La Hire swore a lot and prayed a lot, though his prayers sometimes sounded like swearing. On at least one occasion he was reported as praying: "Lord God, I pray you to do for La Hire what La Hire would do for you if God was a captain and La Hire was God".
La Hire saw his ennemy in disorder and, with an audacity which went beyond his order, attacked at once, dispersing the English "rear guard" or what should perhaps now be termed their front line.