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, and many of them trampled to death. A general route now ensued; the Swiss continued the slaughter; and Duke Leopold was, with much difficulty, rescued by a peasant, who, knowing the bye-paths of the mountains, led him to Winterthur, where the historian of the times saw him arrive in the evening, pale, sullen, and dismayed. Thus did the confederates, without much loss, and in less than three hours, gain a decisive victory.