[446] It was only by the strenuous exertions of Luxemburg, of the Duke of Chartres, and of the Duke of Bourbon, that the broken ranks were rallied.

But by this time the centre and left of the allied army had been so much thinned for the purpose of supporting the conflict at Neerwinden that the entrenchments could no longer be defended on other points.

A little after four in the afternoon the whole line gave way.

All was havoc and confusion.

Solmes had received a mortal wound, and fell, still alive, into the hands of the enemy.