Arrived on the spot he dashed to the front at a point where his men had not yet been forced back across the road, and riding among them roused them to fresh exertions.

By his side were Franz Albert of Lauenberg and a few other followers.

But his pace had been so furious that Steinboch's dragoons had not yet arrived.

As he urged on his broken men Gustavus was struck in the shoulder by a musketball.

He reeled in his saddle, but exclaimed, "It is nothing," and ordered them to charge the enemy with the dragoons.