The sun rose with uncommon brilliancy: on many an after-day the French soldiery hailed a similar dawn with exultation as the sure omen of victory, and "the Sun of Austerlitz" has passed into a proverb.
The Russian General-in-Chief, Kutusoff, fell into the snare laid for him, and sent a large division of his army to turn the right of the French.

The troops detached for this purpose met with unexpected resistance from Davoust, and were held in check at Raygern.

Napoleon immediately seized the opportunity.

They had left a deep gap in the line, and upon that space Soult forthwith poured a force, which entirely destroyed the communication between the Russian centre and left.

The Czar perceived the fatal consequences of this movement, and his guards rushed to beat back Soult.