Withtherapidityoflightninghewasonthespottorallyhisdiscomfitedtroops；andhispowerfulwordwasitselfsufficienttostoptheflightofthefugitives。Supportedbythreeregimentsofcavalry，thevanquishedbrigades，forminganew，facedtheenemy，andpressedvigorouslyintothebrokenranksoftheSwedes。Amurderousconflictensued。
Thenearnessoftheenemyleftnoroomforfire-arms，thefuryoftheattacknotimeforloading；manwasmatchedtoman，theuselessmusketexchangedfortheswordandpike，andsciencegavewaytodesperation。
Overpoweredbynumbers，theweariedSwedesatlastretirebeyondthetrenches；
andthecapturedbatteryisagainlostbytheretreat。
Athousandmangledbodiesalreadystrewedtheplain，andasyetnotasinglestepofgroundhadbeenwon。