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pursuing with his horsemen thirteen battalions of the 

 English infantry that had cut their way through to a 

 wood, succeeded in compelling them to surrender. The 

 allied troops in this action were badly formed up, the 

 different arms being all mingled together. The victory 

 to the French was most decisive, and virtually ended the 

 war in Spain. 



