From this point Pirch II struck into the road leading by Buts, and reached, towards midday, Fresnoy-la-Rivière, where he gave his troops a few hours' rest; and then proceeded by Crépy-en-Valois to Nanteuil, which place he reached about 21:00, having marched 63 miles within the last thirty eight hours, during six of which he had also been engaged with the French.