It isn’t as if they had any time to drag out this negative outcome, they simply never stood a chance. It is a gruesome sight, seeing a stronghold of Gondor taken over by the enemy in such an overwhelming manner. They are cornered, and their only option is to flee as fast as their horses can carry them.
As the garrison doesn’t have any aerial defenses themselves, they are sitting ducks, escaping only through sheer luck. The fell beasts arrival only confirms their worst-case scenarios, for there is no one that can stand in the way of the Nazgûl attack.
Retreatįaramir: “Pull back! Pull back to Minas Tirith! Retreat! Retreat!” They need to regroup and gather their strengths within the walls of Minas Tirith. To prevent this massacre from expanding, their only option is to retreat. There is no help that can come to them now, and they alone suffer a great loss of their soldiers. With all their strategizing and preparedness, the garrison at Osgiliath is no match for the wrath of the Orcs. Madril: “Faramir! We can’t hold them! The city is lost!”įaramir: “Tell the men to break cover.
