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322 them. They expected to be trampled to death in a moment, but by an order of Prince Frederick Charles, the cavalry moved around to the right in order to avoid them. At one time the Prince checked the pursuit to give time to reconnoitre the ground and make sure that no wounded Austrians were lying there. Many of the Austrian infantry were captured by the pursuing cavalry. The pursuit was continued until nine o'clock in the evening and did not stop until it had reached the banks of the Elbe. The main body of the army came to a halt about seven o'clock. When the Prince returned from the pursuit, he was loudly cheered by all his soldiers. He immediately gave an order that every attention should be shown to the wounded and no discrimination between Prussians and Austrians. During the battle the troops on both sides displayed the greatest bravery, and no distinction could be made in favor of one or the other so far as personal and soldierly valor is concerned. About 1,500 pieces of artillery were in action, almost equally divided between Prussians and Austrians. The victory was due to the Crown Prince's attack on the left flank of the Austrians combined with the attack in front, which had been of great effect and materially absorbed the fighting abilities of the Austrians. The latter had been engaged since daybreak, and after fighting until three in the afternoon were assailed by the fresh troops of the Crown Prince, which came up at that hour. The steady maintenance of the attack in front by the First Army precluded the possibility of the Austrians being able to repulse the attack in flank by the Second Army. The Prussians had not far from 250,000 men engaged in both their armies. The Austrians were slightly more numerous than the Prussians. The Prussians took 174 cannon and 14 flags; they admit in their official reports a loss of 10,000 killed and wounded, while the total loss of the Austrians was placed at 40,000, of