The two rebel divisions of Anderson and Johnson, however, arrived about dusk, which would have still given the enemy a great numerical superiority.
General Lee reached the field before Hancock came, and watched the retreat of the First and Eleventh Corps, and Hancock's movements and dispositions through his field-glass.

He was not deceived by this show of force, and sent a recommendation--not an order--to Ewell to follow us up; but Ewell, in the exercise of his discretion as a corps commander, did not do so.

He had lost 3,000 men, and both he and Hill were under orders not to bring on a general engagement.

In fact they had had all the fighting they desired for the time being.

Colonel Campbell Brown, of Ewell's staff, states that the latter was preparing to move forward against the height, when a false report induced him to send Gordon's brigade to reinforce Smith's brigade on his extreme left, to meet a supposed Union advance in that direction.
The absence of these two brigades decided him to wait for the arrival of Johnson's division before taking further action.