217. These figures can be compared to the statistics of European wars, so as to better understand the specificity of the American conflict. Thus, during the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734, in the French army 1,059 soldiers and 36 officers were killed, “without counting the wounded or those who died of their wounds” (SHD, A1 2723, introduction). The European wars and the American war were led on two very different scales. The American conflict, like all overseas operations, was conducted with fewer troops. However, in addition to this, it is also interesting to question Flohr’s account of the war. Indeed, he was but a young soldier. Therefore he had not directly experienced the battles of the Seven Years’ War. However, he could not have entirely ignored the nature of European conflicts. Why did he not mention this difference? Is it because he did not notice it? Most likely the answer can be found in the fact that he wrote his manuscript to fit into a more or less standardized genre. Indeed, the account he gave of the Yorktown episode matches the narrative canons of the unfolding of a siege, listing day after day the events and troop losses. It is not a comparison between this combat and what he knows of European wars, but a description of “his” siege. Thus, the originality of this passage is not so much to be found in the form of the account — very consistent with the rules of the genre that he is drawing inspiration from — but in the references describing the daily lives of soldiers, as well as the hiatus that exists between the leadership sphere and the sphere of action. Flohr shows that the reality of combats is very different from what was reported in the chronicles, which by translating them into narrative form, sought to give meaning to the chaos of individual actions.