At the moment the general attack started, General Victor had assembled at Garnsdorf his "elite" battalion, both companies of the 17th (that had been previously placed in the wood) and marched on Saalfeld which he carried. Then, he continued the pursuit of the enemy as far as Rudolstadt by the right bank of the Saale. Pursuit was also continued in the direction of the Schwarza. Claparede there led a whole brigade (17th and 34th), which drove the enemy back beyond Blankenberg and crossed the Schwarza. According to Foch, fifteen hundred prisoners, four flags, twenty five guns, two howitzers, six wagons, were the trophies of the day. But we should point out that no one has related with precision the losses in dead of the Prussians. Hoepfner claims that the Prussian and Saxon losses were under 2000 killed, wounded and prisoners. That appears to be too light of a loss. Houssaye gives a figure of 3000 killed, wounded and prisoners which is apparently closer to the truth. [9] The French losses, according to Lannes were light: 172 casualties. The Simonet artillery section of 2 4-pdr had fired 264 rounds. The divisional artillery had not used quite so much ammunition - about 236 rounds. The infantry had fired about 200,000 cartridges which makes the rather considerable average of 20 per man. Map 4 MAP 4 SHOWING THE FINAL ACTIONS AND THE PRUSSIAN LINE OF RETREAT. PRINCE LOUIS WAS KILLED AT THE POINT MARKED X More 1806 Battle of Saalfeld Introduction I: Grand Army and Lannes' Movement Prior to Battle II: Initial Situation at Saalfeld III: Events and Intents from the Prussian Side IV: Lannes' Initial Disposition and Deployment V: Preliminary Action on Prussian Side VI: Prussian Attack VII: Lannes' Attack VIII: Combats Around Garnsdorf, Saalfeld, and the Pursuit IX: Conclusions X: Further Conclusions XI: The Battlefield Today Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 6 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1994 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com