In the course of this disastrous day 20,000 Prussians were killed or taken; 300 guns, twenty generals, and sixty standards.

The Commander-in-Chief, the Duke of Brunswick, being wounded in the face with a grape-shot, was carried early off the field, never to recover.

The loss of superior officers on the Prussian side was so great, that of an army which, on the evening of the 13th of October, mustered not less than 150,000, but a few regiments were ever able to act in concert for some time after the 14th.

The various routed divisions roamed about the country, seeking separately the means of escape: they were in consequence destined to fall an easy prey.

Mollendorf and the Prince of Orange-Fulda laid down their arms at Erfurt.