Les Misérables, Book 1: Waterloo, Chapter 9: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Bernard delivers Napoleon’s orders, and Ney leads the heavily armed cavalry toward the English position.
2. Two cavalry columns climb the muddy plateau under heavy fire while English infantry waits in thirteen squares.
3. The advancing riders suddenly encounter the sunken road of Ohain, which remains invisible until they reach it.
4. Successive ranks force horses and riders into the trench until others can cross over their bodies.
5. The narrator reports Napoleon’s failure to detect the obstacle and cautiously connects it with Lacoste’s advice.
6. The narrator rejects military explanations alone and presents Napoleon’s downfall as a necessary act of divine justice.

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