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nce of Orange, had signed a league with his old enemies, the Dutch, in order to counteract the s

frontiers, and were investing at once Luxembourg, Charlemont, Namur, Mons, and Ypres, five of the strongest and best provisioned places in the Low Countries. By this march

aces, when, leaving the Queen and the ladies in the agreeable town of Metz, he rapidly traversed

cided upon releasing the waters and inundating the country; but certain heights remained which co

ed at the end of a week, in spite of the most obstinate resistance. Our grenadiers performed prodigies, and lost all their officers,

tadel of Leuwe, in Brabant, which was executed on the instant. It was then that the Dutch sent their deputation, charged to plead for a suspension of hostilities for six weeks. The King granted it, although these blunderers hard

The Marechal de Luxembourg, informed of the treaty, gave himself up to the security of the moment; he was actually at table with his numerous officers when he was warn

on by exposing to them the atrocity of M. d'Orange, and after a terrible massacre, in which

the entire regiment of guards, that of Feuquieres, and several other

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officer to the French generals to inform them that dur