Below the height on which the Kiev regiment was stationed, in the hollow where the rivulet flowed, the soul-stirring rolling and crackling of musketry was heard, and much farther to the right beyond the dragoons, the officer of the suite pointed out to Bagration a French column that was outflanking us.

To the left the horizon bounded by the adjacent wood.

Prince Bagration ordered two battalions from the center to be sent to reinforce the right flank.

The officer of the suite ventured to remark to the prince that if these battalions went away, the guns would remain without support.

Prince Bagration turned to the officer and with his dull eyes looked at him in silence.