Chekov, after conferring with Lorencz opts to sit tight at Bretogne and reorganize and refit. Rather than stringing out his force over many miles of road in enemy country (and without a preponderance of cavalry. He will away rest an reorganization of Alfonso's division. In GM terms, this allows him to recover at least 2000 additional troops back into his battalions before moving out.
At 7pm Gen Lorenko at corps HQ receives the following telegraph from Makowsy.
GAVE BATTLE AT BRETOGNE THIS MORNING STOP 4 HOURS WORTH OF HEAVY FIGHTING STOP COULD NOT HOLD CITY BUT BELIEVE T HAVE DEALT ENEMY SEVERE BLOW STOP ENEMY HAS NOT LEFT BRETOGNE APPEARS TO BE STOPPED FOR REORGANIZATION STOP CONDUCTED FORCE MARCH TO DELEMOND WOODS TWELVE MILES EAST LONGCHAMPS STOP CURRENT STRENGTH 5470 ALL ARMS CASUALTIES IN BATTLE APPROX 900 STOP LOST ANOTHER 500 STRAGGLERS ON FORCED MARCH HOPE TO RECOVER STOP WE ARE PREPARING POSITIONS FOR NEXT DELAYING ACTION ENDSTOP MAKOWSKY
GM Note: Freedonian player when asked what to do opted to move west with all haste to the next defensible position. By conducting a forced march this allowed him to get to the next position (15 miles SW) with enough time to prepare improved positions. However this cost him an additional 500 casualties in stragglers, many of which will be permanently lost. The haste of the Freedonian withdrawal and the delay in Slobobian pursuit basically puts a day's normal march between the two armies.
Now on to what's happening on the southern route.
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