The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-06
WARSINTHE NETHERLANDS
Another Chapter From the Pen of Rev.
Henry Wolf.
LATTER PART SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Career of William III of Orange. Protestant
Faith Preserved in England. Anne
Became Queen.

here was an imperial army, sent
to cooperate with the forces of
the Netherlands, but had orders
at the same time not to engage in
any battle. 1t seems that the
French king had privately bought
Leopold's minister Lobkowitz into
his service, and so the great un-
dertaking was frustrated. The
German army acting only on the
defensive - Marshall Turenne
turned his forces into the Pala-
tinaUe, laid waste the whole coun-
try, and burned every habitation
in his way, and that accomplish
ed, he crossed over into Francon-
Ia, and served that country in the
same way. These acts brought
about a change in the imperial
court, minister Lobkowltz was
dismissed, and war declared up
on France. The Elector of Bran
denburg rushed to the assistance
of the Prince of Orange, and with
their com bined forces, withstood
Marshall Conde IN the bloody bat
tie of Senef, with such fortitude,
that the result was greatly IN
favor and to the honor of the
Dutch ard German forces. 1914.
About this time also, the English
Parliament induced the king and
his ministers to put an end to the
Dutch war, which Tromp and
Ruyter the great Dutch sea he
roe, had carried on to such great
loss to England, and paid to the
Netherlands nice sum of money
as an indemnity. Upon this fol-
lowed the battle of Sassbach,
where a cannon ball killed Mar
shall Turenne, and the French
army retreated across the Rhine
river, to it's left bank. With Tur-
enne the real spirit of this great
campaign had perished and Conde,
also, crippled with rheumatism,
retired from active service, and
died ten years atterward. But the
Dutch had also sustained the loss
of the great De Ruyter, he being
killed in a sea battle against the
French, at Messlna, 1876
About this time LOUIS XIV. pur-
suaded Sweden (hls ally to invade
the electors own state Branden-
burg, from thenorth (Pomerania).
This brought on the battle of
Fehrbellin, where the Swedes
were routed, and the city of Stet-
tin, and the greater part of Pom
eranla came into the hands of the
elector. In the meantime, the
Dutch and DANISH fleet, possess
ed themselves of Rugep and Goth
land. These battles laid the
foundation of the greatness of
Prussia.
After this, the war was carried
on chiefly in the Netherlands it,
self, where William III. who now
had been inaugurated as perna-
nent stakeholder (the office to be
hereditary IN his family for ever
withstood the much larger forces
of the French com manded by
Luxem burg, Crequi, Shom burg,
Vanban and Catinat.
AS William was now a highly
honored ruler, and a com mander
of high rank, his marriage to
Mary, daughter of the Duke of
York, brother of Charles III. king
OF England was no surprise. AS
this union bound England and
the Netherlands closer to each
other, it appeared that England
would now really become an ally
of Orange, and thus increase the
the enemies of France. This pre-
pared the mind of Louis to seek
for peace, and put an end to the
war. Satisfying the Netherlands
with concessions so that they laid
down their arms, Louis brought
about the "Peace Of Nimeguin, u
in which the French gave back
to the Netherlands, all the con-
quered provinces, but Germany
and Spaiu suffered loss by the
agreement, Louis over-reachipg
them. The elector also had to
give back all cOnqrered territory,