text_combined: costa rica vacations supporttheexecutivebargainsdailycom e map hazard russians fortify position field borodino left right angle highroad position battle took place never till twentyfifth august 1812 think battle might fought shown first fact entrenchments twenty fifth begun twentyfifth twentysixth completed secondly position shevardino redoubt redoubt quite senseless front position battle accepted strongly fortified post efforts exhausted six thousand men sacrificed defend till late night twentyfourth cossack patrol would sufficed observe enemy thirdly proof position battle fought foreseen shevardino redoubt advanced post position fact twentyfifth barclay de tolly bagration convinced shevardino redoubt left flank position kutuzov report written hot haste battle speaks shevardino redoubt left flank position much later reports battle borodino written leisure incorrect extraordinary statement invented probably justify mistakes commander chief represented infallible shevardino redoubt advanced postwhereas reality simply fortified point left flankand battle borodino fought us entrenched position previously selected fought quite unexpected spot almost unentrenched wed 06 aug 2008 052446 0700 perfect time visit costa rica