“But the Prince?”
“He falls back on Utrecht.”
“Without an engagement?”
“He dare not risk one it would seem—he has not written to me.”
“Had he no soldiers on the Rhine?” cried M. Fagel, incredulous.
“M. de Montbas, with two regiments of cavalry——”
“And he?”
“Was cut to pieces or—fled.”
“Ah, you do not know?”
“Not yet.”