War and Peace Volume 4 Book 13 Chapter 1

In which Denísov, the esaul, and Pétya stealthily observe the French from a forest edge and plan a coordinated attack, while the brave and resourceful peasant Tíkhon Shcherbáty endeavours to capture a...

25 Sep 8min

In which the young and eager Pétya, newly commissioned and brimming with heroic aspirations, finds himself amidst the rustic camaraderie of Denísov’s guerrilla detachment, struggling to balance his yo...

25 Sep 9min

In which Denísov converses with Tíkhon, whose bold and comical recounting of capturing a French soldier invites both amusement and mild reprimand among the Cossacks, revealing the spirited yet rough c...

25 Sep 5min

In which the nature of guerrilla warfare is examined as a departure from traditional military doctrine, revealing that an army’s strength lies not merely in its numbers but in the collective spirit an...

24 Sep 6min

In which a damp and dreary autumn day finds a band of Russian cavalrymen, weary and soaked, preparing with wary anticipation to seize an opportunity against the enemy’s transport, while a young office...

24 Sep 8min

In which the nascent art of partisan warfare takes shape amidst the march of the French, as brave Cossacks and peasants, led by the undaunted Denís Davýdov and his comrades, learn to wield guerrilla t...

24 Sep 7min

In which the esteemed General Kutúzov devotes himself to restraining his troops from futile engagements, while the once formidable French army, weighed down by its own internal decay and the spoils it...

23 Sep 4min

In which the weary French army, driven by the hope of reaching Smolénsk as a distant haven, presses on with a desperate and unified momentum despite grievous hardships; and the Russian commanders, sav...

23 Sep 5min