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1* At Austerlitz, Prince Andrei taking up the fallen banner and exhorting his fleeing troops to turn and fight. They do. At one point, he realizes he's the only one running, then a crowd of Russian soldiers overtake him. After the battle, Napoleon himself finds him, wounded with the flagstaff by his side, and proclaims, "This is a fine death!"
2** The topping on the cake? Andrei immediately snaps awake at hearing this and rebukes Napoleon ''to his face'' for assuming that he's dead. Napoleon, impressed even more, has then has his own stretcher-bearers take Andrei away for medical treatment.

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