French dragoons supported Supporting by infantry and commanded Control by General Exelmans destroyed Destroying a Prussian brigade of hussars under the command Control of Lieutenant Colonel Eston von Sohr ( who was severely wounded Bodily_harm and taken Conquering prisoner during the skirmish ) .

Prussian cavalry detachment under the command Control of Lieutenant Colonel Sohr ventured Risk too far in advance of the main body of the Prussian army with the intention Aiming of reaching Arriving the Orléans road from Paris ; where his detachment was to interrupt traffic on the road , and increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the confusion already produced Manufacturing in that quarter by the fugitives from the capital .

Just before nightfall the same day , the advanced guard of the Prussian III Corps , having heard Perception_active of the destruction Destroying of Sohr 's detachment , succeeded in recapturing Conquering Rocquencourt and bivouacked there .