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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Cartridges_(painting)
It recreates an incident of the Franco-Prussian War, when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan.
Yasss, check out Émile Zola’s “The Downfall”, a novel about the Franco-Prussian War including the Battle of Sedan, there’s a copy on Project Gutenberg, iirc it includes a description of this action.
