If kutuzov decided to march by the road from krems to olmtz to join the forces from russia he ran the risk of finding the french , who had crossed the vienna bridge , in advance of him on this road , and so being forced to give battle on the march , encumbered with all his stores and transport , with an enemy three times as numerous and hemming him in on both sides . kutuzov chose the last course 若是库图佐夫下定决心沿途退却，从克雷姆斯撤退到奥尔米茨，同俄国军队汇合，那末在这条路上，那些越过维也纳大桥的法国人就要抢先一步，使库图佐夫遭受危险，这样一来，他就要被迫携带各种重型装备和辎重在行军中作战，同兵力优越二倍从两面向他夹攻的敌人作战。
Pursued by the french army of a hundred thousand men under the command of bonaparte , received with hostility by the inhabitants , losing confidence in their allies , suffering from shortness of supplies , and forced to act under circumstances unlike anything that had been foreseen , the russian army of thirty - five thousand men , under the command of kutuzov , beat a hasty retreat to the lower ground about the danube 库图佐夫统率的三万五千官兵的俄国军队，在波拿巴指挥的十万法国军队追击时受到怀有敌意的居民的冷遇，深感军队粮饷的不足，已不再信任盟国，俄军不顾预见到的战争环境，被迫采取军事行动，遂经由多瑙河下游仓惶退却，而在敌军追赶的地区却停止前进，仅为配合撤退，不损失重型装备才开展后卫战斗。
