sentences:  Victory at Jankau seemed an opportunity to knock Bavaria out of the war, and French chief minister Cardinal Mazarin ordered Turenne to bring the Bavarians to battle.Mercy evaded him, until he had more troops and after a month of counter-marching, the French were exhausted and short of supplies; in mid-April, Turenne halted, and distributed his army between Rothenburg and Bad Mergentheim.Here he awaited reinforcements from Hesse-Kassel, a French ally; most of the veteran French infantry had been lost at Freiburg, and Turenne did not yet trust his new recruits.