应该说七年战争时期特别是战争早期的法国处于其军事力量低谷中的低谷(当然次要战场上面絮弗伦、蒙特卡尔门的战绩却不错)
抄一段Duffy的评价:
The early and middle period of the Seven Years War indeed represented a nadir in French military reputation. At home the finances sank into disorder, and the leaders of society laughed at the reverses suffered by their own armies.
The French military renaissance probably dates from 1758, when the new war minister, Marshal Belle-Isle, raised and regulated military pay, and insisted that generals must wear proper uniforms and abandon their luxurious quarters in order to encamp with the troops. Already at Bergen in 1759 the French were fighting with imagination and tenacity, and as the war progressed the Franch armies displayed an almost perceptible daily improvement (Mauvillon, J., 1794, II, 280).
不过欧洲战场上面应该还是有一些法国胜利或者平局但是有利于法军的,
1756年:
梅诺卡岛之战,Battle of Minorca,击退英军
1757年:
Battle of Hastenbeck,虽然说战局上是双方撤退,而且法军损失大于英军及其盟军,但是法军随即反过来追击,并攻入汉诺威选侯领地,是法军胜利
Rochefort保卫战
1758年:
Battle of Saint Cast也是防御战胜利
Battle of Lutterberg法军胜利,Duffy说法军新组建的骠骑兵发挥不错
1759年:
Battle of Bergen法军以少胜多,Duffy认为此役法军改革后的炮兵体现了威力
1760年:
Battle of Corbach法军以少胜多,炮兵和骑兵表现出色,步兵也大有进步
Battle of Kloster Kampen法军损失较大但是还是获胜
1762年:
Battle of Nauheim刺刀的胜利 |