Murad simply couldn't figure out how the mere 10,000 French troops managed to completely block the entire 5-kilometer-wide front line.
In desperation, he ordered the cavalry to form up and launch an attack on the nearest French infantry.
The French Hussars spotted the enemy approaching, and the hot air balloon in the sky had already sent a warning to the 14th Infantry Regiment.
The French infantry, originally in a double-row thin line formation, immediately began to change formation.
A few minutes later, 2,500 soldiers transformed into two hollow squares approximately 400 meters apart.
An additional reinforcement force composed of over a thousand French Chest Armor Cavalry and Hussars also rushed to the scene immediately.
Yes, Massena controlled the wide front battlefield in this manner.
Nine thousand French infantry were divided into five horizontal lines, with a 500-meter interval between each line, and cavalry connecting the arrays, spanning a total width of 5.5 kilometers.
