Book 2 - Chapter 12

Characters Present:

Emperor Francis
Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Bilíbin

Location: 

Palace, then Bilíbin's house

Bolkónski has his audience with the Emperor, and the Emperor's enthusiasm for the victory over Mortier seems to ingratiate Bolkónski to the rest of the court.

Bolkónski returns to Bilíbin's house to see a carriage hurriedly being packed with luggage.  Bilíbin races out and says that Thabor Bridge in Vienna was taken by the French before it could get blown up, and that the Russians were tricked by the French into to not doing so. 

Consequently, the French are now on the move to Brünn and the inhabitants of Brünn are now on the run to Olmütz.  Bilíbin invites Bolkónski to go with him to Olmütz, but Bolkönksi declines and starts packing to return to the army.

Book 2 - Chapter 10

Characters Present:

Prince Andrew Bolkónski

Bilíbin - A diplomat and Prince Andrew's Russian acquaintance

Location:

Bilíbin's house in Brünn

Prince Andrew is staying with his acquaintance Bilíbin.  They are discussing the war, and Prince Andrew expresses his disappointment with the lack of enthusiasm regarding their victory over Mortier. 

Bilíbin explains that the failures of the campaigns by Archdukes Karl and Ferdinand; the abandonment and subsequent occupation of Vienna; the death of Schmidt;  and the failure of Kutusóv's army to even capture Mortier made their victory look pretty insignificant to the Austrians. He does, however, note that at least the myth of Bonaparte's invincibility has been broken. 

There is to be a meeting between the King of Prussia and the Emperor Alexander, and Bilíbin notes that if Prussia joins the allies, there will be war. 

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