About six o'clock
Tilly 's men might be killed and knocked down , but no man turned his back , nor would give an inch of ground , but as they were wheeled , or marched , or retreated by their officers . There was a regiment of cuirassiers which stood whole to the last , and fought like lions ; they went ranging over the field when all their army was broken , and nobody cared for charging them ; they were commanded by Baron Kronenburg , and at last went off from the battle whole . These were armed in black armour from head to foot , and they carried off their general . About six o'clock the field was cleared of the enemy , except at one place on the king 's side , where some of them rallied , and though they knew all was lost would take no quarter , but fought it out to the last man , being found dead the next day in rank and file as they were drawn up . I had the good fortune to receive no hurt in this battle , excepting a small scratch on the side of my neck by the push of a pike ; but my friend received a very dangerous wound when the battle was as good as over . He had engaged with a German colonel , whose name we could never learn , and having killed his man , and pressed very close upon him , so that he had shot his horse , the horse in the fall kept the colonel down , lying on one of his legs ; upon which he demanded quarter , which Captain Fielding granting , helped him to quit his horse , and having disarmed him , was bringing him into the line , when the regiment of cuirassiers , which I mentioned , commanded by Baron Kronenburg , came roving over the field , and with a flying charge saluted our front with a salvo of carabine shot , which wounded us a great many men , and among the rest the captain received a shot in his thigh , which laid him on the ground , and being separated from the line , his prisoner got away with them . This was the first service I was in , and indeed I never saw any fight since maintained with such gallantry , such desperate valour , together with such dexterity of management , both sides being composed of soldiers fully tried , bred to the wars , expert in everything , exact in their order , and incapable of fear , which made the battle be much more bloody than usual .