. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . realdelight was in hunting or in war. B3 the courage and firmnesswhich he displajed in his first campaign against France (1672), heruined de Witts schemes. The outburst of patriotic enthusiasmevoked by his action enabled William to re-establish the Stadthold-erate with all its prerogatives on a solid foundation ; he becameCaptain-General and Admiral-General of all Dutch forces, and hence-forth his life was devoted to a crusade against the ambitions of five years he maintained his first struggle against Louis XIVwith invinc
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . realdelight was in hunting or in war. B3 the courage and firmnesswhich he displajed in his first campaign against France (1672), heruined de Witts schemes. The outburst of patriotic enthusiasmevoked by his action enabled William to re-establish the Stadthold-erate with all its prerogatives on a solid foundation ; he becameCaptain-General and Admiral-General of all Dutch forces, and hence-forth his life was devoted to a crusade against the ambitions of five years he maintained his first struggle against Louis XIVwith invincible determination. Without being a great general andthough devoid of military training, William fought veterans like. WILLIAM 111 rrom the portrait altur William Wissin^; belonging to the Duke of Portland, , at Welbcck Face p. J50 WILLIAM III 251 Conde with no little success. His personal courage bordered ontemerity, and, though he was often beaten, his coolness and stubborn-ness in defeat always robbed his enemies of the fruits of theirvictories. When peace was signed at Nimeguen (1678), he hadkept the possessions of his people intact, though he had notobtained the favourable terms for which his marriage with Mar}- ofYork in the previous year had led him to hope. To his father-in-law, James II, he behaved with complete honesty. The rebellionsof Argyll and Monmouth William hindered by ever} means in hispower; indeed, the success of either would have been fatal to hiswifes chance of succession to the English throne, which as farback as 1680 had been hailed by all good Protestants and patriotsas the hope of the future. But when Jamess Catholic policy stoodrevealed, William opposed it openly, both a
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