Ziethen's horse, together with the rest of the cavalry and gendarmes, mingled with staff officers and others who had lost their way, continued to make furious charges against the Austrians pressing round the rear of the position, and holding them in check.
Until its cartridges were all spent, Lange's battalion held the churchyard, though its numbers were terribly lessened by the Austrian fire.

Then the major called upon his men to form in a mass, and cut their way through the enemy with the bayonet.

This they most gallantly did, losing many; but the remnant emerged from the village, their gallant leader, wounded to death, among them.
Fergus and Karl separated themselves from them, ran to the house where they had left their horses, mounted, and galloped off.

By this time the centre was coming up, led by the king himself.

As they neared Hochkirch a cannonball took off the head of Frank of Brunswick, the king's youngest brother-in-law.