That general himself, at the head of two thousand light horse, led the charge upon the left flank.

The other side was assaulted by the Dukes Eric and Henry of Brunswick, each with a thousand heavy dragoons, sustained by Count Horn, at the head of a regiment of mounted gendarmerie.

Mansfeld, Lalain, Hoogstraaten; and Vilain, at the same time made a furious attack upon the front.

The French cavalry wavered with the shock so vigorously given.

The camp followers, sutlers, and pedlers, panic-struck, at once fled helter-skelter, and in their precipitate retreat, carried confusion and dismay throughout all the ranks of the army.