They then crossed the bridge, and with a few guns followed in pursuit.
The army at Saara, on hearing the firing, betook itself again to arms and marched to the king's assistance, the twenty-five thousand men and their bands again joining in the triumphant hymn, "Nun danket alle Gott," as they tramped through the darkness.

When they arrived at Lissa they found that all was safe, and bivouacked in the fields.
Never was there a greater or more surprising victory, never one in which the military genius of the commander was more strikingly shown.

The Austrians were in good heart.

They were excellent soldiers and brave, well provided with artillery, and strongly placed; and yet they were signally defeated by a force little over one-third their number.

Had there been two more hours of daylight, the Austrians would have been not only routed but altogether crushed.