p. 92 Noailles Philip de Montaut Duke de Noailles Marshal of France p. 149 Newburgh Duke of his Character p. 193 Cabals against France p. ibid. Presses the Emperour to conclude a Peace with the Turks p. 194 Endeavours to make one of his Sons Coadjutor of Cologne p. 199 Neutrality proposed for the French Comte p. 113 For Catalonia p. 289 Refused by the Allies but accepted for Italy p. 283 Nice taken p. 230 Nimhegen taken p. 94 Chosen for the Place of Treaty of Peace p. 157 Noailles Ann Julius Duke of Peer and Marshal of France Commands in Catalonia takes Campredon p. 214 Roses p. 245 Palamos p. 259 Gironne p. 269 Gains the Battle of Ter. p. 258 Noailles James Lieutenant General of the French Gallies signalizes himself at the Siege of Barcelona p. 302 Orange William III. Prince of Entrenches himself near the Issel p. 88 Besieges Voerden p. 97 Charleroy twice p. 101 149 Oudernard p. 120 Mastrick p. 135 His overthrow near Voerden p. 97 Near Senef p. 117 And near Cassel p. 146 Orange Prince of his Exploits takes Naerden p. 108 Bonn. p. ibid. Grave p. 120 O. Orange Prince of makes a Descent in England and is received with great Acclamation p. 211 Is Crown'd and acknowledged lawful King by the Emperour King of Spain and the rest of the Roman Catholick Confederate Princes and in general by all the Protestant Princes p. 212 Orleance Philip of France Duke of takes Orsoy p. 87 Besieges St. Omer p. 147 Takes it p. ibid. Defeats the Prince of Orange near Cassel p. 146 Oudernard the Siege of Oudernard raised p. 120 Oudewater a small Place in Holland p. 92 P. Peace see Treaty Palamos taken p. 259 Palatinate Conquer'd by the Dauphin p. 204 Palatine see Newburgh Palermo see Sea-fight Pamiers Bishop of makes his Complaint to Pope Innocent XI concerning the Regale p. 182 Philip IV. King of Spain conducts in Person the Infanta his Daughter to St. John de Luz p. 18 Resigns the Precedency to our King p. 37 Philipsburgh taken by the Enemy p. 139 Retaken by the Dauphin p. 203 Piedmont Conquest in Piedmont p. 230 231 Pignerol bombarded by the Allies p. 250 Pimentel Don Antonio d' employed to conclude the Marriage betwixt the Infanta of Spain and the King p. 18 Pisa see Treaty Plate the King's Plate employed to the use of the War p. 78 Plenipotentiaries assembled at Nimhegen p. 157 Frankfurt p. 175 176 At Reswick p. 291 Ponty the Sieur d' takes Carthagena in America p. 307 Poland the Diet for the chusing a King of Poland p. 295 Polignac Melchior d' French Ambassadour in Poland p. 299 Precedency disputed to France by Spain p. 33 Propositions the five Propositions of Janson condemned by Innocent X. and Alexander VII p. 72 73 R. Ratisbonne see Diet. Ravensberg ravaged p. 101 Regale in what it consists the King's Declaration about it p. 180 181 Renunciation Nullity of the Queens Renunciation to the Succession of Spain p. 62 p. 63 Re-Unions of the Dependencies in Alsace and the three Bishopricks by the Chambers of Brisac and Metz. p. 174 Revolution in England p. 210 Rhineberg surrendred p. 87 Rhine an account of the passing the Rhine p. 88 Richelieu Cardinal of p. 3 Reswick Situate betwixt Delft and the Hague the Place of Conference for the General Peace p. 288 Rome Affairs of Rome p. 180 seq Roses taken p. 245 Ruiter Admiral of Holland miscarries at Martinico p. 122 Defeated by Duquesne p. 137 Mortally wounded p. ibid. S. Salines taken p. 116 Saluzze opens its Gates p. 224 St. Andrew Fort of p. 92 St. Ann Fortress of p. 116 St. Brigit Fort of p. 250 St. Cyr a Community of three hundred young Ladies p. 169 St. Guillaine taken p. 152 St. Jean de Luz p. 18 St. Malo see Bombardment St. Omer besieged by the Duke of Orleance p. 147 Surrendred p. ibid. Saverne besieged in vain by the Enemy p. 132 Savoy Victor Amadeus II. Duke of joins with the Allies p. 209 His Defeat see Battles Enters Dauphine p. 242 Enters Casal p. 265 Makes Peace with France p. 283 Besieges Valenza in the Milaneze p. ibid. Savoy Maria Adelaida Princess of Dutchess of Burgundy is conducted into Erance in order to her Marriage p. 284 Savoy Dukedom of Conquer'd by the King p. 224 Saxony Frederick Augustus Elector of Saxony proclaimed King of Poland by the Bishop of Cujavia p. 300 Saxony Duke of Saxe Eusenach Commander in Chief of some German Troops saves himself in one of the Islands of the Rhine p. 150 Desires a Pass-port for a safe Retreat ibid. Schomberg Marshal Duke of his Exploits p. 122 Relieves Mastrick p. 135 Is kill'd at the Battle of the Boyne p. 225 Sea-Fights p. 3 60 p. 95 110 p. 222 137 p. 220 Seq p. 232 seq Shel-stadt p. 107 Shenkenshantz Fort of p. 92 Sobieski John III. his Elevation to the Crown of Poland Relieves Vienna p. 295 Sobieski Prince James one of the Candidates for the Crown of Poland p. 296 Spain its Grandeur under Philip II. p. 31 Resigns the Precedency to France p. 137 Refuses to give Satisfaction about the just Pretensions of the Queen p. 65 Enters into all the Confederacy's made against France p. 107 Spires p. 204 Strasburgh submits to the King p. 107 Sweden's Mediation of the Peace p. 112 Has all the Places restored p. 159 Swiss refuse to enter into the Confederacy p. 208 T. Tellier Michael Chancellour of France p. 50 Tellier Michael Francis Marquiss of Louvois Minister and Secretary of State his Character p. 51 Thoulouse Lewis Alexander Count de Thoulouse wounded near the King at the Siege of Namur p. 236 Tournay surrended p. 65 Tourville Ann Hilarion de Constantine Count of Vice-Admiral and Marshal of France engages and beats the Confederate Fleets of England and Holland is worsted by them see Sea-Fights Takes and Burns eighty Merchant-Men of the Enemies p. 245 246 Treaties the Pyrenean Treaty p. 18 Of Pisa p. 45 Of Breda p. 60 At Cleves p. 59 At Aixe la Chapelle p. 68 Of Nimhegen p. 162 Of Peace with Savoy p. 283 Of Reswick p. 308 Treves seised upon by the King p. 107 Taken by the Allies p. 133 Taken by the French p. 204 Tripoli see Bombardment Tromp Admiral of Holland p. 122 Truce of twenty years p. 177 Turks routed by the French near St. Godard p. 57 Turenne Henry de la Tour de Auvergne Viscount de gains the Battle of St. Anthony See Battles Commands under the King in the year 1667 His Victories in Germany See Campaigns Is killed by a Cannon Shot Is magnificently buried at the King's Charge p. 131 V. Valence Siege of p. 283 Valenciennes taken by Assault p. 142 Vaudemont Prince of his Retreat p. 270 Vendosme Lewis Joseph Duke de signalizes himself at Steenkirk p. 239 Commands in Catalonia his Exploits p. 280 Defeats the Viceroy of Catalonia p. 303 Besieges and takes Barcelona p. 305 Varjus Count de Crecy see Plenipotentiaries Versailles
France takes Courtray Dixmuyden Furnes and Armentiers p. 65 Ausburgh League made against France here p. 193 Austria Ann of Queen of France the King's Mother and Queen Regent after the Death of Lewis XIII p. 2 Chuses the Cardinal Mazarine her Chief Minister p. 3 She is very desirous to marry the King with the Infanta of Spain p. 15 She presses the Spaniards to give Satisfaction to the King about the Just Pretensions of the Queen p. 64 Her Death p. ib. Austria Maria Theresia of Queen of France Spouse to LEWIS the Great p. 20 Makes her publick Entry in Paris p. 21 Her Just Pretensions upon some of the Provinces of the Low Countries p. 61 Nullity of her Resignation to the Succession of Spain p. 62 63 Her Death p. 170 B. Baden Prince Lewis of Baden Commands upon the Rhine Entrenches himself at the approach of the Dauphin p. 246 Had obtained two great Victories against the Turks p. ibid. Was one of the Candidates for the Crown of Poland p. 296 Barcelona besieged and defended with the utmost Bravery p. 305 Battles of Roeroy Rotheleiler Friburgh Nortlingen and Lintz p. 3 Of St. Anthony p. 5 Of St. Godard p. 57 Of Senef p. 117 Of Sintzheim p. 123 Of Entsheim p. 125 Of Turkheim p. 128 Of Cassel p. 146 Near Epoville p. 151 Of Flerus p. 219 Of St. Denis p. 163 Near the Boyne p. 224 Of Steenkirk p. 239 Of Neerwinden p. 248 Of Marsaglia p. 250 Near the River Ter. p. 258 Batteville Ambassadour of Spain his Enterprize against the Count Estrades the French Ambassadour p. 33 Bavaria Maria Victoria of Bavaria married to Lewis Dauphin of France p. 171 She has three Sons Her Death p. 285 Bavaria Charlott Elizabeth of Bavaria Dutchess of Orleance her Pretensions to the Succession of the Elector Palatine her Brother p. 194 Bavaria Maximilian II. Elector and Duke of Bavaria declares in favour of the Allies p. 207 He Assists with his Troops at the Siege of Mayence p. 216 Is present at the Great Council held at the Hague p. 226 Is made Governour of the Spanish Netherlands during Life p. 235 Commands the Spanish Troops at the Battle of Steenkirk p. 239 And at Neerwinden And all the following Campaigns p. 248 p. ibid. Bavaria Prince Clement of Brother to the Elector is elected Archbishop of Cologne when he was seventeen years old p. 201 Beauvilliers Paul Duke of Beauvilliers Governour of the Children of France p. 285 Beaumont taken by the Allies p. 228 Bellefonds Bernhard de Gigaut Marshal of France p. 66 Berry Charles of France Duke of Berry p. 285 Besanson Besieged and taken by the King p. 116 Brisseleau Francis defends Limerick in Ireland p. 225 Bombardment of Tripoli and Algiers p. 171 172 Of Genoa p. 172 Of Pignerol p. 250 Of St. Malo p. 252 p. 267 Of Diepe p. 261 Of Havre de Grace p. 262 Of Calais p. 262 268 Of Dunkirk p. 261 260 Of Brussels p. 273 Bonn taken by the Allies p. 218 Bossuet Jacobus Benignus Bishop of Meaux Preceptor of the Dauphine p. 170 Bouchern taken by the Duke of Orleance p. 134 Bouflers Lewis Francis Duke of Bouflers Marshal of France defends Namur p. 271 Commands one of the great Armies in Flanders p. 279 Bourbon Lewis Duke of Bourbon Son to Julius Prince of Conde signalizes himself at the Battle of Steenkirk p. 239 And of Neerwinden p. 248 Bournaville Prince of General of the Imperialists put to flight by the Viscount of Turenne p. 124 Brahe Count of Swedish Ambassadour in England what hapned at his publick Entry p. 33 Brandenburgh Frederick William Elector of go's into the Campaign to assist the Hollanders p. 99 Repasses the Weser upon the approach of the French Army p. 100 Makes Peace p. 101 Takes up Arms a second time p. 102 126 His success against the Swedes p. 159 Is obliged to restore what he had Conquer'd from the Swedes p. 160 161 Brandenburgh Frederick II. takes Keyserswert p. 215 Born p. 218 Reinforces the Army of the Allies after the Battle of Fleurus p. 220 Brisac A Chamber