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another world. Most of the wounded passed the time

at the small town of Mojaisk. where every house be-

сате ап hospital; before daybreak we heard that

koutouzof had decided проп а retreat, and we went

that day to а village about half-way to Moscow.

Ву this time I was joined by two intimate friends,

general St. Priest and krilof, both wounded; the frst

in the breast, but not dangerously, the other in the

hand.

Colonel Bogdanovsky, whom уои saw afterwards at

МаиЬеиде, severely wounded in the leg. and several

others of ту friends and comrades, both ofmy divisi-

оп, and of ту old regiment of Narwa, some of whom

were indeed wounded mortally, joined our separate

procession, and we agreed to до together wherever it

should be found best, and luckily for us, the chief sur-

деоп of ту division, who had also got а slight mus-

ket shot in his hand, agreed to ассотрапу us. The

3-rd day we arrived at Moscow, and rested there for

two days; ту wound, which had been very painful

during the frst 24 hours, ceased to be so afterwards,

and though totally unable to stand ироп ту legs,

was comparatively comfortable, and would have wished

that all ту companions could be in the same state.

had а good long calash and bore the journey very

well.

lt тау appear extraordinary that even in those se-

rious circumstances and perhaps partly оп account 0f

their exciting importance, we were most of us соп-

tented, merry and even enjoying our repasts with great

appetite. In fact the crisis was coming оп and we all