[1] Fyodor Mstislavsky commanded an army of some 20,000 soldiers, while False Dmitriy I had some 23,000 men at his disposal.

At the sight of the fleeing cavalry, unmounted Zaporozhian Cossacks on the right flank of Dmitriy's army decided that the battle had been lost and followed suit.

[3] The Russian cavalry decided to counter-attack the fleeing enemy horsemen and foot soldiers and crushed them completely.

Dmitriy's reserve, consisting of an unmounted unit of the Don Cossacks and artillery, was surrounded and almost utterly destroyed.

The Russian army chased the remains of the impostor's forces for 8 km, but he managed to retreat to Rylsk.