establish'd at Brisac p. 274 Bulls refused by Pope Innocent XI to those Bishops that had assisted at the Assembly of Clergy in the Year 1682. p. 187 Burgundy Lewis Duke of Burgundy Eldest Son of Lewis Dauphin of France p. 285 Burgundy The King obliges the King of Spain not to make use for the future of that Title p. 177 Burick Surrendred p. 87 C. Cadees Establishment of the Academies of Cadees p. 168 Calais The King falls dangerously ill in this Place p. 13 Bombarded See Bombardment of the French Callieres Francis Lord of Negotiates at the Hague p. 291 Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Reswick p. ibid. Calvinism its first Origin Progress and Suppression in France p. 75 187 Calvo Francis Count of defends Mastricht p. 135 Cambray The City and Cittadel taken by the King p. 135 Campaigns of 1667. p. 65 Seq of 1672. p. 85 Of 1673. p. 101 Seq Of 1674. p. 113 Of 1675. p. 128 Of 1676. p. 134. Seq Camp of 1677. p. 139 Of 1678. p. 153 Of 1688. p. 203 Of 1689. p. 213 Of 1690. p. 218 Of 1691. p. 225 Of 1692. p. 231 Of 1693. p. 244 Of 1694. p. 253 Of 1695. p. 262 Of 1696. p. 276 Of 1697. p. 292 Campredon taken by the Marshal of Noailles p. 214 Caprara Count of General of the Imperialists p. 123 242 Carmagnole Surrendred p. 230 Carthagena taken and plundered by the French p. 307 Casal possess'd by the French p. 174 Is besieged by the Allies and dâ—molish'd p. 265 266 Castle Follet p. 264 Castile that Kingdom from before the Year 1017 only an Earldom p. 32 Catinat Nicolas de Marshal of France His Exploits in Savoy and Piedmont p. 223 230 250 Takes Aeth in Flanders p. 293 Cardaigne the Country of Conquer'd by the Duke of Noailles p. 229 Chenailly Marquiss of defends Grave with great Bravery p. 120 121 Charles II. King of Spain His Sickness p. 286 Charles II. King of England sells Dunkirk to the French King p. 47 48 Engages in a War against the Dutch p. 58 Enters with them into an Alliance p. 67 Declares War against them a second time p. 95 Makes Peace with them p. 110 Makes a new Alliance with Holland against France p. 153 Is acknowledged Mediator at the Peace of Nimhegen p. 157 Charles IV. Duke of Lorrain his Character Conduct in respect to the Spaniards p. 79 80 Defeats the Marshal of Crequy and takes him Prisoner in Treves p. 133 134 Charles V. Duke of Lorrain forced to repass the Rhine p. 151 Refuses the Alteration offered him by the King at the Treaty of Nimhegen p. 166 Charles Leopold his eldest Son is put in Possession of that Dutchy p. 309 Charleroy p. 265 100 149 Chartres Philip Duke of only Son of Philip of France Duke of Orleance is wounded at Steenkirk p. 239 Signalizes himself at Neerwinden p. 248 Chigi Cardinal Legat sent into France to
Bishops of that Assembly p. 187 Is made Arbitrator by the King of the Succession in the Palatinate p. 195 Abolishes the Franchises of Quarters p. 190 Gives his Dispensation to Prince Clement of Bavaria p. 201 Interview of the French and Spanish Court p. 18 Invalides the Royal Hospital built near Paris p. 169 Ipres taken by the King p. 156 Ireland the King sends Succours into that Kingdom p. 214 L'Isle besieged by and surrendred to the King p. 66 K. Kayserswert taken by the Elector of Brandenburgh p. 215 Knock Fort the Allies lose above two thousand Men before it p. 269 L. Ladeburgh the Imperialists defeated by Tuâ—rene near this Place p. 124 Lagos about eighty Vessels were taken and burnt betwixt this place and Cadiz p. 245 246 Lavardin Marquiss of French Ambassadour at Rome p. 197 The Pope refuses him Audience p. 198 League against France betwixt the Emperour Spain and Denmark Holland and all the Princes of Germany except the Dukes of Bavaria and Hannover p. 107 111 League betwixt England and Holland against France p. 153 League of Ausburgh p. 193 League betwixt the Empire Spain England Holland and Savoy against France p. 207 p. 209 Leopold Ignatius Emperour of Germany desires Succours from the King p. 57 Enters in a League against France p. 107 Makes Peace with France p. 165 Makes a Truce with the King p. 177 Enters in another Alliance against him p. 193 Declares for the Election of Prince Clement of Bavaria p. 200 Makes Peace with France p. 308 Leuze Engagement near Leuze 229 Lewis XIII seises Lorrain p. 80 His War with the Hugonots p. 188 Lewis XIV sirnamed the Great his Birth p. 1 Troubles under his Minority p. 2 Is present at the Battle of St. Anthony p. 5 Falls dangerously ill at Calais p. 13 Marries the Infanta of Portugal p. 17 Enters Paris in Triumph p. 20 Lewis the Great his Divertisements p. 25 Obliges Spain to allow him the Precedency p. 37 Receives Satisfaction for the Affront put upon his Ambassadour at the Court of Rome p. 45 Causes a new Codex or Lambock to be compiled p. 52 Restores the decayed Commerce p. 56 Sends Succours to the Emperour p. 57 And to the Dutch p. 58 Lewis the Great besieges and takes Listle p. 66 Conquers the French Comte in eight days p. 68 Suppresles Jansinism p. 69 Builds Versailles p. 77 And takes Possession of Lorrain p. 81 LEWIS the Great declares War against Holland p. 85 His first Conquests p. 87 seq New Conquests p. 92 Draws the King of England from his Alliance with the Dutch p. 95 Besieges and takes Mastrick p. 103 seq Besieges and takes Besanson p. 114 Makes himself Master of the whole French Comte in one Months time p. 117 LEWIS the Great takes Conde p. 134 Sends Succours to Messina p. 136 Takes Valenciennes p. 142 The Town and Cittadel of Cambray p. 148 Ghent p. 156 Ipres p. ibid. Restores Peace to Europe p. 162 Erects the Academies for the Cadees p. 168 Builds the Hospital of the Invalides p. 169 Founds the Community of St. Cyr. p. ib. LEWIS the Great Chastises the Corsairs of Barbary p. 171 172 Genoeses p. ibid. Summons all his Vassals in Alsace to do him Homage p. 174 Goes to Strasburgh to receive in Person the Oath of Fidelity p. 175 Makes a Truce with the Emperour for twenty years p. 177 LEWIS the Great obliges the King of Spain to resign the Title of Duke of Burgundy p. 177 Causes Luxenburgh to be block'd up p. 178 Covers the Siege of Luxenburgh p. 179 Makes a Truce with Spain for twenty Years p. 180 Differences betwixt him and the Court of Rome p. ibid. He suppresses Calvinism in France p. 187 The whole Kingdom makes Vows for his Recovery p. 192 The Motives that obliged him to have recourse to Arms. p. 202 Takes Philipsburgh and the whole Palatinate p. 203 204 LEWIS the Great receives the King and Queen of England with an unparallell'd Generosity p. 213 Sends Succours into Ireland p. ib. Besieges and takes Mons. p. 228 The City and Cittadel of Namur p. 233 Being troubled with the Gout is carried in a Chair to all Places where his Presence was most necessary p. 236 The Prince of Conty Elected King of Poland by his Encouragement and Protection p. 299 Restores Peace to Europe p. 307 Limburgh taken by Henry Julius Prince of Conde p. 128 Limerick in Ireland bravely defended by the French p. 225 The English obliged to raise the Siege ibid. Limits see Differences Lines what they are p. 249 New Lines drawn from the Shelde to the Lis and from Courtray to the Sea-side p. 268 Longueville Duke of kill'd p. 98 Longe Alphonse de Durasford Duke de Lorges Marshal of France makes good his Retreat against the Imperialists after the Death of Turenne p. 132 Takes Heidelbergh p. 246 Louvois see Tellier Luxenburgh block'd up p. 178 Besieged p. 179 Taken p. ib. Luxenburgh Francis Henry de Montmorancy Duke de Pency Luxenburgh Peer and Marshal of France takes Groll Deventer and all the Places in the Province of Over-Yssle p. 93 Obliges the Prince of Orange to raise the Siege of Voerden p. 97 Repulses the Dutch at St. Denis p. 163 Beats the Allies at Flerus p. 219 Leuze p. 229 Steenkirk p. 239 At Neerwinden p. 248 His Death p. 270 M. Machin or Engine made use of by the English against St. Malo p. 252 Maine Lewis Augustus Duke de Maine Commands the French Cavalry at the Battle of Steenkirk p. 239 Signalizes himself at Neerwinden p. 248 St. Malo see Bombardment Manheim a strong Place in the Palatinate p. 204 Marcin Count de Marcin General of the Spanish Forces marches to the Relief of L' Isle p. 66 Is Routed p. ibid. Mardick a Fort. p. 13 Maria Theresia Queen of France see Austria Maria Adelhida Dutches of Burgundy see Savoy Marsal granted to the King p. 80 Mastrick besieged by the King p. 103 Taken p. 106 Besieged by the Prince of Orange p. 135 Mayence besieged p. 215 Taken p. 217 Mazarine Julius Cardinal Premier Minister under the Regency of the Queen Mother p. 2 His Conference with Don Lewis de Haro p. 18 His Death p. 22 Mehaigne a small River near Namur p. 235 Messina shakes off the Spanish Yoke p. 136 Metz Chamber of Re-union established at Metz. p. 174 Mirc-Court the ordinary Place of Residence of Charles IV. Duke of Lorrain p. 81 Missionaries preach among the Calvinists p. 189 Mons besieged and taken by the King p. 228 Montausier Charles Duke of Peer of France Governour to Lewis Dauphine p. 170 Montmelian taken p. 231 Montecuculi Count of his Character p. 129 Munster Bernhard-van Galen Bishop of invades Holland p. 58 Joyns his Troops with the French in the Dutch War p. 93 Declares against France p. 111 N. Namur besieged by the King and taken p. 233. Besieged by the Allies p. 271 Nancy fortified by the King p. 107 Naerden a small Place in Holland
