The archives, it has been claimed, gave Richard the names and details of all of Philip's spies and agents in the duchy of Aquitane,[3] as well as Angevin deserters to the French.[21] And at least one contemporary chronicler, it has been said, "dwelt lovingly" on the French king's humiliation,[22] whilst, possibly in retaliation, Philip sacked the town of Évreux, which was a possession of Philip's erstwhile ally, John,[8] as well as local churches.[23] French chroniclers however, and perhaps less surprisingly, tended to gloss over Philip's rout at Fréteval; one covered it in a single sentence.[24] This was not unusual; small skirmishes like Fréteval were often recorded by chroniclers whose side won and ignored by those who lost.[21]