Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . siege of the fortress of La Motte, in Lorraine, he was raised tothe rank of marechal-de-camp. The next year he was sent to Germany to takepart in the war against the emperor. From this date till his death, he wasalmost constantly engaged in active service ; and for the next forty years nomilitary name in France or Europe, was more ren
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . siege of the fortress of La Motte, in Lorraine, he was raised tothe rank of marechal-de-camp. The next year he was sent to Germany to takepart in the war against the emperor. From this date till his death, he wasalmost constantly engaged in active service ; and for the next forty years nomilitary name in France or Europe, was more renowned than that of Turenne,but we can not here follow him through his successive campaigns. He wasmade a marshal of France in 1642, at the early age of twenty-seven, and mar-shal-general of the French armies on the marriage of Louis IV. in 1660. Thechief scenes of his exploits were Holland and Flanders, Italy, and differentparts of Germany. He also took a leading part in the civil dissensions whichdistracted his native country during the minority of Louis XIV., espousing inthe first instance the cause of the Fronde, or combination of malcontented no-bility, but afterward taking the side of the court, and fighting as valiantly against 202 MARSHAL Marshal Turenne. his late associates. The career of Turenne was closed by one of the accidentsof war which may befall the highest or the humblest soldier. As he was re-connoitring the position of the Austrian general, Montecuculi, near Saltzbach,he was struck by a cannon-ball, and fell dead from his horse, on the 27th ofJuly, 1675. Turenne had married in 1653 the daughter of the duke de laForce, who died however, in 1666, without leaving children. This lady wasa person of great piety, and strongly attached to the protestant faith, of whichher ancestors ha$ been among the first and most strenuous defenders. Whileshe lived, Turenne, a protestant also by education and by descent, both on hisfathers and mothers side, resisted all
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