Pichagre's 'Blood'

Pichagre seemed suspiciously uninterested in holding up his end of the pincer. He bungled away a golden opportunity to seize the main austrian supply depot at heidelberg, just a few miles to the southeast. It was a crucial blunder that may very well have been a conscious decision by pichigre to undermine his own campaign. The Austrians then swooped down on october 20 ninth and attacked the french force blockading mintes on the west side of the rhine - they drove them off. This was followed up on november tenth with another attack against pishegre's army, which drove the french into further retreat. They surrendered