Les Misérables Volume II Book 1 Chapter 11 - A Bad Guide to Napoleon - A Good Guide to Bulow

In which the vicissitudes of battle are traced with a careful eye to the timely arrival and movements of Prussian forces, whose delayed march through mire and flame shapes the precarious fate of Waterloo. The Emperor observes distant clouds that may or may not be troops, while the exigencies of war compel Blücher’s command to come to Wellington’s aid amidst the smoke and fury of combat.