As for the Duke of Brunswick, he wasn't afraid that the French people would deceive him. A transaction was made with cash in one hand and the release of prisoners in the other, a trustworthy trade. Mainly, he had no other choice, for if he had refused the proposal from France, it was very likely that his force of over 50,000 men wouldn't have been preserved.
Western Legnica.
The town of Wolffenstette had fallen back under Austrian control, and at this moment, next to the Austrian Army's camp outside the town, hundreds of ceremonial guards stood neatly on both sides of the road, looking excitedly at the passing French officers, especially the young man leading them.
And behind them, a large group of ordinary soldiers were shouting without restraint, "Thank you, brothers from France, may God bless you!"
