War and Peace – Book 13: 1812, Chapter 10-tiivistelmä

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1. The narrator rejects Napoleon’s campaign plan as disconnected from facts and describes his military measures as ineffective.
2. Diplomacy, municipal government, religious services, commerce, theaters, and financial aid fail to achieve their purposes.
3. Military reports describe continuing theft, violence, and disobedience, even among soldiers assigned to protect Napoleon.
4. Captured supply trains and news of Tarútino trigger panic, and Napoleon orders the departure the army demands.
5. Soldiers leave with stolen goods, while Napoleon accepts the vehicles that obstruct the army’s movement.
6. The narrator compares the army to a dying animal and Napoleon to a child who mistakes pretend control for real power.

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The image separates official plans from the forces that actually move events. It introduces the chapter’s repeated evidence that Napoleon’s authority cannot control the occupation.

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