After the initial discharge of missile weapons, cavalry from both sides engaged each other in close combat. The middle of the Hunnic line was able to pierce the weak center of their opponents and quickly wheeled left to attack the Visigoth army. Theodoric, leading his troops, was struck by a javelin, knocked off his horse, and trampled to death. Soon the auspices would be fulfilled as the Visigoths restored their order of battle, routed the barbarian army, and forced Attila to retreat. The Hunnic army spent the night preparing to be attacked but the allies had suffered substantial casualties themselves and were in no shape to press them. Aetius' survey of the carnage proved to him that he had won the battle.
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