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By this expedient the more valiant part of Castruccio's men were

opposed to the weaker part of the enemy's troops, and the most

efficient men of the enemy were disengaged; and thus the

Florentines were unable to fight with those who were arrayed

opposite to them, or to give any assistance to their own flanks.

So, without much difficulty, Castruccio put the enemy to flight

on both flanks, and the centre battalions took to flight when

they found themselves exposed to attack, without having a chance

of displaying their valour. The defeat was complete, and the loss

in men very heavy, there being more than ten thousand men killed

with many officers and knights of the Guelph party in Tuscany,

and also many princes who had come to help them, among whom were

Piero, the brother of King Ruberto, and Carlo, his nephew, and

Filippo, the lord of Taranto.