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高守业 发表于 2012-10-5 09:00
是那个最初的“没有什么特别”?
Corbineau had left the Bavarian troops of General Karl Wrede (12,000 men with forty guns) at Glubokoe five days before and skilfully avoided Wittgenstein’s troops as he marched to rejoin Oudinot. He initially planned to cross the Berezina at Borisov, but, after finding it in the enemy hands, Corbineau searched for another way across. Although the French (and most English) sources simply refer to Corbineau locating the ford, the credit for the discovery belongs to his Polish troops, who proved helpful in dealing with the local population. Major Dominik Radziwill, of the 1st Guard Chevauléger, owned a large estate near Borisov and knew the area quite well. He advised the French commander of an advantageous position near Studyanka. Colonel Thomasz Lubienski, commander of the 8th Chevauléger Regiment, was tasked with finding the crossing site and he sent out a few parties, including one with Jean Chlopicki, a native of the Lithuanian provinces. As Ségur tells us: ‘Not knowing at what point to cross the river [the Poles] accidentally saw a Lithuanian peasant, whose horse seemed to be quite wet, as if he had just come out of it. [They] laid hold of this man, and made him a guide.’ Thus a ford at the small village of Studyanka was discovered. According to Captain Drujon de Beaulieu, of the 8th Lancers, Oudinot was so surprised to see Corbineau that he greeted him with a question: ‘How did you get through, my dear General? Have you grown wings to fly over the enemy blocking your path?’170
Mikaberidze, Alexander; Summerville, Christopher (2010-08-19). The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape (Kindle Locations 1405-1406). Casemate Publishing. Kindle Edition.
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