CONTENTS
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distrust her and refuse to leave Boguchárovo |
415 |
| 12. | Princess Mary at night recalls her last sight of her father |
416 |
| 13. | Nicholas and Ilyín ride to Boguchárovo. They are asked by Alpátych to protect the princess. Nicholas maker her acquaintance and places himself at her service |
417 |
| 14. | Nicholas calls the peasants to account and intimidates them. Carts and horses are provided for Princess Mary’s departure. Princess Mary feels the she loves him |
419 |
| 15. | Prince Andrew goes to headquarters and meets Denísov, who wants guerrilla troops to break the French line of communication. Kutúzov’s reception of them. He transacts business |
421 |
| 16. | The priest’s wife offers Kutúzov “bread and salt.” He has a further talk with Prince Andrew, who decline a place on the staff. Patience and Time. Prince Andrew’s confidence in Kutúzov |
424 |
| 17. | Moscow after the Emperor’s visit. Rostopchín’s broadsheets. Julie’s farewell soirée. Forfeits for speaking French. Pierre hears of Princess Mary’s arrival in Moscow |
426 |
| 18. | Rostopchín’s broadsheets. Pierre and the eldest princess. Leppich’s balloon. A public flogging. Pierre leaves Moscow for the army |
428 |
| 19. | Senselessness of the battle of Borodinó, and erroneousness of the historians’ accounts of it. Where and how it was fought |
430 |
| 20. | Pierre encounters cavalry advancing and carts of wounding retiring. He talks to an army doctor. Pierre looks for the “position” occupied by the army. Peasant militia digging entrenchments |
432 |
| 21. | Pierre ascend a knoll at Górki, surveys the scene, and inquires at to the “position” occupied. A procession carrying the “Smolénsk Mother of God.” The reverence of the crowd and of Kutúzov |
434 |
| 22. | Borís meets Pierre. Dólokhov makes his way to Kutúzov. Kutúzov notices Pierre. Dólokhov asks Pierre to be reconciled |
436 |
| 23. | Pierre rides to the left flank with Bennigsen, who explains the “position” in a way Pierre does not understand and changes one of Kutúzov’s dispositions |
438 |
| 24. | Prince Andrew’s reflections on life and death. Pierre comes to see him |
439 |
| 25. | Timókhin’s opinion of Kutúzov. Prince Andrew on Barclay de Tolly. War and chess. The spirit of the army. Wolzogen and Clausewitz. “The war must be experienced widely.” Pierre understands the importance of this war. “Not take prisoners.” What is war? Prince Andrew thinks of Natásha |
440 |
| 26. | De Beausset brings a portrait of the “King of Rome” to Napoleon. Napoleon’s proclamation |
444 |
| 27. | Napoleon’s dispositions for the battle of Borodinó |
445 |
| 28. | Napoleon’s cold. Why the battle had to be fought |
447 |
| 29. | Napoleon’s talk to de Beausett and Rapp. The game begins |
448 |
| 30. | Pierre views the battlefield from the knoll at Górki |
450 |
| 31. | Pierre at the Borodinó bridge. Under fire. Goes to Raévski’s Redoubt. His horse wounded under him. The Raévski Redoubt. The young officer. Pierre is accepted at the redoubt as one of the family. The flame of the hidden fire in the men’s souls. Shortage of ammunition. Pierre sees ammunition wagons blown up |
451 |
| 32. | The redoubt captured by the French. Pierre’s conflict with a French officer. The redoubt taken by the Russians |
455 |
| 33. | The course of the battle. Difficulty of discerning what was going on. Things take their own course apart from the orders issued |
456 |
| 34. | Reinforcements. Belliard appeals to Napoleon. De Beausett proposes breakfast. Friant’s division sent in support. The expected success not secured. Continuous and useless slaughter |
457 |
| 35. | Kutúzov. His rebuke to Wolzogen. An order of the day for an attack tomorrow. The spirit of the army |
459 |
| 36. | Prince Andrew with the reserve under fire. Hit by a bursting shell. Outside the dressing station |
461 |
| 37. | The operating tent. Portion of Prince Andrew’s thighbone extracted. Anatole’s leg amputated. Prince Andrew pities him |
464 |
| 38. | Napoleon is depressed. His mind and conscience darkened. His calculation that few Frenchmen perished in Russia |
465 |
