General Goor and his bravest officers were struck down, and the line fell into confusion.
The Bavarians seeing this, leapt from their entrenchment; and pursued their broken assailants with the bayonet; but when disordered by their rush, a battalion of English guards, which had kept its ground, poured so tremendous a fire into their flank that they fell back to their entrenchments.
"This looks serious," Dillon said, as the allies fell back.

"The enemy are two to our one, and they have got all the advantage of position." "There is the duke," Rupert exclaimed, "reforming them.

There they go again, and he is leading them himself.

What a terrible fire! Look how the officers of the staff are dropping! Oh, if the duke should himself be hit! See, the infantry are slackening their advance in spite of the shouts of their officers.

They are wavering! Oh, how dreadful; here they come back again." "The duke is going to try again, Rupert.