The second of these quatrains refers to a war that is already happening. This isn't too hard to identify because at the time of the Solar Eclipse, Russia was committing troops in earnest to its Chechen area. This area, by the way, would lie directly north of the path of the eclipse of August 1999. The last of these quatrains is number 96 in book 2. The ardent flame is pretty easy to connect, as well as the path of the eclipse, as it passed over the Rhone.
Famine is a common enough occurrence lately.
What is of concur here, is the advent of a war that has yet to occur. Any student of European History, however, can tell you that future war in the mentioned area are more probable than not. A lot of speculation has gone into the possible physical effect of this comet on our planet. For me the jury is still out. My current concern is that this sighting of a comet along with a Solar Eclipse, could well be taken as a sign of rapidly escalating events to come.