Still on the eve of the battle, Napoleon is excited that on the morrow he'll get to decide what to do with Kutuzov. Let the game begin. In the morning, firing begins before the soldiers can see clearly and Pierre wakes up. Pierre longs to be in the midst of the action. Pierre finds a safe place on a mound to watch the battle. The infantry men look worried and afraid, but the men guarding the battery are eagerly and excitedly engaged in their work. Several hours later, though, all the men in the battery have been killed and the ammunition is left unguarded. Pierre rushes forward, not knowing what he's doing, but wanting to help. He gets to the ammunition boxes and then gets hit by something and knocked out.
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