At four o'clock they were facing each other.

Merci had, as usual, chosen his position with great judgment.

In the middle of the plain rose two little hills about a thousand yards apart.

On the hill on his left stood the castle of Allersheim, and here Merci's left wing, under General John de Werth, was posted; while at Weinberg his right, commanded by General Gleen, took up its station.

The main body of the army, under Merci himself, lay behind a village a couple of hundred yards beyond the hills, and at the head of the passage between them.