Les Misérables: resumen de Book 1: Waterloo, Chapter 12

Qué sucede

1. New forces arrive, French commanders lose ground, and the English line attacks as the Guard enters the collapsing battle.
2. The Guard cheers the Emperor despite expecting death, while the evening sun breaks through the clouds.
3. The Guard’s ordered advance briefly frightens the enemy, but Wellington orders his concealed Guards to rise and fire.
4. The Imperial Guard keeps advancing under heavy losses while the surrounding French army flees.
5. Ney loses his fifth horse, challenges Drouet d’Erlon to seek death, and survives despite exposing himself to enemy fire.

En qué fijarte

The sentence contrasts the army’s flight with the Guard’s discipline. Its continued advance makes courage and destruction inseparable.

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