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Kutuzov continued, "Additionally, the engineering battalion must immediately head to the Dnieper River and build a pontoon bridge capable of supporting twelve-pounder cannons within a week."
The staff officer beside him heard this and felt anxious; it seemed the commander intended to prepare for a retreat.
He hesitated for a moment, then quietly reminded, "General, His Majesty the Emperor's orders were for us to hold Minsk at all costs... "
"I am doing so," Kutuzov replied with a glance, then looked toward the battlefield, "The Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Cossack Cavalry Battalions are to launch a strong assault on the enemy artillery positions, with the Bianov Corps providing cover.
"Tell them I don't want to hear the Polish artillery by three o'clock in the afternoon."
