The reaction in France to the result…
August 1759 CE
The Duc de Choiseul, the French Chief Minister, writes "I blush when I speak of our army. I simply cannot get it into my head, much less into my heart, that a pack of Hanoverians could defeat the army of the King".
To discover how the defeat had occurred and to establish the general condition of the army, Marshal d'Estrées is sent on a tour of inspection.
Marshal de Contades is subsequently relieved of his command and replaced by the Duc de Broglie.
Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert Paulette du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and colonel aux Grenadiers de France, had been killed when he was hit by a cannonball in this battle.
La Fayette's son, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is not even two years old at this time.
Jean Thurel, the long-serving fity-nine-year-old French fusilier, had been severely wounded, receiving seven sword slashes, six of them to the head.
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