[With Frederick the Great by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookWith Frederick the Great CHAPTER 12: Another Step 4/35
Thus each side lost a third of its number in this terrible struggle. The next morning the Russians got into better order, and drew up in order of battle.
A cannonade was for some time kept up on both sides, but the armies were beyond range of artillery. Neither party had any real thoughts of fighting.
Fermor, beaten on his own ground the day before, could not dream of attacking the Prussians.
The latter were worn out by the fatigues of the previous day.
Moreover, on each side the musketry ammunition was used up. The hussars, pursuing the Cossacks, had in the night come upon the Russian waggon train at Kleim, and carried off a good deal of portable plunder. The next morning, under cover of a fog, the Russians retreated, reached their baggage, and then moved slowly away; and, harassed by Dohna, sullenly continued their retreat to the Russian frontier.
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