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me out to fight a duel with swords in accordance with all the rules of the art of swordsmanship. The fencing has lasted for some time. All at once one of the combatants, feeling that he is wounded, grasping that it is no joking matter, but a question of life and death, flings away his sword,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and snatching up the first cudgel that comes handy, begins to brandish that. But let us imagine that the combatant,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who has so sensibly made use of the best and simplest means for the attainment of his object, should be inspired by the traditions of chivalry to try and disguise the real cause of the conflict and should persist in declaring that he had been victor in the duel in accordance with all the rules of swordsmanship. One can imagine what confusion and obscurity would arise from his description of the duel!The duellist, who insisted on the conflict being fought in accordance with the principles of the fencer's art, stands for the French; his opponent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who flung away his sword and snatched up a cudgel, did like the Russians; and the attempted description of the duel in accordance with the rules of swordsmanship has been given us by the historians of the war.From the time of the burning of Smolensk a war began which did not follow any of the old traditions of warfare. The burning of towns and villages, the retreat after every battle,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the blow dealt at Borodino and followed by retreat, the burning of Moscow, the capture of marauders, the seizing of transports,鈥攖he whole of the irreg
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