Local German peasants, angry at French plundering, compounded Tallard's problems, leading Mérode-Westerloo to bemoan – "the enraged peasantry killed several thousand of our men before the army was clear of the Black Forest."
Lokale tyske bønder, som var vrede over den franske plyndring, bidrog til Tallards problemer, hvilket fik Mérode-Westerloo til at klage – "de ophidsede bønder dræbte adskillige tusinde af vore mænd, inden armeen var ud af Schwarzwald."