BesidehimselfwithterrorPierrejumpedupandranbacktothebattery, astotheonlyrefugefromthehorrorsthatsurroundedhim.
"Brothers!" .
Buthehadnottimetorealizethatthecolonelhadbeenkilled, thatthesoldiershouting "Brothers!" wasaprisoner, andthatanothermanhadbeenbayonetedinthebackbeforehiseyes, forhardlyhadherunintotheredoubtbeforeathin, sallow-faced, perspiringmaninablueuniformrushedonhimswordinhand, —fortheyhadbeenrunningtogetheratfullspeedbeforetheysawoneanother—Pierreputouthishandsandseizedtheman (aFrenchofficer) , droppinghissword, seizedPierrebyhiscollar.
Forsomesecondstheygazedwithfrightenedeyesatoneanother'sunfamiliarfacesandbothwereperplexedatwhattheyhaddoneandwhattheyweretodonext."AmItakenprisonerorhaveItakenhimprisoner?" 'sstronghand, impelledbyinstinctivefear, , whenjustabovetheirheads, terribleandlow, acannonballwhistled, anditseemedtoPierrethattheFrenchofficer'sheadhadbeentornoff, soswiftlyhadheduckedit.
, theFrenchmanranbacktothebatteryandPierrerandowntheslopestumblingoverthedeadandwoundedwho, itseemedtohim, , stumbling, trippingup, andshouting, ranmerrilyandwildlytowardthebattery.(ThiswastheattackforwhichErmolovclaimedthecredit, declaringthatonlyhiscourageandgoodluckmadesuchafeatpossible: 'sCrosseshehadinhispocketintothebatteryforthefirstsoldierstotakewhogotthere.)
TheFrenchwhohadoccupiedthebatteryfled, andourtroopsshouting "Hurrah!" pursuedthemsofarbeyondthebatterythatitwasdifficulttocallthemback.
TheprisonerswerebroughtdownfromthebatteryandamongthemwasawoundedFrenchgeneral, —someknowntoPierreandsomeunknown—RussiansandFrench, withfacesdistortedbysuffering, walked, crawled, , , , bentdouble, -facedmanwasstilltwitching, buttheydidnotcarryhimaway.
Pierrerandowntheslopeoncemore.
"Nowtheywillstopit, nowtheywillbehorrifiedatwhattheyhavedone!" hethought, aimlesslygoingtowardacrowdofstretcherbearersmovingfromthebattlefield.
Butbehindtheveilofsmokethesunwasstillhigh, andinfrontandespeciallytotheleft, nearSemenovsk, somethingseemedtobeseethinginthesmoke, andtheroarofcannonandmusketrydidnotdiminish, butevenincreasedtodesperationlikeamanwho, straininghimself, shriekswithallhisremainingstrength.
