Twice the brave enemy rallied, but the officers fell on all sides, the ranks were everywhere broken; at last they retired, without disorder, without enfeeblement, preserving, even in defeat, the honor of a vigorous resistance.

The battle was gained at the moment when the most clear-sighted had considered it lost.

Marshal Saxe had still strength left to make his way to the king.

"I have lived long enough, sir," he said, "now that I have seen your Majesty victorious.
You now know on what the fortune of battles depends." The victory of Fontenoy, like that of Denain, restored the courage and changed the situation of France.

When the King of Prussia heard of his ally's success, he exclaimed with a grin, "This is about as useful to us as a battle gained on the banks of the Scamander." His selfish absorption in his personal and direct interests obscured the judgment of Frederick the Great.