpendingbattle, , noticingthatPierrewaslistening, suddenlysaidtohim:
"Idon'tthinkthisinterestsyou?"
"Onthecontraryit'sveryinteresting!" repliedPierrenotquitetruthfully.
Fromtheflechestheyrodestillfarthertotheleft, alongaroadwindingthroughathick, , scaredbythetrampofthemanyhorses, grewsoconfusedthatitleapedalongtheroadinfrontofthemforsometime, arousinggeneralattentionandlaughter, 'scorpswerestationedtodefendtheleftflank.
Here, attheextremeleftflank, Bennigsentalkedagreatdealandwithmuchheat, and, asitseemedtoPierre, ', ', hequiteunderstoodthemandsharedtheiropinion, butforthatveryreasonhecouldnotunderstandhowthemanwhoputthemtherebehindthehillcouldhavemadesogrossandpalpableablunder.
Pierredidnotknowthatthesetroopswerenot, asBennigsensupposed, puttheretodefendtheposition, butwereinaconcealedpositionasanambush, -in-chief.
[1]Akindofentrenchment.
