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As he was leaving the battery, firing was heard on the left also,

and as it was too far to the left flank for him to have time to

go there himself, Prince Bagration sent Zherkov to tell the

general in command (the one who had paraded his regiment before

Kutuzov at Braunau) that he must retreat as quickly as possible

behind the hollow in the rear, as the right flank would probably

not be able to withstand the enemy's attack very long. About

Tushin and the battalion that had been in support of his battery

all was forgotten. Prince Andrew listened attentively to

Bagration's colloquies with the commanding officers and the

orders he gave them and, to his surprise, found that no orders

were really given, but that Prince Bagration tried to make it

appear that everything done by necessity, by accident, or by the

will of subordinate commanders was done, if not by his direct

command, at least in accord with his intentions.