Characters Present:
Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Minister for War
General Kutúzov (discussed but not present)
General Schmidt (discussed but not present, because he is dead)
Location:
Along the Danube/Brünn
The French Army, numbering one-hundred thousand and led by Napoleon Bonaparte is forcing Kutúsov's army of only thirty-five thousand to retreat along the Danube, and Kutúsov is now to join forces that are advancing from Russia. They are no longer trying to save Vienna.
On the 28th October, Kutúsov crossed to left bank of the Danube and on the 30th, attacked Mortier's division, which caused it to break up.
Prince Andrew was in the battle with Austrian General Schmidt, who was killed in action. He is sent to the Austrian Court, no longer in Vienna but now in Brünn, to impart the news of the victory. He thinks he will be taken to the emperor with the news, but is instead taken to the offensively indifferent Minister of War, who ignores him for a few minutes while he finishes some paperwork.
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