Meanwhile, bodies of infantry and artillery continued to cross the river, and to form. It was no use for the Allies to think now of retreating, as the cavalry was close upon them; a resolute front could scarcely check them, much less a retreating foe. Tettenborn, therefore, formed his 1,000 men into a compact body, with which he charged the masses of French , just as they were about to deploy. The hussars and Cossacks attacked the French and drove them back: the first line was broken, then the second; and the contest was most bloody. But fresh masses of French cavalry deployed on both sides of him; more and more troops came from the background – Tettenborn withdrew after French reinforcements arrived.