p. 77 Vessels fifteen of the King's Vessels burnt p. 232 Villa Franca taken p. 230 Villeroy Commands the Grand Army in Flanders see Campaign of 1695. Bombards Brussels see Bombardment Vironne Lewis Victor de Rochechovard Duke of Peer and Marshal of France beats the Confederate Fleet. p. 136 Relieves Messina ibid. Vxelles Marquiss de defends Mayence with great Bravery p. 215 216 217 W. Walecourt the French repulsed near that place p. 214 Waldeck Count of General of the Confederate Army p. 219 Routed near Flerus see Battles War Civil War and its Origin p. 3 p. 4 5 Wesel surrendred p. 87 William III. 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LEWIS the XIIIth had for a considerable time after his Marriage no Issue by Ann of Austria his spouse till in the Year 1638 on the 5th day of December at eleven of the Clock 22 Minutes before Noon His Birth she was happily delivered of a Son The Imperialists vanquish'd near Rhinefels aâ—d the Spaniards at Sea With what an universal satisfaction this welcome News was received all over the Kingdom is easier to be imagined than exprest The rejoycings made upon this occasion did in a great measure obliterate the glory of famous Victories obtained about the same time by the French over their Enemies the people of France looking upon them all at that juncture as scarce worth taking notice of and of little consequence in comparison of the advantages they promised themselves from the happy birth of a Dauphin The barrenness of the Queen and the ill state of the King's health had given occasion to several Cabals and Factions and no sooner was one head of this pernicious Hydra cut off but another appeared in its stead the divisions of the Great ones being risen to that pitch as to threaten the ruine of the whole Kingdom if by the auspicious Birth of this Prince these dreadful Clouds had not been dispersed Troubles during his Minority But the Death of Lewis the XIIIth which happened when the young Prince was but four Years and nine Months old occasioned no small apprehensions of future troubles in the State great discontents reigned among the Nobility the Parliaments were exasperated by many provocations and the People exhausted by heavy Impositions all which it was feared would have broke out into an open Rebellion during the young King's Minority Cardinal Julius Mazarin The Queen Regent being absolutely satisfied in the ability of the Cardinal Mazarin had made him Chief Minister of State to the great dissatisfaction of such of the Great ones as proposed to themselves to fish in troubled Waters and to find their account in fomenting Divisions in the Kingdom They alledged that the Cardinal being a Foreigner they did not question but that he would tread the footsteps of Cardinal Richlieu and in this high station revived the same haughty Maxims his Predecessor had made use of during his Ministry But this great Minister of State managed matters with so much dexterity that by bestowing ample favours and larger promises upon those of the discontented Party he brought many of them over to his side so that beyond all expectation his Ministry was very quiet for the first five years and the present condition of the Kingdom appear'd to be more flourishing at that time Victories near Rocroy near Rotewil Friburg Nortlingen and Leantz Nâ—ar Cartagena and Castellamara than it had been for many Years before The French gained 5 Victories by Land and 2 at Sea and besides they made themselves Masters of 10 or 12 places of no small Importance But this prosperity was of no long continuance The excessive Ambition and Covetousness the Envy and Jealousies which reigned among the Nobility the pretended Zeal of some of the French Parliaments encouraged by the Favour and Acclamations of the common People which being inveigled with the hopes of an abatement of the heavy Taxes they
this extremity and seeing themselves in most imminent danger of becoming an absolute Prey to the K's Conquering Arms judg'd it most conducible to their present condition to sue for Peace for which reason the States deputed some to the King to know upon what terms he would be pleas'd to grant it and at the same time sent to Charles II. then King of England to be informed concerning his Pretensions against them For it is to be observed that it was not the French King alone who was offended at the Hollanders they had given great causes of complaint to the King of England by their Insolence both to him and his Subjects by troubling their Commerce and especially by fomenting divisions betwixt that Prince and his People which ever since the Peace concluded at Breda they had look'd upon as the main pont of their own security Our King being not ignorant in the Art of improving so favourable a juncture and how to represent the injuries receiv'd by the Dutch to King Charles II. it made so lively an impression upon that Monarch that he quitted the Triple-Alliance and declar'd open War to the Hollanders Having equipp'd a Gallant Fleet the same was joyn'd by the French in the Channel and the Dutch threatned with a most powerful Invasion by Sea but the Enemies had secured themselves so well at Sea and had provided a Fleet so numerous and well mann'd that when the Fleets of both Crowns engaged them on the 7th of June they could after a most bloody and obstinate Fight boast of no other advantage than to have chased them towards their own Coasts and made them retire to their own Ports The Propositions of Peace made by the two Kings were look'd upon by the Dutch as so extravagant and intolerable that they resolved rather to bury themselves in their own Ruins than to purchase the Peace at such a Rate Being therefore reduced to that Extremity as to be forced to take such Measures as were most suitable to their present desperate Condition they had recourse to their Sluces and Dikes which they opened and pierced through in many places and put the Country under Water to serve them as a Barricado against their Enemies who were upon the Point of snatching from them their so much admir'd Liberty The Remedy appear'd so dangerous in the Eyes of all the World that the most considered it to be of worse consequence than the Evil they feared but nevertheless it proved the real cause of their Safety For our King finding all his Measures broken by this insurmountable Obstacle left Holland leaving the Duke of Luxemburgh to Command in his Absence with Orders to take the opportunity of the approaching Winter to push on his Conquests with all the vigour imaginable under the favour of the Frosts and Ice At his Return into France the People charmed with his Presence after so Glorious a Campaign received him in Triumph and accompanied him through all places where-ever he pass'd with all the joyful Acclamations and Vows due to a Conqueror The Dutch Troops having taken new Courage after the King's Departure Besieged Voerden under the Command of the Prince of Orange with fourteen Thousand Men. All the Country round about it lay under Water there being only one Passage left to approach it which was a Dike on the side of Utrecht To cut off from the Town all Communication and hopes of Succours the Prince had caused two Forts to be erected on each side of the Dike and betwixt both a Battery strengthened with a good Intrenchment But all these Fortifications were not strong enough to frighten the Duke of Luxemburgh who after the Siege had lasted two Months advancing early in the Morning attack'd them in the Front but being repulsed there he was so far from giving over his Design that having caused the Depth of the Waters to be sounded and finding them not above four Foot deep in a certain place which he judged convenient for the Attack he led his Men with a marvellous Resolution through the Waters and taking them in Flank made himself Master of one of their Quarters on that side from whence assaulting the Forts he took them not without a great Slaughter on the Enemies side who being obliged to raise the Siege the Duke provided the place with a sufficient Garrison and marched back again to Utrecht with a considerable Booty and a good number of Prisoners of War The Prince of Orange raises the Siege of Voerden The bravest and most couragious Action that ever was undertaken especsally if it be considered that the Duke had not above three Thousand Men with him by reason that he was not joyn'd by some Troops which he expected to have met him in his March according to Orders and because that the French Troops were not very numerous at that time thereabouts the Viscount of Turenne having lately been reinforced from thence with a good Body of the best Regiments to observe the Motions of the Elector of Brandenburgh The more all the Neighbouring Princes were surprized at the stupendious progress of the King's Arms War with the Elector of Brandenburgh the more they judged it for their Interests to put a stop to his Conquests It is not to be imagined that it was so much out of Compassion or the Consideration of the deplorable Condition to which this so flourishing and potent Commonwealth had been reduced within the space of two Months that made them take these Measures to prevent its ruine by their assistance but their own Fears and Jealousies which represented to them Europe in Chains and as a Vassal of France if the King should Conquer the United Provinces what Wonder then if all were ready to lend a helping hand to preserve that from whence depended in a great measure their own Safeties whilst some therefore endeavoured to obtain their aim by secret Intrigues others presented themselves with their Swords in Hand The Elector of Brandenburgh was the first who shew'd himself most concern'd for the Preservation of the Dutch whether it was that their Money had had more influence over him than the rest and made him more Zealous for their Interest or whether it were that he was dissatisfied at our King for not restoring to him some Places which belonged to him and were taken by our Troops from the Dutch I will not pretend to determine It is unquestionable that he was a Prince very aspiring and ambitious one of the bravest Men living and of great Experience in Martial Affairs who maintain'd at that time an Army of twenty five Thousand Men who wanted to be employed some where or other Add to this the Sollicitations of his Nephew the Prince of Orange who earnestly intreated him to employ his Forces for the Relief of Holland which might serve as the most effectual means in the World to establish his Reputation among them So sure it is that all the Ties of Consanguinity are weak if not strengthned and link'd
