. ▁In ▁London ▁K ut uz ov ▁first ▁learned ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War . ▁He ▁would ▁later ▁study ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁American ▁general ▁George ▁Washington ' s ▁attr ition ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁British . ▁The ▁American ▁experience ▁rein for ced ▁the ▁less on ▁that ▁Rum y ant se v ▁had ▁already ▁taught ▁K ut uz ov ; ▁that ▁one ▁does ▁not ▁need ▁to ▁win ▁batt les ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁win ▁a ▁war . ▁ ▁K ut uz ov ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁Army ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 6 ▁and ▁again ▁served ▁under ▁Su vor ov — in ▁the ▁Crime a — for ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁years . ▁He ▁learned ▁that ▁letting ▁the ▁common ▁soldier ▁use ▁his ▁natural ▁intellect ▁and ▁initi ative ▁made ▁for ▁a ▁more ▁effective ▁army . ▁Su vor ov ▁also ▁taught ▁him ▁how ▁to ▁use ▁mob ility ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁explo it ▁the ▁constantly ▁changing ▁situation ▁on ▁the ▁battle field . ▁By ▁ 1 7 8 2 ▁K ut uz ov ▁had ▁been ▁promoted ▁to ▁brig ad ier ▁general ▁as ▁Su vor ov ▁recogn ised ▁K ut uz ov ' s ▁potential ▁as ▁a ▁sh rew d ▁and ▁intellig ent ▁leader . ▁Indeed , ▁Su vor ov ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁even ▁have ▁to ▁tell ▁K ut uz ov ▁what ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁in ▁order ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁his ▁objective . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 7 ▁K ut uz ov ▁was ▁again ▁wounded ▁in ▁the ▁left ▁temple , ▁in ▁almost ▁exactly ▁the