ThePrussianVanguard,oneKrockowitscommander,repulsedthatfirstAustrianattack;swepttheBassclearforsomeminutes;gottheirsectionofthecarriages,orsomepartofit,250inall,hurriedthrough;thenhaltedonthesafeside,towaitwhatZiethenwoulddowiththeremainder。Ziethendoeshisbestandbravest,aseverybodydoes;keepshiswagon—chaospluggeddown;ranksitinsquaremass,asawagonfortress(WAGENBURG);rankshimselfandeverybody,hiscannon,hisplatoonmusketry,tothebestadvantageroundit;furiouslyshootsoutinallmannerofways,againstthefuriousLoudononthisflank,andthefuriousZiskowitzonthat;
takeshills,losesthem;repelsandisrepelled(wagon—chaoseverhardertokeepplugged);finallyperceiveshimselftobebeaten;
thatthewagon—chaoshasgotunplugged(fancyit!)——andthathe,Ziethen,mustretreat;backforemostifpossible。Hedidretreat,fightingallthewaytoTroppau;andtheConvoyisaruinandaprey。
Krockow,withthe250,hasgotunderwayagain;hearingthepowder—
wagonsstartintotheair(firedbytheenemy),andhearingthecannonandmusketrytakeanortherlycourse,anddieawayinthatominousdirection。These250wereallthecarriagesthatcamein:——