A well-disciplined soldier of the line infantry, Thurel was only admonished once during his entire career, during the 1747 Siege of Bergen as the French troops occupied the citadel.
A well-disciplined soldier of the line infantry, Thurel was only admonished once during his entire career. This occurred after the Siege of Bergen, which took place in 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession, as the French troops occupied the citadel.