The Lamanites fled into the "land of Moroni" which was "in the borders by the seashore" (Alma 62:25). The land of Moroni was apparently the closest population center to the former Nephite-Lamanite borders (see Alma 51:22) so the Lamanite retreat would have been towards Lamanite lands. The reader should note that these Lamanites that fled to the land of Moroni would probably not have been a part of the Lamanite group that chief captain Moroni would next attack in the land of Lehi (see Alma 62:30-33---especially verse 33). [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]