Les Misérables Volume II Book 1 Chapter 10 - The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean

In which the thunderous clash upon the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean unfolds with cuirassiers charging boldly against the resolute English squares, each side enduring grievous losses amidst a tempest of steel and gunfire. The weary armies, locked in a desperate stand that rends the fields and shakes the earth, seem poised on the edge of a fate yet uncertain, as distant lines of bayonets hint at the turning tide of this grand and sombre battle.