But his weakened army was not spent.
Instead, John recalled Chasteler and Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Jellacic from the Tyrol in the hope of adding their forces to his weakened army.
With the British losing men and defenses during both engagements, Burgoyne retreated with a weakened army to Saratoga , where he surrendered to General Gates.
He withdrew his weakened army towards Würzburg, and the Electorate of the Palatinate remained unprotected by the Catholic forces.
Mauritania, under the regime of Ould Daddah, had a weakened army of 3,000 men, which was unable to fend off the attacks.
With an internal conflict, a destroyed economy, and a weakened army, Skanderbeg realized that he needed to make an alliance with a powerful state so that the League would continue its existence.
Moreover, although his siege-train had begun to arrive, the continued absence of Gazan's infantry division left him with a weakened army.
When war came Germany found the bulk of its army bogged down in trench warfare on the western front while a weakened German army had to be thrown against the Russian juggernaut.
He defeated the weakened army of Mus'ab by bribing many of his soldiers to switch sides and kill their leader.
There was no room in his thoughts for an eventual day when his weakened armies might also have to confront fresh troops from the New World.