“I have not considered it right to conceal from your Serene Highness what I have seen. The troops are in complete disorder.⁠ ⁠…”

“You have seen? You have seen?⁠ ⁠…” Kutúzov shouted. Frowning and rising quickly, he went up to Wolzogen.

“How⁠ ⁠… how dare you!⁠ ⁠…” he shouted, choking and making a threatening gesture with his trembling arms: “How dare you, sir, say that to me ? You know nothing about it. Tell General Barclay from me that his information is incorrect and that the real course of the battle is better known to me, the commander in chief, than to him.”

Wolzogen was about to make a rejoinder, but Kutúzov interrupted him.