Les Misérables: resumen de Book 1: Waterloo, Chapter 14
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In Chapter 14, isolated squares of the Guard resist destruction until only Cambronne’s small force remains beneath the Mont-Saint-Jean plateau, surrounded by English troops and artillery. As its ammunition runs out and its dead outnumber its survivors, an English general offers surrender, and Cambronne answers with a reply represented by a dash.
Qué sucede
- Isolated squares of the Guard hold their positions at Rossomme and Mont-Saint-Jean while the rest of the army breaks apart.
- Around nine in the evening, Cambronne commands the remaining square beneath the Mont-Saint-Jean plateau.
- Enemy fire steadily reduces the square, but its soldiers continue shooting as fleeing men pause to listen.
- The survivors exhaust their ammunition, their flag becomes a scrap, and their dead outnumber them.
- English artillery briefly falls silent before preparations resume, and a general calls for surrender.
- Cambronne responds with a reply represented by a dash.
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The sentence joins mounting losses with continued resistance. It captures the repeated action that reduces the square without stopping its return fire.
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