Chapter 97 Countermeasures_2
Again, cannons roared, as William Kidd had prepared the artillery on the city walls earlier to fire at Field's troops, attempting to cover his own cavalry.
But Field's troops ignored the flying cannonballs and resolutely cut into the escape route of the coalition cavalry.
The fleeing coalition cavalry had already lost command, with each person only thinking of getting back into town as quickly as possible; in this situation, officers could not get orders to every man's ears.
Seeing a large number of pikemen blockading ahead, a portion of the cavalry, in panic, wheeled their horses, heading east and west to escape.
This was exactly the outcome Field wanted. His own troops had become totally disengaged; he was in the vanguard, and the last of his soldiers were still three hundred meters behind. He did not wish to annihilate the cavalry here but to drive these disheartened riders to flee in a scattered fashion east and west.