With admirable generosity they pretended not to recognise him, and suffered him to make his escape in the tumult.
It was only on such occasions as this that the whole greatness of William's character appeared.

Amidst the rout and uproar, while arms and standards were flung away, while multitudes of fugitives were choking up the bridges and fords of the Gette or perishing in its waters, the King, having directed Talmash to superintend the retreat, put himself at the head of a few brave regiments, and by desperate efforts arrested the progress of the enemy.

His risk was greater than that which others ran.
For he could not be persuaded either to encumber his feeble frame with a cuirass, or to hide the ensigns of the garter.

He thought his star a good rallying point for his own troops, and only smiled when he was told that it was a good mark for the enemy.

Many fell on his right hand and on his left.