Parallel Lives of Ancient And Modern Heroes of Epaminondas And Gustavus Adolphu
Parallel Lives of Ancient And Modern Heroes of Epaminondas And Gustavus Adolphu
Yonge Charles Duke
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In their front was a small streamlet called the Lober, and the moment that the Scotch regiments who formed the van of the Swedish column had crossed it, they were furiously attacked by Pappenheim with his cuirassiers. The Scotch however were themselves supported by cavalry ; they repulsed their assailants, and con- tinued their advance towards the small hamlet of Podelaity. Pappenheim set fire to the hamlet, as Menschikoff did to Bouliouk, at the battle of the Alma, and again attacked the advan...cing column, which deployed into line, and presented a front on which the imperial cavalry made repeated but fruit- less charges, till at last it was repulsed with severe loss, leaving a large body of infantry, which had been sent to its assistance, isolated in the middle of the plain. Tilly's regiments were arrayed in the THE LIFE OF OUSTAVUS ADOLPHD8. 88 old style ; with a dense mass of spearmen in the centre, and lines of musqueteers on the outside, so that the spearmen could not protect the shooters, while their spears were rendered useless by the line of their comrades in their front.
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