The Austrian army under Raimondo
Montecucccoli was advancing up the Rhine towards Bonn [...] On 23 October
Louvois wrote to the duc de Luxembourg [...] 'What the king hopes to achieve
with the army which he is ordering you to assemble is to prevent Montecuccoli
from crossing the Rhine. Everything depends in the arrival of an army near Bonn
as soon as is humanly possible.' It was not humanly possible. On 4
November the Austrian army crossed the Rhine, joined Prince William and
invested Bonn, which surrendered a week later." (Dunlop 231).
"By 1676 there was a deficit of some 24 million livres and Colbert
was reverting to the very expedients." (Dunlop 235). "In May
1677, the peace talks were begun in earnest at Nijmegen" (Dunlop 236) this
is then where the treaty was signed and the war was solved for now.
"[...] of all the wars which punctuated the reign of Louis XIV, the
war with Holland (1672-3) seems to be the one[...] commonly condemned as one of
his bravest errors. It is not easy to say exactly what his objective was,
but it is clear that he regarded the whole campaign as ministry to his glory
and that he thoroughly enjoyed it." (Dunlop 218).
"The peace which followed this war was disgraceful. The King was obliged to acknowledge
the Prince of Orange as King of England, after having so long shown hatred and contempt
for him. Our precipitation, too, cost us Luxembourg; and the ignorance of our plenipotentiaries
gave our enemies great advantages in forming their frontier. Such was the peace of Ryswick,
concluded in September, 1697.This peace seemed as though it would allow France some breathing time. The King was sixty
years of age, and had, in his own opinion, acquired all sorts of glory. But scarcely were we
at peace, without having had time to taste it, than the pride of the King made him wish to astonish
all Europe by the display of a power that it believed prostrated. And truly he did astonish Europe."
(Duc de Saint-Simon)
The Austrian army under Raimondo
Montecucccoli was advancing up the Rhine towards Bonn [...] On 23 October
Louvois wrote to the duc de Luxembourg [...] 'What the king hopes to achieve
with the army which he is ordering you to assemble is to prevent Montecuccoli
from crossing the Rhine. Everything depends in the arrival of an army near Bonn
as soon as is humanly possible.' It was not humanly possible. On 4
November the Austrian army crossed the Rhine, joined Prince William and
invested Bonn, which surrendered a week later." (Dunlop 231).
"By 1676 there was a deficit of some 24 million livres and Colbert
was reverting to the very expedients." (Dunlop 235). "In May
1677, the peace talks were begun in earnest at Nijmegen" (Dunlop 236) this
is then where the treaty was signed and the war was solved for now.
"[...] of all the wars which punctuated the reign of Louis XIV, the
war with Holland (1672-3) seems to be the one[...] commonly condemned as one of
his bravest errors. It is not easy to say exactly what his objective was,
but it is clear that he regarded the whole campaign as ministry to his glory
and that he thoroughly enjoyed it." (Dunlop 218).