thousand Men which he ordered to march towards the Rhine At their approach the Viscount of Turenne who was General of the King's Army on that side met them as far as in Franconia in hopes to draw them to a Battle but they being careful in avoiding an Engagement the Viscount could not prevent them from passing the Rhine in conjunction with the Prince of Orange and besieging Bonn. This place was without a Ditch its Fortifications being not quite brought to perfection notwithstanding which the French Governor with his Garrison consisting only of fifteen hundred Men defended himself so valiantly against so powerful an Army composed of three several Nations that they did not become Masters of it till after a fourteen Nights Siege As the Conquest of this City as well as that of Naerden Siege of Bonn. a small but well Fortified Place in Holland taken from us in the foregoing Month of September by the Prince of Orange seem'd to be the happy Fore-runners of the good success of this Alliance so the Emperor and Spain flatter'd themselves with the hopes of all those Advantages which the Dutch Ministers had put them in hopes of when they enter'd into the League The Emperor enter'd into the Alliance not only upon that score as having in view thereby to put a stop to the greatness of France which if it should over-run Holland and the Low-Countries would like an impetuous Torrent spread all over Germany but as looking upon this as a favourable juncture to encrease his Authority in the Empire It is very well known that for a considerable time past it has been the main design of the House of Austria to make themselves absolute in Germany by reducing these Princes under their Obedience This seem'd to be the most Critical juncture that could be to put this so long projected design in execution the Kings Conquests in Holland and his taking the City of Treves were the most plausible pretences in the World to bring a good Army into Germany without giving any suspicion to these Princes whom they hop'd to ruin one after another by drawing them into the Quarrel under the glorious pretext of taking up Arms for the defence of the Empire As for what concern'd the Spaniards they were cajol'd into a League by the fair promises of the Dutch who offer'd no less than the Restitution of Maestrick after it should be retaken and engaged themselves not to make either Peace or Truce with us before the French King should have surrender'd to them all what he had taken from them since the Pyrenean Peace A meer Tinsey wherewith to dazzle the Eyes of the Spaniards their intention being to keep no further to their promises than they should find it suitable to their own Interest as it sufficiently appear'd at the Treaty of Nimeguen when they oblig'd the Spaniards to accept of the same Propositions as they were projected by our King The Alliance of so many powerful Princes seem'd to foretel something extraordinary against France but thinking themselves not in a condition to undertake any thing of moment unless strengthen'd by the Power of England they left no stone unturn'd all that Winter to bring that King over to their side But all their great offers and fair promises would have proved fruitless upon this King who stood immoveable in his Resolution of adhering to our Interest if at last some of the Parliament Men who being perhaps overcome with the charms of the Dutch Gold Peace betwixt England and Holland had not pressed so hard upon that King that being no longer able to resist their importunities he made Peace with the Hollanders without declaring against France Our King was no considerable loser by the conclusion of this Peace his chiefest loss consisting in the recalling of a few English Troops for what had been concerted betwixt these two Kings about a Descent to be made upon the Dutch Coast had been found impracticable they having been sufficiently convinced by Experience that nothing of great moment ought to be expected from Sea Engagements as to the decision of the Fate of a War witness those three several Sea fights betwixt the Fleets of the two Kings and that of the Dutch in all which the ballance appear'd so little different that it was no easie matter to determine which of them ought with Justice carry away the Honour of the Victory there having been scarce any other advantage obtained on either side but to make a great noise without doing any considerable hurt Thus the Hollanders imagined that being now Masters at Sea they could not want an opportunity of ravaging our Coasts and to make themselves Masters of some places in France but they have been sufficiently convinc'd by their ill Success that unless an Enemy be assured of a good Port it is a very difficult task to make a Descent and cannot be undertaken without vast Charges which scarce ever quit cost However the Peace betwixt England and Holland appear'd to be the Signal to all the other Princes of Germany who now began to throw off the mask one after another and declar'd against us except the Elector of Bavaria and the Duke of Hanover who continued stedfast in their Neutrality For the Electors of Saxony Mayence of Treves and the Elector Palatin Germany and Denmark enters into a League as well as the Landtgraves of Hesse and Princes of Baden with most of the Circles of Germany did immediately take up Arms in favour of the Alliance The Elector of Cologne and Bishop of Munster left our Party to embrace that of the Allies and tho' the King of Denmark the Dukes of Brunswick and the Elector of Brandenburgh did not immediately declare against France yet did they engage in the Alliance from that time and promised to put themselves in a posture of assisting and promoting the common cause Now it was that the Hollanders had all the reason in the World to rejoyce at their good Success seeing they had by their good Management transferred the Burthen of the War from their own into their Neighbours Countries the King surrounded on all sides by his Enemies which the Dutch had raised against him having been obliged to abandon all his Conquests in the United Provinces except Grave and Mastricht which served to bridle them to make use of these Garrisons against the numerous Armies of the Allies Notwithstanding all these Advantages the States desired nothing so much as Peace considering that having now recovered what they had lost it would be very hard for them to maintain at their own Charge a War where now they had no further Interest but what they had in common with their Allies After a whole Twelve Months Debate about a Peace all Parties concern'd having at last accepted the Mediation of the King of Sweden sent their Plenipotentiaries to Cologne the place appointed for the carrying on of the Treaty The Conferences were frequently interrupted by several Accidents and new Difficulties which
his Attorney-General to bring in an Appeal to the next General Council against all the injustices receiv'd or which for the future might be to be fear'd from the Pope's partiality This kind of Appeal when founded upon just reasons making void and ineffectual all the Church Censures intended against this Act the King could not have pitch'd upon a more Prudent and Commodious expedient to prevent the Popes future resolutions of hurting him or at least to take away the means of puting them in Execution He publish'd at the same time a Manifesto In Sept. 1688. containing the reasons which had oblig'd him to take up Arms once more and as his chief design was rather to be upon the defensive than to act offensively against his Enemies the said Manifesto had much more resemblance to a new project of Peace than to a Declaration of War For the King proposed To put an end to the differences in Hand by an amicable composition in reference to the Succession in dispute concerning the Fiefs in the Palatinate He offer'd to demolish Friburgh and Philipsbourg after he should become Master of the last provided the Emperor and Empire would agree on their side to convert the twenty Years Truce into a Peace and would leave the Cardinal of Furstemburgh in the quiet possession of the Archbishoprick and the Chapter of Cologne in the enjoyment of their Rights and Privileges To back these pretensions by the force of his Arms Philipsburgh taken in 1688 he order'd a good Army to advance towards Philipsburgh which was besieged by the Dauphin on the sixth of October This being the first time that the Prince appear'd at the head of an Army in the Field he gave such eminent proofs both of his Valour and Conduct in this Campaign which lasted not above six Weeks that thereby he gain'd the esteem of the whole French Army There were many difficulties to be surmounted in this Siege the far advanc'd Season continual Rains and situation of the Place which was surrounded with marshy Grounds and the resolution of the Governor who defended himself with great bravery were such obstacles as seem'd to render the success of this Enterprise very doubtful But the Place being destitute of all hopes of relief and not in a condition to resist any longer the fury of our Bombs and vigorous Attacks was forc'd to Capitulate on the twenty ninth of October and the Dauphin celebrated his Birth-day three Days after being the first of November by his Solemn Entry into the Place During the Siege of Philipsburgh the King reiterated his former instances for the conclusion of a Peace in hopes that these lightnings being the fore-runners of those thunder-claps that threatned the adjacent Countries might serve as a warning to the Confederates But finding all his endeavours in vain and fore-seeing he must prepare himself to sustain a long War he order'd the Dauphin to make himself Master of the whole Palatinate The Conquest of the Palatinate in 1688. by the Conquest of the strong Fortresses of Manheim and Frankendal and at the same time sent several flying Armies towards Spires Mayence Treves and Wormes to take possession of these places by which means he did not question but to oblige the Enemies either to accept of a Peace or at least to put them under a necessity of regaining these places with vast charges and great loss of their Men which had only cost him the trouble of being seiz'd upon by his Troops AN ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF LEWIS the GREAT LIB V. THE whole German Empire was extreamly alarm'd at these Conquests made by our King's Forces but they were so far from being cast down at their loss that on the contrary they seem'd to have assum'd new Courage each Circle in particular dreading the neighbourhood of so potent a Prince strove to out-vye the other in making new Levies with great expedition without entring upon the dispute as they us'd to do formerly about the Quota each of them was to furnish for the defence of the Empire All the Electors and Princes of Germany not excepting even the Elector of Bavaria declar'd unanimously against France notwithstanding the Sister of the last was Married to the Dauphin He had signaliz'd himself upon several occasions in Hungary and was now resolv'd to maintain his Brother in the Archbishoprick of Cologne besides that he was flatter'd with the hopes of Succession in Spain These Obligations were so prevailing with this Prince that contrary to the Maxim practis'd in the House of Bavaria for many Years past to balance the power of the House of Austria he became one of the Heads and the most passionate adherents to the Confederacy It is scarce possible to be conceiv'd that so many Sovereigns as