The battle of Freiburg had shown them the great advantage that had been gained by the steadiness and discipline of their men.

They took up the work of drilling again with even more zeal than before, and it was not long before the regiment was restored to its former state of efficiency.

The reason why he had sent the regiment back from the Rhine was explained by Turenne to Hector before he started.
"The orders from court were," he said, "that I was to retain only the Weimar regiments, and I should have been obliged to send you back with those of Enghien had I not represented to him that it might be of the greatest importance to me to have even one good French regiment within call.

We talked it over at some length, and he finally agreed to take upon himself the responsibility of ordering that your regiment should not go beyond Nancy, upon the ground that there were very few troops in Lorraine; and that peasant risings had taken place there, as in other departments, owing to the terrible distress caused by heavy taxation.

He has handed to me a paper authorizing you to take such steps as you may think fit, as soon as you receive news of such risings, to aid the civil authorities, if they should take place at any point within reasonable reach.