ten in the morning
The Prince Royal was on his right , having with him Count Platen , the first minister , and in the various uniforms of their regiments or of their calling , Count Wedel , Major von Kohlrausch , Herr von Klenck , Captain von Einem , various cuirassiers of the Guard , and Herr Meding . The cortège left Langensalza very early , and went to Thannesbruck . Benedict rode near the prince , fulfilling the functions of a staff officer . The army had left its cantonments in order to proceed to Gotha : but at ten in the morning , the vanguard , as it arrived on the banks of the Unstrut , was attacked by two Prussian regiments , commanded by the Generals Flies and Seckendorff . They were able to mount nearly a thousand men , both troops of the guard and _ landwehr _ . Among these regiments of the guard was that of Queen Augusta , one of the élite . The rapidity of the Prussian fire showed at once that they must be armed , at least the greater part of them , with quick-firing rifles .