compose the German Empire should be sway'd by the same interest The whole Empire declares against France and be all of the same opinion the more since History can scarce furnish us with an instance for many Ages past when they have been thus united in one League especially in espousing the Emperor's Quarrel it being look'd upon as one of the fundamental Maxims to maintain the Liberty of the Empire rather to diminish than to favour the designs and growing power of their Emperors It appear'd to most Politicians a thing the most improbable in the World to see these Princes so forward in running themselves in a War the benefit whereof would only redound to the Emperor whilst they in the mean while disinabled themselves to resist his power when at any time hereafter he should meet with a favourable juncture to fall upon them Notwithstanding the conjunction of the forces of Germany the Emperor and Empire scarce thinking themselves strong enough to resist the King 's Victorious Arms without further supplies they made their applications to all the Princes of Europe even the King of Poland and to the other Northern Princes who by their vast distance feem'd to have but little concerns in the affairs of those parts of Europe The Swiss Cantons were more than once sollicited to enter into the Confederacy or at least to grant a free passage to their Troops But as they did not fear their threats so they rejected all their advantageous offers persisting in their resolution to keep an exact neutrality according to the examples of their Ancestors who thereby drew the Money of the neighbouring Countries into their Country and made themselves to be esteemed and courted by the most powerful Princes of Europe among all the Princes of Italy tho' there were very few but what were glad to see a check put to the King's power yet not one declar'd against us except Victor Amadeus II. the present Duke of Savoy The Glorious Name of being Generalissimo over a great Army which the Confederates had promis'd to send to his assistance the fair prospect of enriching himself by the great subsidies from England and Holland the hopes of having a share in the Conquests
the reputation and strength of the whole Confederacy that the same appear'd terrible in the Eyes of all the World except to our King who was so far from being terrify'd by this unhappy conjuncture that by his indefatigable care and activity he surmounted all these difficulties which afterwards serv'd only as an Augmentation of his Glory He receiv'd the King of England with all the imaginable testimonies of generosity and demonstrations of honour and respect alloting both to the King and the Queen his Spouse a sufficient allowance to keep a most magnificent Court and shewing a great readiness upon all occasions to satisfie them in any thing they could desire and to find out means to afford tâ—em seasonable comfort in their affliction A great part of the Kingdom of Ireland remaining as yet stedfast in the Interest of their King our King without any delay French Forces sent into Ireland sent thither a good number of Troops in the Year 1689 with a sufficient quantity of Arms Ammunition and other necessaries The King of England having put himself at the head of these Troops in conjunction with the Irish Forces that had taken up Arms for him he advanc'd against the Enemy with indifferent success there happening nothing of moment all that Campaign as there was no great action in other parts the Prince of Orange King William III. judging it more for his advantage at that time to establish himself in England by his Presence and our King having taken a resolution to be upon the defensive this Campaign the better to enable himself to send more powerful Supplies into Ireland and to try whether perhaps by some means or other the Confederacy would not dissolve it self against the next Campaign It is easie to be imagin'd that among Princes of so many different Inclinations and Interests the War is generally not carry'd on with the same Vigour as it is undertaken there being frequent Examples that the strictest Alliances have been broken with as much ease as they were made For near the Alps there scarce appear'd any Armies in the Field The Duke of Noailles took Campredon in Catalonia which was demolish'd quickly after The Armies in Flanders did nothing but look upon one another there having been scarce any Action there abouts all that Summer but the Assault made upon Wall-Court This being a place of small defence the Marshal d'Humiers thought to have carri'd it by Storm without making a Breach but the Euemies who were retir'd before the Marshal having posted themselves upon some eminencies behind the Town so as to keep a communication with one of the Gates they sent from time to time as many fresh Forces as were requisite to defend the Place so that the Marshal was repuls'd with the loss of five hundred Men killed and wounded among whom were thirty or forty Officers and many brave Volunteers who paid with their lives for the mistake of the Marshal who had been misguided by his Spies The Allies Forces near the Rhine consisted of threescore and ten thousand Men divided into three several Bodies under the Command of Prince Charles of Lorrain and the Electors of Bavaria Saxony and Brandenburgh To prevent the Enemies taking up Winter-Quarters too near our Frontiers we were oblig'd to ravage all the Country of Wirtemberg and the whole Palatinate and to lay all desolate as far as Strasburgh The Cities of Spires and Worms were laid in ashes and all the other Places thereabouts of which we had taken possession the Year before were demolish'd except Mayence Bonn Philipsburgh and Keyserwaerth the last of which being a small Town of little strength upon the Rhine was by Frederic II. Elector of Brandenburgh Son to the Famous Frederic William who died in May in the Year 1688 taken in four or five Days The City of Mayence was Besieg'd by the Imperialists Siege of Mayence under the Command of Prince Charles of Lorrain the Electors of Bavaria and Saxony who joyn'd their Forces with the others This Place was the Year before when the Elector of the same name receiv'd a French Garrison into the Town so inconsiderable in its Fortifications that tho' a great number of Workmen were employ'd all the Winter long to put them in a state of defence they could scarce bring the Out-works to perfection It s chiefest strength at that time consisted in a good Garrison of nine or ten thousand Men all resolute brave fellows who unanimously resolv'd to hold it out to the last extremity If it was Attack'd with all imaginable Vigour there has not been a Place in the memory of Men defended with more bravery In forty eight days after opening of the Trenches the Besiegers had only made one Lodgment upon the utmost point of the Counterscarp The Besieg'd made frequent Sallies at Noon-day with their Colours flying and Drums beating sometimes three or four times in one Day within two hours of one another They marched out sometimes with a Body of two or three thousand Men in order of Battel engag'd the Enemy cut in pieces those that guarded the Trenches nail'd up their Cannons fill'd up their Works and once drove the Enemies back at such a distance from the Place that their main Horse-guard took Post at the very Head of their Trenches The Confederates having often felt the effects of the desperate resolution of the Besieg'd resolv'd to Attack and carry the Counterscarp let it cost what it would Pursuant to this resolution all their Batteries play'd most furiously by break of Day and thus continu'd till by the throwing of certain Bombs the Signal was given for the Assault In a few moments you might have seen the Ground cover'd with dead Carcasses the Cannon of the Besieg'd their Hand-Grenadoes and Bombs their Fire-Arms but especially their Swords made such havock among the Enemy as is rather to be conceiv'd than to be express'd The Assault lasted five Hours when the Besieg'dbeing at last over-power'd by the great number of their Enemies who without intermission seconded their Men with fresh Troops were forc'd to give way and to leave them Masters of the Counterscarp but with the loss of four thousand Men on the Confederate side The Besieg'd having besides this lost during the Assault all their Ammunition by a Bomb which blew up their Magazin they offer'd to try the next Day to regain the Counterscarp with their Swords in Hand but the Marquis d'Uxelles their Governor being unwilling to Sacrifice so many brave Fellows in the attempt beat a Parley and the Allies being not backward in granting him very Honourable Conditions the Garrison march'd out of the Place with their Colours flying and six pieces of Cannon Whilst they were busied in the Siege of Mayence the Elector of Brandenburgh Siege of Bonn. who commanded a separate Body Invested Bonn. The Place was batter'd for two Months together with an Artillery of an hundred pieces of Cannon and most of their Houses and some of their Out-Works were laid
