Farther south, they held their ground.

On the whole they had dealt to their foes a loss of 20,159 men, or nearly a tenth of their total.

Of the French forces engaged, some 150,000 in number, 7853 were killed and wounded, and 4419 were taken prisoners.

The disproportion in the losses shows the toughness of the French defence and the (in part) unskilful character of the German attack.

On this latter point the recently published _Journals_ of Field-Marshal Count von Blumenthal supply some piquant details.