Not only would it have been difficult to stop that crowd, it was even impossible not to be carried back with it oneself.

Bolkonski only tried not to lose touch with it, and looked around bewildered and unable to grasp what was happening in front of him.

Nesvitski with an angry face, red and unlike himself, was shouting to Kutuzov that if he did not ride away at once he would certainly be taken prisoner.