Characters Present:
Count Orlóv-Denísov
Major-General Grekóv
Location:
On the road leading from Stromílova to Dmítrovsk
Orlóv-Denisov's men reach their planned destination for the attack before the rest of the columns reach theirs. Orlóv-Denísov receives news that Murat might be able to be captured, as he is not camped too far away.
So, instead of waiting for the battle to begin, Orlóv-Denísov sends two groups of Cossacks, headed by Major-General Grekóv, to capture Murat. The Cossacks then get caught up in a battle with the French, and will no longer listen to orders, and do not capture Murat as they are too distracted by the fighting. Orlóv-Denísov then gets paranoid that the news that Murat could be captured was actually a ruse.
Things go terribly, and it is probably a good thing that Orlóv-Denísov's column was the least important in the plan of attack.
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