War and Peace: resumen de Book 13: 1812, Chapter 7

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1. Kutúzov refuses requests to attack and treats reports of Polish battalions as evidence that preparations fail.
2. Ermólov presses for action, but Kutúzov orders only a slow advance after hearing that Murat’s troops are retreating.
3. Orlóv-Denísov’s Cossacks account for the battle’s achievements, while the remaining army loses several hundred men without useful results.
4. Commanders receive rewards, staff changes follow, and Russian officers complain about the battle’s management.
5. The narrator rejects the belief that battles follow plans, explaining their course through many independent forces.
6. Despite unmet individual aims, Tarútino shifts the campaign toward Russian advance and reveals French weakness.

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