...it must be remembered that from the start Kutuzov thought that this battle was unneccessary...The old fox indeed! He knew exactly what he was doing...and subsequent events were to prove him right...in view of all this it is difficult to find fault within either Kutuzov's words or his actions. The wily old campaigner knew no matter how bad the situation might look in the short run, his estimate would be correct in the long run. The short and the long: These concepts serve splendidly in describing the difference between Napoleon and Kutuzov. Napoleon was the master of the short run, but Kutuzov understood the long