Briggs: Denisov and Dolokhov plan to join forces and attack the fleeing French.
Maude (chapters 3-11): The partisans or guerrillas. Denisov, Dolokhov, Petya Rostov and Tikhon. A French drummerboy. A visit to the enemy's camp. Attack on a French convoy. The death of Petya
Pevear and Volokhonsky: Denisov and Dolokhov as partisan leaders.
Translation:
III.
The so-called partisan war began with the entry of the enemy in Smolensk.
Before the partisan war was officially accepted by our government, already a thousand people of the enemy of the army — outdated marauders, foragers — were exterminated by Cossacks and men, beating these people so the same unconsciously, as an unconscious dog gnaws at a running mad dog. Denis Davydov with his Russian instinct first got the matters of these scary guns, which not asking the rules of military art, destroyed the French, and to him belongs the thanks for the first step for the legalization of this reception of war.
The 24th of August was the institution of the first partisan detachment of Davydov and, following behind his detachment, became the institution of another. The farther moved the campaign, by that more increased the number of these detachments.
The partisans destroyed the great army by parts. They picked up those falling away leaves, which themselves rained down from the shriveled wood — the French troops sometimes shook this wood. In October, at that time as the French ran to Smolensk, these parties of institutions of magnitude and character were in the hundreds. There were parties, adopting all the tricks of the army, with the infantry, artillery, and staff, with the amenities of life; were lone Cossacks and cavalry; were small, prefabricated, on foot and horse, peasants and landlords, anyone unknown. There was the head party of the deacon, taking in a month a few hundred captives. There was the headwoman Vasilisa, beating hundreds of French.
The last days of October was the time of the height of partisan war. That was the first period of this war, the time which the partisans, themselves wondering at their insolence, were afraid at all moments to be caught and surrounded by the French and, not unsaddling and almost not getting off from horses, hiding by the forests, expecting at all moments to drive, — now had passed. Now already this war was defined, to all it had become clear that it could be to undertake with the French, and what could not be undertaken. Now already only those chief detachments, which with staff, by rules, went away from the French, counted much more impossible. The same small partisans, a long time already starting their business and close looking out at the French, counted it possible that about what was not dared to think by the chiefs of large detachments. The same Cossacks and men, climbing between French, counted that now all was possible.
On the 22nd of October Denisov, formerly one of the partisans, was found out with his party in the very full swing partisan passion. From morning he with his party was on the go. He the whole day went by the forests, adjoining to the big road, watching for the big French transport cavalry of things and Russians captives, separated from other troops and under strong cover, as this was known from scouts and captives, directing to Smolensk. About this transport was known not only by Denisov and Dolohov (also a partisan with a not big party), who walked close from Denisov, but the chiefs of the large detachments with staff: all knew about this transport, and, as spoke Denisov, sharpened at it with teeth. — Two of these large detachment chiefs — one Pole, another German — almost at one and that same time sent Denisov an invitation to join everyone to his detachment, with that, so that to attack on the transport.
— No brother, I myself am with mustache, — said Denisov, reading this paperwork, and wrote to the German that, despite the soulful wish, which he had to serve under a superior so valiant and significant as the general, he should deprive himself this happiness, because of how he was already entered under the superiors of the Pole general. To the same Pole general he wrote that very same, notifying him that he was already entered under the superior German.
Disposing in such a way, Denisov contemplated, without reports about the highest chiefs, together with Dolohov to attack and take this transport with their own small forces. The transport was walking on the 22nd of October from the village of Mikulina to the village of Shamsheva. From the left part of the road from Mukulina to Shamsheva went a large forest, places fit to the very road, places distant from the roads to a verst and more. By these forests the whole day, deepening in the middle of them, then leaving on the edge, rode with the party Denisov, not releasing from the view of the moving French. From the morning near from Mikulina, there, where the forest closely approaches to the road, the Cossacks of the party of Denisov seized two, who had become in the mud, wagons with cavalry saddles and took them away at the forest. From that and before itself in the evening party, not attacking, watched for the movement of the French. The need was, not to frighten them, but to give calmly to reach to Shamsheva and then, united with Dolohov, who should in the evening come to meeting at the guardhouse, in the wood (at a verst from Shamsheva), at dawn fall with the two parties as snow on the head beat and pick up all at once.