Expences bestowed in the carrying on of this Siege lost twenty Thousand Men the Flower of their whole Army The Confederates being flush'd with this Success Campaign 1666. boasted every where of this Conquest but the wiser sort among them were not much overjoyed at this Advantage as looking upon it as a means to retard the conclusion of a Peace For the People being exhausted with Taxes wished very earnestly for a Peace as the only means to free them from those heavy Impositions Their Commerce was considerably diminished our Privateers who continually infested their Coasts taking some of them every Day it having been Computed that the English alone have since the beginning of this War lost four Thousand two Hundred Merchant Men valued by themselves at thirty Millions of Sterling But there appeared in England many other Causes of Intestine Divisions and Confusion For the Money began to be very scarce and was so much Clipp'd of late Years that its intrinsick value did not amount to two thirds sometimes not to one half of what it ought to be As nothing is more pernicious and destructive to Commerce than the adulteration of Money so these Disorders made many grumble against the Government it being a customary thing for the Common People to impute any publick Disaster to the mis-management of those at the Helm which was also improved by a Party who insinuated into the People that great store of the English Coin was Transported into Holland The Agents of the King of England believing the present juncture very favourable to their Design set all their Engines at work for his Restauration They brought over many to their side some out of Novelty others being moved by a seasonable Repentance others out of Affection to their King joined in the Design of restoring him to the Throne They could scarce have wish'd for a more favourable Opportunity the Prince of Orange King William III. having left the Kingdom destitute of Troops and without a Fleet to guard the Coasts All his Troops were transported to Flanders the grand Fleet was at Cadiz and a good Squadron of his best Ships lately gone out of the Downs to join those in the Streights The King of England encourag'd by these hopes of Success came to Calais with a Body of Sixteen Thousand Men of old Troops under the Command of several experienc'd Generals who were ready to Embark at an hours warning But the Winds proving contrary for some time the whole Design was discover'd and we lost at once both the time and hopes of putting it in Execution For no sooner had the Dutch received Intelligence of this intended descent but they put to Sea with a Squadron of twelve stout Ships which cruised before Calais The Prince of Orange K. William III. without shewing the least Concern at the greatness of the Danger soon found means to disperse these Clouds He secured many suspected Persons recalled his Fleets and some of his Troops out of Flanders and secur'd the Sea-Coasts on that side which was most exposed to danger with a good Body of the Militia A Plot when once discover'd seldom takes effectâ— and in lieu of proving destructive to those against whom it was intended prroves generally the chief means of their Establishment Both the Houses of Parliament gave upon this occasion new Demonstrations of their Zeal and firm Adherence to the Interest of the Prince of Orange King William III. by entring into an Association not only to maintain his Interest against all Pretenders but also to revenge his Death if he should happen to be snatch'd away by some sinister Attempt against his Life Having received these fresh Assurances of their Zeal for his Person and Interest he took such sure measures to prevent all future Danger of this kind that without any further delay he passed over into Flanders At his Arrival in Flanders he found the King's Armies in the Field before him and in the Spanish Territories The King having taken a Resolution to be upon the defensive and sent his Orders to the Marshal de Villeroy who was to Command the French Army in the Lower Flanders to possess himself at the beginning of the Campaign of some advantageous Post from whence he might both observe the Enemies Motions and prevent their Designs and subsist in their Territories till the end of the Campaign The Army near the Meuse was Commanded by the Marshal de Bouflers who pursuant to the King's Orders had divided his Army into four several Bodies at such a convenient distance as to be able to join upon any occasion and at the same time to cover the French Conquests All the measures taken by the Confederates being broken by these seasonable Precautions they were forced to consume their own Territories all the Summer long without being able to undertake a Siege or come to an Engagement though they appear'd more formidable now than ever Their Fleet consisted of an Hundred and Thirty Sail but did no other feats but to burn a few Houses at Calais near the Sands of Cologne and at St. Martins They had three Armies in the Low-Countries one consisting of five and twenty or thirty Thousand Men under the Command of the Prince of Vaudemont in the Lower Flanders which however was not strong enough to Encounter the Marshal de Villeroy who Forraged to the very Gates of Ghent and exacted Contributions from all the circumjacent Countries Their Grand Army at least half as strong again threatned sometimes one sometimes another Place with a Siege but could not meet with a favourable opportunity to put it in Execution A third Army of eighteen or twenty Thousand Men all Germans advanced towards the side of Namur under the Command of the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassal They remain'd in that Post for about a Month when for want of Pay or opportunity of being employed in Flanders they returned towards the Rhine Neither did the Confederates act with much better Success on the German side The Prince of Baden keeping close within his Lines till the latter end of August not thinking it adviseable to meet the Marshal de Choiseul who had passed the Rhine with the French Army and stayed on this side near six Weeks After the return of the Landgrave of Hesse the Prince of Baden passed the Rhine and in Conjunction with the rest Marched towards Philipsbourgh without attempting any thing against the Place They afterwards advanced nearer the Marshal but spent the rest of their time in Cannonading one anothers Camp without coming to an Engagement The Duke of Vendosme had but a small Army in Catalonia more considerable for the goodness of his Troops than their Number Yet he remained Master of the Field all that Campaign being belov'd and esteem'd by the Inhabitants of the Country and dreaded by the Spaniards He defeated the Body of their Cavalry much Superiour in number of Squadrons to his He demolish'd many of their Castles which served them for places of Retreat He observed so closely
and Money the Prince judged it most for his Purpose to make his application to the Court of England The English at that time overflow'd in Riches they had in a manner managed all the Traffick of Europe alone for three Years last past Their great affluence of Riches had made them jealous of our King 's growing Power and being besides this desirous of Glory and of signalizing themselves abroad they earnestly wished for a War with France which had made them more than once to sollicite King Charles II. to enter into the Confederacy This appearing a favourable juncture to the Prince of Orange's Design he undertook a Journey to London as well to engage that King in an Alliance against us as to espouse the eldest Daughter of the Duke of York The Prince of Orange being K. Charles II. his Nephew was much beloved and esteemed by him The Prince's Religion his great Capacity and Riches his Aversion to France and his great Interest in Holland had procured him great and many Friends in both Houses of Parliament It is easie to be imagined that upon this occasion he made use of all his Engines to draw his Uncle into the Confederacy for which reason he perswaded him to project certain Propositions of Peace and to declare against those that should refuse to accept of them League betwixt England and Holland France being unwilling to hearken to these Conditions great Levies were made in England and some of their Troops were transported into Flanders But neither this New League neither the English Auxiliary Troops were sufficient to stop the Progress of our King 's Victorious Arms or to hinder him from making new Conquests in the next Spring The better to cover his design Campaign in 1678. he took a Progress into Lorrain the beginning of February where he continued all that Month with the Queen and the whole Court During this Progress his Armies in Flanders in Germany and Lorrain were continually in motion so that these Marches and Countermarches did amuse the Enemy to that degree that it was impossible for them to judge which of their Places was most in danger and consequently to take any sure Measures for the security of such places as they thought most exposed for fear of leaving others unprovided in case of an Attack For the King having his Magazines well provided with every thing necessary for the carrying on four or five Sieges at a time from the Sea to the Rhine the Confederates were put under a necessity of fearing all without being able to guess whereabouts the Storm would fall Whilst they were under this perplexity the Marshal de Humiers made a faint as if he intended to Besiege Ipres which obliged the Governour of the Spanish Netherlands to send thither a great part of the Garrison of Ghent But scarce were they on their March towards Ipres when the City of Ghent it self was invested by threescore Thousand Men who were order'd thither from all the circumjacent places and at the same time Ipres Charlemont Namur Mons and Luxenburgh where the Confederates had disposed most of their best Troops were block'd up by several flying Armies Ghent has always been esteemed the largest City of the Low Countries Siege of Ghent it has a good Citadel with very fair Out-works a strong Wall surrounded with a large and deep Ditch Its Fortifications the number and Martial Inclination of its Inhabitants besides its low situation in a Marshy Ground at the Confluence of three Rivers and two Canals which serve for a Barricado against an approaching Enemy did render this Enterprise so difficult in the Eyes of all the World that after the Siege was begun the News of it scarce met with credit in the Neighbouring Countries The King had taken such measures and his Orders were obey'd with such exactness and alacrity that tho' the Place had not been Invested above three Days when he arriv'd in the Camp the Lines of Circumvallation which contain'd eight Leagues in compass were very near brought to perfection notwithstanding the rainy Season and the many difficulties which were to be surmounted in these marshy Grounds It was extreamly bad Weather when he set out from Stenay notwithstanding which he travelled above sixty large Leagues in less than three Days and arrived in the Camp before Ghent on the 4th of March when without dismounting from his Horse or taking the least refreshment or repose he took in Person a view of the Place and all the Works the Governour of Ghent having the same Day open'd the Sluices the King order'd so many Dikes and Ditches for the draining of the Ground to be made that his Forces received no considerable damage by the Water and were preserv'd in so good a condition as to make themselves Masters the next Day of the Counterscarp and some Out-Works Nevertheless this great City defended it self for some time longer till the Inhabitants being made sensible of the effects of our Bombs Carcasses and fiery Bullets which flew as thick as Hail-stones and destroy'd their Houses they beat a Parley The next day after the Citadel was besieg'd by Noon-day Ghent taken which being