"Call him to me," said Kutuzov.

"What`s it all about? Why, the French have crossed the bridge that Auersperg was defending, and the bridge was not blown up: so Murat is now rushing along the road to Brunn and will be here in a day or two."

"I don`t myself know `to who,`" replied the cornet in a serious tone, "but the prince told me to `go and tell the colonel that the hussars must return quickly and fire the bridge.`"