Assessment
Fortescue describes this action as "the greatest day in the annals of the British horse".
The French historian Coutanceau offers this tribute: "The decisive day of the campaign: it shows an army, immobilized in front of a fortress, being out-manoeuvred and turned by an active and enterprising enemy, propelled by the invincible spirit of the offensive.'
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