As it was dark further movement was impossible and the squadron bivouacked in the town with a defensive cordon while the plain was patrolled during the night.
The armies bivouacked only 700 yd from each other, and their bands started a musical battle that became a non-lethal preview of the next day's events.
They at first bivouacked on the plaza.
At night bivouacked on the field.
Carlson's main body then arrived and the column bivouacked for the night.
He bivouacked within two miles of the town and sent out patrols to harass the enemy.
The engagement continued into the night, and the regiment and brigade bivouacked on the ground on which they had fought.
Marched fourteen miles the first day, and bivouacked in the midst of a rain storm.
