... Napoleon had just placed Davoust under the orders of Murat, who commanded the vanguard of the army, and the two generals had advanced as far as Slawkow; it was the 27th of August. On the 28th, Murat pushed the enemy beyond the Osna. He crossed the river with his cavalry and briskly attacked the Russians, who were posted upon a height beyond the stream, and who could, in this position, easily m...