▁march ed ▁to ▁rel ieve ▁the ▁Forest ▁Cant ons , ▁who ▁were ▁still ▁surrounded ▁by ▁the ▁Fre ib urger ' s ▁caval ry . ▁The ▁action ▁here ▁was ▁possibly ▁the ▁fier c est ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁with ▁the ▁hors emen ▁now ▁fighting ▁on ▁two ▁front s ▁themselves . ▁After ▁a ▁short ▁blo ody ▁struggle , ▁the ▁caval ry ▁were ▁rout ed ▁and ▁suffered ▁heavy ▁cas ual ties . ▁At ▁least ▁ 8 0 ▁nobles ▁fell , ▁including ▁the ▁Count s ▁of ▁N id au , ▁Val eng in ▁and ▁A ar burg ▁and ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Louis ▁II ▁of ▁Va ud . ▁The ▁evening ▁was ▁now ▁drawing ▁on , ▁which ▁limited ▁purs uit , ▁but ▁the ▁Bern ese ▁forces ▁march ed ▁into ▁Lau pen , ▁where ▁celebr ations ▁and ▁services ▁of ▁thanks g iving ▁for ▁the ▁victory ▁were ▁held . ▁ ▁After math ▁The ▁victory ▁of ▁the ▁Bern ese / Sw iss ▁against ▁all ▁odd s , ▁out number ed ▁two - to - one ▁by ▁an ▁army ▁containing ▁such ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁mounted ▁ch ival ry , ▁came ▁as ▁a ▁surprise , ▁and ▁chron ic lers ▁record ▁that ▁comments ▁like ▁" G od ▁himself ▁must ▁have ▁become ▁a ▁Bern ese ▁citiz en " ▁were ▁heard ▁among ▁the ▁retre ating ▁H abs burg ▁troops . ▁Bern ▁and ▁Fre ib urg ▁avoided ▁further ▁war fare . ▁ ▁Bern ▁was ▁drawn ▁into ▁closer ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁Swiss ▁Confeder acy , ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁E ight ▁Cant ons ▁in ▁ 1 3 5 3