MM Bassompierre and Schomberg were marshals of France, and claimed their right of commanding the army under the orders of the king; but the cardinal, who feared that Bassompierre, a Huguenot at heart, might press but feebly the English and Rochellais, his brothers in religion, supported the Duc d’Angouleme, whom the king, at his instigation, had named lieutenant general.
Így aztán, ha nem akarták, hogy Bassompierre és Schomberg egyszerűen letegye a marsallbotot, nem volt mást tenniük: mindkettőjüket külön-külön parancsnoki hatáskörrel bízták meg.