although his force was still superior to that of Turenne, for the
loss suffered by the French and Turenne's German troops was very
much greater than that of the Imperialists. Enghien, in his despatch
announcing the victory, acknowledged in his letter to the queen
that it was due to the valour and honour of Turenne.

Nordlingen and Dinkelsbuhl opened their gates to the victors. Enghien
fell ill and was forced to return to France, leaving Turenne in
command. De Gramont was exchanged for Gleen, and he and Turenne
took counsel as to the course that had best be pursued. John de
Werth had already recrossed the Danube, and the French generals
fell back to Hall, where they remained for twelve days to refresh
the troops, provisions being plentiful in the neighbourhood.

But their position was daily becoming more untenable. The Duke of
Bavaria, greatly alarmed by the result of the battle of Nordlingen,
wrote to the emperor that unless Austria largely increased her force
in the field he should retire from the contest, of which he had
hitherto borne the brunt, and make terms with the French. The emperor,
who had just brought a war with Hungary to a close, despatched the
Archduke Leopold, his son, with a great body of horse, and he soon
effected a junction with Gleen and John de Werth, and together
they pushed forward at the utmost speed to surprise the French. As
soon as Turenne received news of the movement he and de Gramont
agreed that an instant retreat must be made, seeing that their
force was less than half that which was advancing to attack them.
The baggage was abandoned, and as there was no bridge available
the army crossed the Neckar by swimming, each cavalryman taking
one of the infantry behind him. They continued their retreat until
they arrived at Philippsburg. Here Turenne with the whole of his