TheFlorentines, havingoccupiedSanMiniato, heldacouncilofwartodecidewhethertheyshouldattackPisaorthearmyofCastruccio, and, havingweighedthedifficultiesofbothcourses, , yetthewaterreachedtotheshouldersoftheinfantrymenandtothesaddlesofthehorsemen.Onthemorningof10June1328, , whoseplanofactionwasfixed, andwhowellknewwhattodo, atonceattackedtheFlorentineswithfivethousandinfantryandthreethousandhorsemen, notallowingthemtoissuefromtheriverbeforehechargedthem; healsosentonethousandlightinfantryuptheriverbank, , whilstthecavalryhadmadethepassageoftherivermoredifficultfortheothers, byreasonofthefewwhohadcrossedhavingbrokenupthebedoftheriver, andthisbeingdeepwithmud, , theywithdrewthemandmovedhigheruptheriver, , who, beinglightarmedwithbucklersandjavelinsintheirhands, , alarmedbythenoiseandthewounds, wouldnotmoveforward, ; , whilsttheFlorentinesstrovetogetafootingonlandinordertomakeroomfortheotherspressingforward, whoiftheycouldbutgetoutofthewaterwouldbeabletofight, , , seeinghowlongthebattlehadlasted, andthatbothhismenandtheenemywereutterlyexhausted, andthatbothsideshadmanykilledandwounded, pushedforwardanotherbodyofinfantrytotakeupapositionattherearofthosewhowerefighting; hethencommandedtheselattertoopentheirranksasiftheyintendedtoretreat, , ', becauseCastruccio, knowinghisinferiorityinthisarm, hadcommandedhisleadersonlytostandonthedefensiveagainsttheattacksoftheiradversaries, , , and, joinedbytheirowncavalry, , havingseenthedifficultytheircavalryhadmetwithincrossingtheriver, hadattemptedtomaketheirinfantrycrosslowerdowntheriver, inordertoattacktheflanksofCastruccio', also, thebanksweresteepandalreadylinedbythemenofCastruccio, , , andCarlo, thesonofKingRuberto, withMichelagnoloFalconiandTaddeodegliAlbizzi, theFlorentinecommissioners, , theslaughterwasinfinitelygreater, -onemen, whilstCastrucciolostonethousandfivehundredandseventymen.
