Then, as night had completely fallen, the terrible conflict
ceased. Fermor by this time, finding that there was no cross-
ing the rivers, had returned. No regiment or battalion of his
army remained in order. There was but a confused crowd,
which the officers did their best to form into some sort of order
regardless of regiment or battalion. The Cossacks scoured
the fields under the cover of night, plundering the dead and
murdering the wounded, flames marking their path. Four
hundred of them were caught at their work by the Prussian
hussars, and every one killed. Frederick sent for his tents,
and the army pitched its camp facing the Russians ; but during
the night the latter having got into a sort of order, moved
away to the westward and bivouacked on Drewitz Heath,
facing the battle-ground.
