The Battle of Nirvenden

The battle of nirvenden finely represented an evenly matched fight, and the french had gotten beat and run on all fronts. The defeat triggered mass desertions as the men who ran simply did not come back. Within days, de murier was leading just 20 thousand men. But by now he was clearly formulating a completely new conception of what his next move ought to be. As he passed through brussels, he opened negotiations with the austrians. And his terms were simple, you can have belgium back if you let me withdraw all my forces unmolested. Once i'm out of belgium, i'm going to turn my armies around, march on