It was noon and the victory was complete. The conquered Prussians abandoned the battlefield covered with dead and wounded, twenty-four ammunition wagons, and eighteen cannon.
The cannon were dragged before the two generals, and their captors were paid for them at the price set upon them at the beginning of the conflict six hundred francs apiece.
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