War and Peace: resumen de Book 2: 1805, Chapter 6

Qué sucede

1. Kutúzov retreats toward Vienna, destroying bridges behind him, while Russian troops and equipment cross the Enns.
2. On the heights above the crossing, Nesvítski shares food and drink with officers and jokes about visiting a nunnery.
3. Enemy artillery fires, and the rearguard general complains that Russian troops delay at the crossing.
4. The general sends Nesvítski to ensure the hussars cross last, burn the bridge, and check its flammable material.
5. A Russian gun fires short of the enemy, and the shot and emerging sunshine brighten the soldiers’ mood.

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En qué fijarte

The order defines Nesvítski’s mission and makes the bridge’s destruction the immediate military priority.

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