Theresia Mwami, a spokeswoman for the agency,
said it had carried out maintenance on the ferry in recent months, overhauling two engines.
Altogether, the French had about 47 thousand soldiers in positions at Fontenoy(the rest covered the ferries across the Scheldt and the siege of Tournai), the Anglo-Dutch army numbered about 55 thousand(while the Allies also had a pair of Austrian squadrons-
everything Maria Theresia could help, busy fight with Frederick).