The French commander and his second were both taken prisoners.
This left the French commander with approximately 50,000 troops to fight the coming battle.
When he came out alone of the tower, the French commander, stunned, asked where the troops were.
He was the senior French commander at the battle.
The French commanders also were in an indecisive state of shock.
Washington delivered the letter to the local French commander, who politely refused to leave.
The French commander was too experienced an aviator to be so easily caught.
The French commander immediately hurried to sea, forming a line of battle as they went.
When the battle ended, the French commander, his second in command, and 2/3 of his company were lost.
Like many other key French commanders, he received a promotion toward the end of the battle, in his case to Major.
