When the greenhorn generals of the French Army shared their post-battle insights, the Austrians were also analyzing the recent fight.
Brigadier Ferdinand: "Damn it, what the hell happened? Skirmishers should easily crumble under the advance of line infantry! That's common sense! Damn it, why didn't the enemy follow common sense?"
No one could answer the Brigadier, and the room full of Colonels and Lieutenants fell silent.
A rabble had held against the regular troops of the Holy Roman Empire, and no one would believe such a story if it were told.
At this moment, Colonel Bacon, the Chief of Staff, suddenly had an epiphany: "I've got it!"
Ferdinand looked at the Colonel in surprise: "Understood what?"
"This is not some rabble at all; these are Frost's well-trained, high-spirited direct forces! They deliberately released false information about being a rabble to deceive us!"
Ferdinand was shocked, but this explanation was more palatable than being defeated by a rabble.
