In which a somnolent host of rustic insurgents is abruptly startled into a chaotic conflict within the sleeping streets of Dol, their market transformed into a makeshift fortress amidst the clatter of musketry and the thunder of cannon. The spirited commander Gauvain ingeniously manoeuvres a slender band through winding alleys to strike at the barricade’s rear, sowing panic among the peasants and compelling an abrupt dispersion into the surrounding countryside.