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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne: confusion of our camp and army at the affair of Landen; every one was left
to shift for himself; and if it had not been for the regiments of Wyndham,
Lumley, and Galway, which covered the retreat over the bridge Neerspeeken,
the king himself could scarce have gained it--he was press'd hard, as your
honour knows, on every side of him--
Gallant mortal! cried my uncle Toby, caught up with enthusiasm--this
moment, now that all is lost, I see him galloping across me, corporal, to
the left, to bring up the remains of the English horse along with him to
support the right, and tear the laurel from Luxembourg's brows, if yet 'tis
possible--I see him with the knot of his scarfe just shot off, infusing
fresh spirits into poor Galway's regiment--riding along the line--then
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