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From information he had received the evening before, from the

sound of wheels and footsteps heard by the outposts during the

night, by the disorderly movement of the Russian columns, and

from all indications, he saw clearly that the allies believed him

to be far away in front of them, and that the columns moving near

Pratzen constituted the center of the Russian army, and that that

center was already sufficiently weakened to be successfully

attacked. But still he did not begin the engagement.