He must have been relieved, indeed, when he saw you reach them." This had indeed been the case.

The king and marshal had both been watching through their glasses the Prussian cavalry, and marked how the ground behind them was dotted thickly with the bodies of horses and men.
"Will they never stop ?" the king said impatiently.

"These cavalry men are always getting into scrapes with their impetuosity.

Gorlitz must have known that he was only sent forward to ascertain the position of the Austrians, and not to fight their whole army.

He ought to have turned, as soon as that crossfire of their batteries opened upon them." "He knew that your majesty and the whole army would be watching him, sire," Keith said quietly; "and I fancy that, under such circumstances, few cavalry men would draw rein till they had done something worthy of themselves." At this moment the fog wreath moved away.
"See," the king exclaimed, "there is a great body of Austrian cavalry moving along behind Sulowitz.