defended by four good Bastions and a Garrison of a thousand Men yet was forc'd to surrender on the third Day after opening of the Trenches After the taking of Ghent Ypress besieged the King without loosing any time marched directly to Ipress a well Fortified City and conveniently situated for the King to keep correspondence with and secure his other Conquests thereabouts The Spaniards had lately drawn out of the place two Battallions of their best Men whom they sent to Bruges to reinforce that Garrison nevertheless there was at the beginning of the Siege a Garrison consisting of three thousand effective Men old and well disciplin'd Troops besides a great number of brave Officers and Voluntiers who by their Example encouraged the Soldiers to make a vigorous Defence But by the bravery of our Troops the Trenches were carried on to the Glacis and Counterscarp and after a bloody Engagement taken with Sword in Hand so the City and Citadel being without any hopes of relief Capitulated at the same time The Siege cost us abundance of Men tho' it lasted not above nine Days after the opening of the Trenches by reason that the French were not only to overcome the obstinacy of the Besieged who defended themselves very valiantly but also the rigour of the cold Season and the inconveniencies of continual Rains The King's Arms being thus every where crown'd with Success it seem'd that nothing was able to resist his Power those Princes that were enter'd into a League against him having for four Years together rais'd no other advantage by the Confederacy than to add new Lustre to his Glory and Power He had at that time two great Fleets at Sea and five Armies on Land which together with his Garrisons consisted of sixty thousand Horse and two hundred and forty thousand Foot all
contrary he shew'd such an unparallell'd Resolution in the whole management of his Affairs at that time that he seem'd to bid Defiance to all Dangers and inspite of all the Intrigues and the Hazard of quitting the Helm at so critical a Juncture he passed over into Flanders in the next Spring to encourage and promote by his Presence the Zeal of the Confederate Princes who having augmented their Forces made all imaginable Preparations to attack us with more Vigour than ever According to the measures concerted betwixt the Confederates they were to undertake three several Sieges at once one in Flanders another in Italy and a third in Catalonia whilst two good Fleets were to Alarm our Coasts and to destroy our Sea-Port Towns It must be confess'd that the Confederates were at present in a much better Condition than ever since the beginning of the War to undertake something of Moment to raise the drooping Courage of their Subjects and it must also be allow'd that they were more successful this Campaign than before tho' at the same time they succeeded but in one of these three For the Germans were not in a capacity to act offensively having been much diminished by several large Detachments sent to reinforce their Army 's in Flanders The Spaniards besieged Castle Follit in Catalonia but at the approach of the Duke of Vendosme who Commanded instead of the Marshal de Noailles who was faln sick at the opening of the Campaign they quitted the Siege Towards the end of the Summer they sat down before Palamos but with no better success for after five days of opening the Trenches they raised the Siege upon notice that the Duke was marching against them For these two years past the Emperour and Spain had press'd the Duke of Savoy to lay Siege to Casal a Place situate upon the River Po and so considerable for its advantageous Situation betwixt Savoy and the Milaneze the Petty Principalities of Mantua Modena and Parma The Spaniards who within fifty or sixty years have besieged this Place five several times have for a considerable time been very ambitious of becoming Masters of this Place which for its convenient Situation would open to them the way to the Conquest of all Italy The Emperour's Design being founded upon the same Maxim the Duke of Savoy for fear of endangering his own Liberty had hitherto refused to join with them in the Siege of this Place But the Council at Viena having at last found Means to remove all Jealousy perswaded the Duke to consent to it Accordingly they made prodigious Preparations for the carrying on of this Siege and that with so much Expedition Siege of Casal that the Lines and Batteries were finished in the Month of April But the first Attempt prov'd fruitless the Snows and cold Season having obliged the Confederate Army to return to their Winter Quarters so that the Siege was not renew'd till five Weeks after The neighbouring Italian Princes finding them to persist in their Resolution were extreamly Alarm'd at it being sensible that the Emperour who had already under the Pretext of providing his Forces with Winter Quarters got a footing in Italy would by the Conquest of a Place of such Consequence open himself a way into Italy To ward this Blow these Princes took a Resolution either to endeavour to oblige the Allies to desist from this Attempt or else to intercede with our King to restore the said Place to the Duke of Mantua with its Fortifications rased under Condition that he should be reimbursed what this Place had cost him for which the said Princes engaged themselves to be Guarantees The King had bought this place for five Millions of Livres and it had cost him three more since without reaping any other Advantage by it than to be ready at hand to succour the Princes of Italy whereas we were obliged to maintain in it a constant Garrison of our best Troops who might be better employed elsewhere The King having well weighed the Matter and that our Army in Piedmont was at that time not strong enough to engage the Enemy or to oblige them to raise the Siege rather accepted their Propositions to rase the Fortifications of the Place than to sacrifise four or five thousand Men in the defence of it The Swiss Cantons and the Venetians having prevail'd with the Duke of Savoy to consent to this Treaty the Emperour and Spain were obliged to accept of the same Terms Casal Surrendred Accordingly Casal was surrendred on the tenth of July when the Enemies were not as yet Masters of any of the Outworks after thirteen days of opening of the Trenches Whilst the Confederates were before Casal the Grand Confederate Fleet which had been this Winter in the Spanish Ports appear'd continually upon the Cost of Provence to oblige our King to employ part of his Forces for the defence of his Sea-Coasts on that side and consequently prevent the sending of relief to Casal The Fleet was but in an indifferent Condition by reason of the great Mortality among the Seamen occasioned by the want of fresh Provisions and many other Necessaries which they could not be furnished withal but from England yet they appear'd so formidable that it was given out they intended to Bombard Thoulon and Marseilles but knowing us to be ready to give them a warm Reception they did not think fit to attempt it They were cruising the rest of the Summer in the Gulph of Lyons in the Seas of Cardaigne and Liguria and having been over-taken by a most violent Storm in which they lost five of their great Ships they came to an Anchor before Palamos Having received Intelligence that we began to equip at Thoulon they chose the open Sea cruising from one Place to another without any other Design than to pick up now and then some of our Privateers and to disturb our Commerce The Second Fleet of the Confederates in the Ocean consisted of Thirty great Ships St Malo bombarded Twenty Bomb-Vessels and many other Ships loaden with Ammunition and other Necessaries This Squadron bombarded St. Malo but did no further damage than to burn Ten Houses and to endamage several others the whole Loss being computed at One hundred thousand Livres But Dunkirk being the Place which the Enemy aim'd at they were so well prepared for their Reception that they appear'd rather like Men with hopes of a Victory than discourag'd with fear at the Approach of an Enemy the entrance of the Harbour being well provided with Batteries with Chains and a good number of Chaloops full of armed Men commanded by our best Marine Officers Attempt upon Dunkirk The first Bombs of the Enemies falling above two hundred yards distance from the Town the Inhabitants even to the Children got on the top of the Houses and upon the Bastions to be Spectators of this Bombardment Four Fireships approached the wooden Forts that defend the Mole but were met by the Chaloops who blew them up
Viceroy's Quarter where there was nothing but Confusion as may easily be supposed to be the Effects of such a Surprize Every one was for following the Example of the Viceroy who saved himself in his Shirt without being able to take along with him his Papers or Scrutore in which was a good Sum of Gold Two or three hundred of the bravest among them who made some resistance were cut in pieces and the rest dispersed in an instant The whole Camp with all their Baggage fell a Prey to our Soldiers who burnt their Tents and every thing else that was not portable The Count d' Vsson having at the same time had the good Fortune to drive the Spaniards from their Post in the Mountains we had all the reason to believe that the Besieged being discouraged by this ill Success would alter their measures and give over their Design of holding out to the last Extremity Assault up on Barcelona But we found our selves deceiv'd in our hopes for they received us with incredible Bravery as we were giving the Assault about a Week after upon the Breaches of the two Bastions They retook one of these Bastions with great Slaughter and after they were drove from thence a second time retreated into a strong Entrenchment they had made behind the Breach of the Bastion Thus we were to encounter the Danger of a new Siege there being behind the Entrenchment a strong old Wall fortified with Towers Our Miners were set at Work and every thing ready for a general Assault when the Besieged were again summon'd to a Surrender but without being in the least terrified at the Danger that threatned them in case the Town should be be taken by Assault they refused to hearken to a Capitulation till at last being overcome by the Lamentations of the Cirizens and the Consideration of their present Condition which was such as not to be able to sustain another Assault without hazarding all they accepted of the