army took up his position, covered by the guns of the fortress,
while Gramont passed the river with the remains of Enghien's army
and all the cavalry.

The Imperialists, after examining Turenne's position, came to the
conclusion that it could not be attacked, and, marching away,
besieged and captured all the towns taken by the French in their
advance. Thus beyond the empty honour of a nominal victory at
Nordlingen, the campaign under Enghien and Turenne ended, without
any solid advantage whatever being gained by the French.

The Poitou regiment, which was the only French battalion in the
army of Turenne, had been placed with the Hessians in the second
line. It had fought with distinguished bravery on the crest of the
Weinberg, and had publicly been thanked by Enghien, who had on
the day of the battle ridden by the side of Hector at their head
when they fell upon the Imperialists. They had suffered but a small
number of casualties, for the enemy were already shaken before
they charged, and had, after receiving a shattering volley, broken
and fled as the regiment charged with fixed bayonets. Turenne
was always anxious to impress upon Hector the lessons that were
to be learned from each action, and while they were encamped round
Hall he went over the events of the campaign with him on a map.

"You see," he said, "that what I said to you on the evening before
we marched from Dinkelsbuhl has been completely justified. Instead
of manoeuvring so as to fight in the open, we dashed ourselves
against this strong position, with the inevitable consequences,
two-thirds of our army were routed, and the infantry of the centre
and right all but annihilated; and although by hard fighting we on