Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeAusterlitz chiitiko chikuru mubhuku racho. Sezvo hondo yava kuda kutanga, Muchinda Andrei anofunga kuti "zuva" riri kusvika richava Toulon yake, kana kuti
Arcola", inotaura nezvokukunda kwokutanga kwaNapoleon. Zvisinei, gare gare muhondo yacho, Andrei anowira mumaoko evavengi uye anotosangana negamba rake, Napoleon. Asi shingairo yake yapakuvamba yakaparadzwa; haasati achiri kufunga zvakawanda pamusoro paNapoleon, "akaderera kwazvo zvokuti gamba rake noudyire hwake husina maturo nomufaro mukukunda zvakaoneka, zvichienzaniswa nedenga iroro rakakwirira, rakarurama uye rine mutsa raakanga aona ndokunzwisisa". Tolstoy anoratidzira Austerlitz somuedzo wapakuvamba weRussia, uyo wakaguma zvakaipa nemhaka yokuti varwi vakarwa nokuda kwezvinhu zvisina basa zvakadai sokubwinya kana mukurumbira panzvimbo pezviito zvakakwirira izvo zvaizobereka, maererano naTolstoy, kukunda paBorodino mukati mokupinda kwe 1812.