To Marshal GROUCHY he confided the pursuit of the Prussians, and for this purpose he placed at his disposal as great an extent of force as his limited means would admit: a force, certainly not sufficient to enable that Marshal to confront the whole Prussian Army, should the latter, after having rallied and concentrated its strength, make a stand against him, but quite so to enable him to watch its movements, and to manoeuvre so as to maintain his communication with the main Army, and, if pressed by superior numbers, to effect a junction with NAPOLEON. The following were the troops thus detached under GROUCHY:-- +---------------------------------------+--------+-------+---------+----+ | |Infantry|Cavalry|Artillery|Guns| +---------------------------------------+--------+-------+---------+----+ |Third Corps, General Count VANDAMME | 14,508 | | 936 | 32| | | | | | | |Fourth Corps, General Count GÉRARD | 12,589 | 2,366 | 1,538 | 38| | | | | | | |Twenty first Division (Sixth Corps), }| | | | | | Lieutenant General Baron TESTE }| 2,316 | | 161 | 8| | | | | | | |Fourth Division (First Cavalry Corps),}| | | | | | Lieutenant General Count PAJOL }| | 1,234 | 154 | 6| | | | | | | |Second Cavalry Corps, Lieutenant }| | | | | | General Count EXCELMANS }| | 2,817 | 246 | 12| | +--------+-------+---------+----+ | | 29,413 | 6,417 | 3,035 | 96| |Deduct loss on 16th, | 3,900 | 800 | 400 | | | +--------+-------+---------+----+ | Total | 25,513 | 5,617 | 2,635 | 96| +---------------------------------------+--------+-------+---------+----+ 33,765 men and 96 guns. The Seventh Infantry Division, under Lieutenant General GIRARD (belonging to the Second Corps) having suffered very severely in the Battle, was left upon the Field.