The Austrian Colonel Hertwegh was supposed to occupy the next village of Vysokov so as to block the road, but instead, when at 9:00 AM he got to Václavice he on his own initiative wheeled right to attack the Prussians on the ridge above; the King's Grenadiers simply mowed his men down.
The Austrian Colonel Hertwegh was supposed to occupy the next village of Vysokov to block the road, but instead, when at 9:00 AM he reached Václavice, he on his own initiative turned right and attacked the Prussians on the ridge above; King's Grenadiers simply killed his men.