Book 2 - Chapter 9

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.

Book 2 Chapter 8

Characters Present: 

Colonel Karl Bogdánich Schubert - German-Russian, speaks Russian badly as written by Tolstoy
Zherkóv
Vaska Denísov
Cadet Minónov
Prince Nesvítski
Nicholas Rostóv

Location: 

Still on the bridge crossing the River Danube at Enns

Denisóv's squadron are the only remaining on the end of the bridge and can see the blue uniforms of the French coming over the hill on the opposite bank.  Schubert and his two squadrons are nearby, and Nesvístki rides up to Schubert and demands to know why he he hasn't followed orders and burnt the bridge down.  Schubert denies ever receiving such orders and sends Denisóvs squadron back to do it. 

Rostóv, being in Denísov's squadron, rides back on to the bridge and freezes with fear as the French artillery and infantry get closer and wounded soldiers start calling out for stretchers. Meanwhile, Zherkóv, Nesvítski and others are discussing whether the bridge will catch fire before the French get to it, and they are happy when it does.

Book 2 - Chapter 6

Characters Present: 

Sketch Map (Illustrating campaign of 1805) [1]

General Kutúzov
Nesvítski
Some officers

Location: 

Crossing the River Danube at Enns

It is raining horribly, and General Kutuzóv and his army are falling back to Vienna, and burning bridges down as they go.   

They seem to have paused in their march for a break and Nesvítski, who is described as having a moist-lipped handsome mouth, is handing out pies to some of the officers.  They joke about visiting the nearby nunnery for entertainment.  

Kutúzov notices an enemy battery not too far off, and orders an attack.  Large guns start firing and everyone seems excited.

 

[1] Tolstoy L, 1993, War and Peace, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Hertfordshire, p. 111