Right before the Nine Years War Louis XIV had issued to have 20,000 soldiers to
work in constructing an aqueduct to Versailles."When Louis XIV stumbled
into the Nine Years' War in 1688 against a hodgepodge of states mostly associated
with the League of Augsburg, he was less prepared than he had been for any of
his other wars; the infantry was particularly weakened from its construction
labors." (Sonnino 121). The excess territory of France led to the
Nine Years War. Overall for Louis the Nine Years War was a struggle to
reinforce French security and not a war of conquest. "On 6 September
1688, Louis sent a letter to Cardinal d'Estrees in Rome. [...] He stated 'that
he could no longer prevent himself from making a separation between the quality
of the Head of the Church and that of a temporal Prince who openly espoused the
interests of the enemies of his crown; that he, for his part, no longer looked
for justice on the differences which concerned him'."(Dunlop 308).
Long
before anyone was able to get Louis' manifesto “French Forces crossed the
Rhine. As the army marched into Germany, Louvois and Louis were confident that
the matter would be settled by January 1689" (Lynn 193). Back at
Versailles Louis XIV "demanded letters from his son and Marshal Duras from
Boufflers, Catinat, and Montclair, and from Vauvan, so that he and Louvois
could keep informed about the siege. Failure to write brought a rebuke.
"I am scandalized," Louvois wrote to Catinat, "at no
receiving letters from you..."(Wolf 448). "Louis XIV struck at William of Orange by
supplying James II with 6,000 troops in an attempt to regain his throne.
James went to Ireland where the Catholic, anti-English population
rallied to his support. However, William II, helped by the
Protestant Ulstermen defeated James' army in The Battle of the Boyne." (Sommerville)
Right before the Nine Years War Louis XIV had issued to have 20,000 soldiers to
work in constructing an aqueduct to Versailles."When Louis XIV stumbled
into the Nine Years' War in 1688 against a hodgepodge of states mostly associated
with the League of Augsburg, he was less prepared than he had been for any of
his other wars; the infantry was particularly weakened from its construction
labors." (Sonnino 121). The excess territory of France led to the
Nine Years War. Overall for Louis the Nine Years War was a struggle to
reinforce French security and not a war of conquest. "On 6 September
1688, Louis sent a letter to Cardinal d'Estrees in Rome. [...] He stated 'that
he could no longer prevent himself from making a separation between the quality
of the Head of the Church and that of a temporal Prince who openly espoused the
interests of the enemies of his crown; that he, for his part, no longer looked
for justice on the differences which concerned him'."(Dunlop 308).