From dawn, the French army has been engaged in a desperate battle with the Anglo-Dutch forces. In just a few hours, tens of thousands have been stained with blood on the battlefield.,She was no doctor, powerless to help. She could only sit helplessly by his bedside, sighing at the cruel twists of fate and praying silently that things wouldn't get any worse.,As if in answer to her prayer, the child slowly opened her eyes, gazing at her mother with a bewildered look in her deep blue eyes.。