The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . nthe northern frontier of France. In 1665 Louis claimed certain por-tions of the Spanish Netherlands as his inheritance and secured asmall strip of land by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668). By thePeace of Nemiguen (1678) France gained Franche Comte fromSpain. Large districts on the eastern frontier, including Strassburg,were annexed. France was now
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . nthe northern frontier of France. In 1665 Louis claimed certain por-tions of the Spanish Netherlands as his inheritance and secured asmall strip of land by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668). By thePeace of Nemiguen (1678) France gained Franche Comte fromSpain. Large districts on the eastern frontier, including Strassburg,were annexed. France was now the dominating power in Europe. She becamestronger when Charles II of Spain, in 1700, gave by will his Spanishpossessions to Louis XIV. This brought about the War of theSpanish Succession. The other European nations formed a greatcoalition. England sent Marlborough to the Continent to cooperate 264 COUNTRIES INVOLVED with Prince Eugene of the House of Savoy, and the allies proved vic-torious in the battle of Blenheim (1704). Other important engage-ments were: Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet(1709), all defeats for the French. Peace was signed in Utrecht in1713. In the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774) the War of the Polish. Dogs Trained by French Hospital Corps to Hunt for Wounded Soldiers Succession was vmdertaken in 1733. France was defeated; but bythe Peace of Vienna (1738) Lorraine was converted into a recog-nized and legal power. Then came the War of the Austrian Suc-cession, in which France, in alliance with Frederick of Prussia, foughtagainst JNIaria Theresa of Austria and England. In 1745 the Frenchwon Fontenoy and in 1747 LafFeldt. Thus the French gained pos-session of Holland and the Netherlands. Next followed the peace ofAix-la-Chapelle (1748), and in 1756 the Seven Years War, humiliat-ing to France, for the EngHsh triumphed in India and monarchy fell in the days of Louis XVI (1774-1792) and FRANCE 265 France passed through many and violent
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