Book 2 - Chapter 7

Characters Present:

Prince Nesvítski
Vaska Denísov

Location: 

Still on the bridge over the River Danube in Enns

The enemy is still attacking and the bridge that the army are on is clogged with chaos and soldiers. The soldiers let  a German family through and the men act seedily towards the young woman and offer to buy her off her husband.  The family eventually gets through and Nesvitski notices canon balls hurtling into the water under the bridge. Denísov makes it onto the bridge and yells at Nesvitski to get the soldiers to let him pass.

Denísov and Nesvítski make it to the end of the bridge and stop the infantry from going on, to ease the congestion.

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