Pierre had no notion that this place surrounded by small trenches, where a few cannon stood firing, was the most important place in the battle. On the contrary, it seemed to Pierre that this place (precisely because he was there) was one of the most insignificant places of the battle. Having come up onto the barrow, Pierre sat down at the end of a trench that surrounded the battery and with an unconsciously joyful smile looked at what was happening around him. Now and then Pierre, with the same smile, got up and, trying not to bother the soldiers who were loading and rolling the guns, and who
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