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manding the 26-th division, very much distinguished

himself. Му division was left to cover the retreat,

but the French did not follow. It is useless to enter

into 0theT details of this memorabhe campaign.

When we took ир our position at Borodino, I was

appointed to support our left flank, where we had а

very serious engagement оп the 24-th of August. The

troops that were оп the 1-st line having sufered very

much, ту division took their place, and оп the following

day, preparatory to the great battle, received orders

to оссиру and defend three fleches, which were соп-

structed to cover our left flank, the weaker part 0f

our line.

Оп the 26-th early began the battle or rather

the butchery of Borodino. The whole of the French

force was directed against our left flank, consequent-

ly оп the fleches (defended by ту division); тоте

than а hundred pieces of artillery played some time

ироп us, and the greatest part of the best French in-

fantry, under marshals Davoust and Ney, marched

straight ироп us. 0ur fleches were stormed after а

stout resistance, were retaken by us, stormed again

by the French, retaken опс.е more: and were at last

soon lost again, from the overpowering force ет-

ployed_against them. was wounded by а musket ball

in the thigh, as we were in the act 0f retaking the

neches the flrst time, ту brave division was entirely

destroyed, and out of nearly 5.000 теп, not тоте than

about О, with опе fteld oflcer of the пате of

remained untouched от slightly wounded; 4 or

5 of our divisions met with very nearly the same fatg

оп the same ground.