Behind, at two versts from Mikulina, there, where the forest approaches to the very road, was left six Cossacks, who must convey now the same, as only appeared new columns of the French.
Ahead of Shamsheva exactly so the same as Dolohov was to explore the road, so that to know, at which distance was still other French troops. At the transport was an alleged 1500 persons. At Denisov’s was 200 persons, at Dolohov could be so much the same. Yet the superiority of numbers did not stop Denisov. Only one thing that still was needed to be known by him, this was that what were these troops; and for this goal Denisov was needed to take a tongue (i.e. a man from the enemy columns). In the morning the attack on the wagons business was made with such haste that at arriving at the wagons of the French all was interrupted and was seized alive only a boy drummer, who was backward and could not say anything positively about what were the troops in the column.
To assail another time Denisov counted dangerous, so that to not disturb all of the column, and because of it he sent forward at Shamsheva the arriving in his parties the peasant Tihon Shcherbatov to seize, if he could, one of the arriving there French advancing lodgers.
Mentioned: August 24th, October, the last days of October. the whole day, early in the morning, daybreak
Locations: Mikulino, Shamshevo
Mentioned: Smolensk, Russian, French, Pole (also Polish), German
Pevear and Volokhonsky Notes: Denis Davydov is mentioned by name and "to him belongs the glory of the first step towards legitimizing this method of warfare." Things get very confusing as Davydov's movements are explained and then Denisov and Dolokhov are then brought into it, with their actions attacking wagons and thinking about when they should make larger attacks.
Characters (characters who do not appear, but are mentioned are placed in italics. First appearances are in Bold. First mentions are underlined. Final appearance denoted by *):
Denis Davuidof (see chapter 226)
Vasilisa (as in Dole, Maude, and Edmonds. the wife of a village starosta who killed hundreds of French. "Vassilisa" in Garnett.)
Denisof
Dolokhof
A drummer boy (as in Dole and Wiener. "a little drummer" in Bell. "a little drummer-boy" in Mandelker, Dunnigan (who doesn't use the hyphen), and Briggs.)
Tikhon Shcherbatof ("...Shcherbaty" in Maude, Dunnigan, and Edmonds. "Tihon Shtcherbatov" in Garnett. "Tikhone Stcherbatow" in Bell.)
Abridged Versions: Bell ends Chapter 10 at "they flinched at nothing" before the appearance of "Denissow" in the chapter. No break at the end of the chapter.
Gibian: Chapter 2: line break instead of chapter break.
Fuller: See chapter 310.
Komroff: Some basic information about Kutuzov wanting to hold the army back but allowing guerrilla warfare, as well as some of the specific instances of guerrilla warfare, are kept, and then we go to Denisov. Some of the description of his plan is removed, and the chapter cuts off early with a line break before getting to his peasant Tikhon, who was trying to capture a tongue.
Kropotkin: The discussion of Denis Davuidof is removed and the other examples of leaders of partisan warfare are removed, getting to Denisof quicker. A lot of the detail about the transport and their plan to attack it is removed. End of Chapter 1.
Bromfield: Chapter 21: Reminder that the French wanted to be captured and Dolokhov and Denisov are with the partisans. Petya is with the latter, who did not want to serve with anyone else, having adored him since Denisov visited their place in Moscow. Denisov is called "his own Napoleon". Denisov avoids the generals that want him to fight for them. The peasant Tikhon Shestipaly arrives and gets a backstory of Denisov commanding him to be shot but then allowing him to serve under him after he begged for the chance. In the description of him, we learn that Shestipaly means six-fingers because he has growths coming out of his hands. After Tikhon gives his story, Dolokhov comes in and says that they should kill all the prisoners and then at the end of the chapter, we learn that Dolokhov attacked the depot and took everything possible.
Simmons: Chapter 2: some of the information about the Cossacks and peasants attacking the French are removed. The section with the Polish and German generals are also removed. line break instead of a chapter break.
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