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_ '' All shouted '' _ Vive l'Empereur ! _ '' till the echoes rang again , while the general departed with Colonel Zapfel . That night we were relieved by the Hessians , and left Erfurt with the Tenth hussars and a regiment of chasseurs . At six or seven in the morning we were before the city of Weimar , and saw the sun rising on its gardens , its churches , and its houses , as well as on an old castle to the right . Here we bivouacked , and the hussars went forward to reconnoitre the town . About nine , while we were breakfasting , suddenly we heard the rattle of musketry and carbines . Our hussars had encountered the Prussian hussars in the streets , and they were firing on each other .