Characters present (or discussed)
Kutúzov (Commander in Chief)
Prince Murat (French, took part in the trickery on the bridge in Vienna)
A spy
Bagratión (A Russian General)
Location:
Vienna-Znaime Road at Hollabrünn
One hundred and fifty thousand French, according to the spy, are advancing toward Znaime, and if they get there before the Russian army, Kutúzov will be cut off from reinforcements coming through from Russia.
He sends word to Bagratión who has a vanguard of four thousand men relatively nearby, and they march all night to Znaime and reach it some hours before the French. He is to stall the French until Kutúsov can arrive.
Prince Murat mistakes Bagratión's vanguard for the whole Russian army, and proposes a truce for three days while the rest of his army arrives but Bagratíon is not highly ranked enough to agree or disagree, so sends a message back to Kutúzov. Bonaparte sends a letter via an adjudicate to Murat telling him not to be stupid and to attack the Russians on the following day.