Conditions offer'd them by the Duke de Vendosme who to shew the Esteem he had for their Bravery allow'd them very honourable Conditions to wit to march out thro' the Breach with six Mortars and thirty pieces of Cannon Besides which we found in the place six Mortars Surrendeâ— of Barcelona more and one hundred pieces of Cannon This Siege cost the Lives of many brave Men we having lost betwixt four and five thousand on our side and the Enemy above six housand It was was much about the same time that we receiveed the welcome News of the good Success of an Expedition against Carthagena a Place belonging to the Spaniards in the West-Indies The Spaniards are so over-jealous of their great Riches and vast Possessions in the new World that they do not suffer any Foreigner among them there This Project had been in Debate several times before but never came to Maturity till the Sieur de Ponty obtain'd Leave from the King to undertake this Eppedition in Person The King to encourage the Design provided the Ships many particular Persons furnishing their Quota for the Equipment of them in proportion to the Share they expected to have in the Booty The Sieur de Ponty was an expert Seaman and had rendred himself Famous in several Exploits Accordingly he set Sail in the Month of January Expedition against Carthagena with seven Men of War three Frigats two other Ships and one Bomb-Vessel He met with all the imaginable Success in his Voyage and in the beginning of March following without having met with any Tempest or other Encounter at Sea came to an Anchor before the Port of St. Domingo where being reinforced with fifteen hundred Buckaneers he pursued his Voyage to Carthagena where at his Arrival he found the Enemies who had received Intelligence of his Design making preparations to receive him Carthagena is one of the most Famous and best Ports the Sponiards are Masters of in America Description of Carthagena It is a very large and populous City built upon a Peninsula its Avenues is being guraded by several Forts There the Lower and the Upper City The last is defended by several Bastions and the first by a strong Fort. There were above one hundred pieces of Cannons mounted upon their Walls and Forts their main Hopes they avoiding all Opportunities of coming to Handy-blows Our Troops acting not with the usual Precautions betwixt eight and nine hundred of them were killed at their Landing by the Enemy's Cannon In the Assault of the first Fort the Buckaneers attack'd them with such Bravery that they took it with little Resistance the other Forts were also abandoned by the Spaniards without striking a Blow They defended the Fort which guards the Lower Town for some time but that being carried by Assault we fired so furiously with our great Artillery against the Upper Town that they were forced to capitulate on the third day after The Sieur de Ponty entred the City in Triumph The taking of Carthagena and after he had put them to Ransom he demolished all their Bastions and Forts We got a prodigious Booty in the Place For without reckoning the vast Sums which each Officer and Soldier squeez'd out of their Landlords betwixt eight and nine Millions of Livres in ready Coin and Ingots were brought into France and a Million more in Emeralds other precious Stones Moveables and Gold and one hundred Brass Pieces of Cannon With this vast Treasure they set Sail from Carthagena but were not long before at about fifty Leagues distance from that place Ponty escaped the English they were met by a Squadron of twenty English Men of War they made a running Fight for two days but on the third the Sieur de Ponty sound means under favour of a thick Mist to alter his Course and to escape the Danger without loosing any thing of his Booty The Expedition made much Noise in all Parts of the World every body standing amaz'd at the Boldness of the Buckaneers it being chiefly owing to their Bravery that this dangerous Expedition was brought to a happy issue tho' carried on with a much less Number of Ships and Men than seem'd proportionable to the Greatness of the Enterprize These Advantages so lately obtained on our side prov'd very instrumental to hasten the Peace The Jealousy which the Confederate Princes had conceived at the King 's good Fortune and Power The General Peace and the hopes of reducing him into more narrow Bounds had been the chief occasion of this War But finding themselves deceived in these great Expectations there was nothing left now but to restore Tranquility to Europe by a solid and durable Peace founded upon the same Basis with that of Nimhegen In this nice Conjuncture the Prince of Orange King William III. acted the Part of a great Politician and finding that the Desires of the People were absolutely bent for Peace he made the first steps towards Accomplishing it and by his Perswasions prevailed upon
the rest of the Confederates to follow his Example Accordingly the Peace was Sign'd with Spain England and Holland on the twentieth day of September and with Germany about six Weeks after Among other Conditions Peace Concluded one was either did propose to the Emperour one was either to keep Strasburgh and to give an Equivalent or else to keep the Equivalent and to restore Strasburgh and that in case the Empire did not within a certain limited Time accept of the Equivalent he would be at his own Liberty to alter the whole Conditions of the Peace The Imperial Cities opposed the Session of Strasburgh and were seconded by most of the Electors who knowing that the Places offered as an Equivalent for Strasburgh must be surrendred into the Emperour's hands were not a Iâ—tâ—le Jealous of this increase of his Power The Circles of Suabia and the Vpper Rhine made their Complaints against it alledging that if our King was left in the possession of Strasburgh they would be forced to keep even in time of Peace a good number of Troops on Foot for their defence against so Potent a Neighbour Whilst these Contests were in agitation in the Empire our King at the Intercession of the Prince of Orange K. William III. granted a further delay that by the Interposition of the said Prince and the Hollanders the Germans might be prevail'd upon to grant the absolute Possession of Strasburgh to him They succeeded so well in this Negotiation that at last this Famous City which had been so long the main obstacle of the Peace was at last surrendred for ever to France Our King restored to Spain all that had been taken from them since the Conclusion of the Peace of Nimeghen The young Duke of Lorrain was restored to his Estate under certain Conditions The Elector of Treves put again into possession of his Capital City of the same Name And to remove for the future all Pretences of Contest betwixt the Empire and France it was agreed that the Rhine should be the common Boundary betwixt these two Nations That France was to remain in Possession of what they had Conquer'd on the other side of this River and to restore or demolish all Places on this side King James II. K. Will. a knowledged as King by France having several times requested our King not to delay any time to put a happy Conclusion to he General Peace of Europe in respect of his particular Interest William III. Prince of Orange was acknowledg'd King of Great Britain by the French Plenipotentiaries Let us trace the most authentick Monuments of Time Let us view the most antient Histories of all Nations to be convinced whether they can furnish us with an Example parallel to the Greatness of our King Will not Posterity stand amazed when they Read that there has been a King in France who alone for ten years together has been powerful enough to carry on a War against so many and great Enemies with such Success France never was fensible of its own Strength till now but it must be confess'd that it is owing to the Conduct of their Prince who knows how to improve it to the best Advantage FINIS ERRATA ' s. PAge 2. for of famous Victories read of two famous Victories p. 3 f. revived r. revive p. 6. f. Clove r. Clou. p. 8. f. Command r. Commands p. 22. f. real Esteem r. so real an Esteem p. 27. f. this Trust r. his Trust p. 57. f. Eruption r. Irruption p. 59. f. into to r. into f. Justice on the Just r. Justice on account of the Just. ibid. on the Dutchy r. upon the Dutchy p. 61. f. but besides the r. but the. p. 70. f. that his r. that by his ibid. f. received r. revived p. 80. f. having a disgust r. having taken a disgust p. 83. f. adjudging r. as judging p. 99. f. hazard r. hazards p. 112. inst of where r. wherein p. inst of Flanders and Spain r. Flanders in Spain p. 118. inst of the Inner Guard r. Rear-Guard p. 121. f. and buries r. and to bury p. 123. f. so strong r. too p. 124. f. to their Charge r. to the Charge p. 126. inst of Port r. Post p. 135. inst of Count Calva r. Count Calvo p. 147. f. himself a brave r. himself as a brave p. 152. f. small and troublesome r. cruel and troublesome p. 156. f. of Glacis and Counter sharp r. Glacis of the Countersharp p. 159. f. some new time r. new ones p. 171. f. Nimiguen r. Nimheguen p. 174. f. whilst they pretended r. whilst others pretended ib. f. Ports r. Parts p. 175. f. Irreconciliable r. Amicable p. 176. f. to Generosity r. of Generosity p. 180. f. to the Souvereign r. to Sovereigns p. 181. f. by King and Council r. by the King and his Council ibid. f. pointed Contests r Point in Contest p. 182. f. which is r. such is p. 187. f. Bishops the r. Bishops and when the. p. 189. f. violent must r. violent means p. 192. f. But the r. But as the. p. 295. f. of the Decision to the Pope r. to the Decision of the Pope p. 197. f. and been read r. and having been ibid. f. not forced r. not only forced ibid. f. giving r. given p. 199. f. this r. his p. 214. f. Wall-court r. Wallcour p. 249. f. Patteroons r. Pontroons p. 252. f. Confusion r. Concussion p. 260. f. was so r. was not come so p. 261. f. Genove r. Genova ib. f. Forest r. Brest p. 262. f. were great r. were no great p. 267. f. Cardaign r. Sardaign p. 268. f. Men with r. Men flush'd with ib. f. that their Enterprizes r. that Enterprizes p. 273. f. or of Prince r. or Prince p. 276. f. who also r. who at p. 279. f. Cologne r. St. Olonne p. 281. f. all common Cattle r. all the Cattle p. 284. f. all that r. at that p. 294. f. actually r. coually ibid. f. Coll. Johnson r. Cardinal Johnson p. 294 f. till he had r. till they had ibid. f. Malehoor r. Melchior p. 302. f. Forts r. Ports p. 302. f. as chiefly r. chiefly