At midnight he had cleared fifty miles, and halted at the station of Koulikovo. But there, as he had feared, he found neither horses nor carriages. Several Tartar detachments had passed along the highway of the steppe. Everything had been stolen or requisitioned both in the villages and in the posting-houses.
Tatariarren destakamendu batzuek estepako bide nagusiaz harago jo zuten. Den-dena lapurtua zegoen edo konfiskatua, bai herrietan, bai posta etxeetan.