with regrouping their ranks, Steinau attempted to cut Rehnskiöld's troops off from the Swedish center. Steinau and Trampe made a flanking maneuver and attacked Rehnskiöld in the front, flank and rear. With 34 Saxon squadrons against 21 Swedish, each with roughly 125 Saxons against 100 Swedish, the Saxons enjoyed their numerical advantage. Observing the danger, Rehnskiöld quickly sent Adjutant General Gustaf Adam Taube to Charles XII across the battlefield with a request for help. The king, however, rejected Rehnskiöld's request and urged him to hold his ground on his own. Rehnskiöld was therefore forced to completely reorganize his troops, ordering the Västerbotten Regiment, the Uppland Reserve Regiment and the squadrons of the Life Regiment on Horse to form square formations in order to face the Saxon attack from multiple directions. The ensuing battle was both fierce and bloody. The Saxons fired a volley that caused heavy casualties among the Life Regiment on Horse in the front rank. These were supported by the Drabant Corps, who quickly repulsed the first Saxon attack. Rehnskiöld's cavalry then made a countercharge that penetrated several Saxon units. Steinau regrouped his units and performed a new attack against the Swedes east of Rebów, but was again forced to withdraw. With great difficulty, several Saxon cavalry regiments managed to reach safety on the west bank of the Nida, while other units were pushed into the morass and drowned. A small body of Saxon cavalry occupied an adjacent height from which they attacked the Swedish cavalry trying to cross the morass. After a furious charge from the Drabant Corps, these were also forced to retreat. Later in the afternoon, the Saxon infantry on the Kulaki Height were still intact, with their location being used as a rallying point for scattered Saxon cavalry divisions. At three o'clock, the Swedes carried out a series of coordinated attacks against the Kulaki Height: Rehnskiöld attacked from the west, Posse from the north and Charles XII and Vellingk from the east. Furthermore, the cavalry engagements during the early afternoon accumulated large clouds of dust and gunpowder smoke that drifted towards the height with south-easterly winds, which greatly obstructed the aim of the Saxon artillery. Using the clouds as a smoke screen, eight battalions from the Swedish center, consisting of the Svea Life Guards, the Uppland Regiment, the Västerbotten Regiment and the Östergötland Reserve Regiment, marched along the narrow passages across the marshy stream