Editing Battle of Ramillies (section)

===Pursuit===
The roads leading north and west were choked with fugitives. Orkney now sent his English troops back across the Petite Gheete stream to once again storm Offus where de la Guiche's infantry had begun to drift away in the confusion.<ref name=falkner98>Falkner: ''Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles'', 98</ref> To the right of the infantry Lord John Hay's [[Royal Scots Greys|'Scots Greys']] also picked their way across the stream and charged the Régiment du Roi within Autre-Eglise. "Our dragoons," wrote John Deane, "pushing into the village{{nbs}}... made terrible slaughter of the enemy."<ref name=falkner98/> The Bavarian Horse Grenadiers and the Electoral Guards withdrew and formed a shield about Villeroi and the Elector but were scattered by Lumley's cavalry. Stuck in the mass of fugitives fleeing the battlefield, the French and Bavarian commanders narrowly escaped capture by General Cornelius Wood who, unaware of their identity, had to content himself with the seizure of two Bavarian Lieutenant-Generals.<ref>Chandler: ''Marlborough as Military Commander'', 178</ref> Far to the south, the remnants of de la Colonie's brigade headed in the opposite direction towards the French held fortress of [[Namur]].<ref>La Colonie: ''The Chronicles of an old Campaigner'', 316</ref>

The retreat became a rout.<ref name=lynn306>Lynn: ''The Wars of Louis{{nbs}}XIV, 1667–1714'', 306</ref> Individual Allied commanders drove their troops forward in pursuit, allowing their beaten enemy no chance to recover. Soon the Allied infantry could no longer keep up, but their cavalry were off the leash, heading through the gathering night for the crossings on the river Dyle.<ref name=falkner102>Falkner: ''Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles'', 102</ref> At last, however, Marlborough called a halt to the pursuit shortly after midnight near Meldert, {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} from the field.<ref name=falkner102/> "It was indeed a truly shocking sight to see the miserable remains of this mighty army," wrote Captain Drake, "...{{nbs}}reduced to a handful."<ref>Trevelyan: ''England Under Queen Anne: Ramillies and the Union with Scotland'', 118</ref>