1 The infantry captain did me up all right.
2 Like all infantry officers he wore no mustache, so that his mouth, the most striking feature of his face, was clearly seen.
3 No, Peter Nikolaevich; I only want to show that in the cavalry the advantages are far less than in the infantry.
4 The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel.
5 The infantry in their blue uniforms advanced toward the bridge at a run.
6 Our infantry were stationed there, and at the farthest point the dragoons.
7 On the left our troops were close to a copse, in which smoked the bonfires of our infantry who were felling wood.
8 And the owner of the manly voice, evidently an infantry officer, laughed.
9 They were still firing, not at the cavalry which had disappeared, but at French infantry who had come into the hollow and were firing at our men.
10 But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.
11 From privates to general they were not expecting a battle and were engaged in peaceful occupations, the cavalry feeding the horses and the infantry collecting wood.
12 The general in command of the infantry went toward his horse with jerky steps, and having mounted drew himself up very straight and tall and rode to the Pavlograd commander.
13 It was no longer possible for the hussars to retreat with the infantry.
14 The troops of the left flank, infantry and hussars alike, felt that the commander did not himself know what to do, and this irresolution communicated itself to the men.
15 The infantry regiments that had been caught unawares in the outskirts of the wood ran out of it, the different companies getting mixed, and retreated as a disorderly crowd.