Chapter 19
Volume 2: 2: Cosette · Book 1: 1: Waterloo
19: The Field of Battle at Night
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WE return, for it is a requirement of this book, to the fatal field of battle.
On the i8th of June, 1815, the moon was full. Its light favoured the ferocious pursuit of Blucher, disclosed the traces of the fugitives, delivered this helpless mass to the bloodthirsty Prussian cavalry, and aided in the massacre. Night sometimes lends such tragic assistance to catastrophe.