The number of the slain was, in proportion to the number engaged, greater than in any other battle of that age.

But for the coming on of a moonless night, made darker by a misty rain, scarcely a man would have escaped.

The obscurity enabled Sarsfield, with a few squadrons which still remained unbroken, to cover the retreat.

Of the conquerors six hundred were killed, and about a thousand wounded.
The English slept that night on the field of battle.

On the following day they buried their companions in arms, and then marched westward.
The vanquished were left unburied, a strange and ghastly spectacle.