The 1906 caption reads: “COLIGNY ON THE WATCH BEFORE ST. QUENTIN.—The defense of the town of St. Quentin is another one of those heroic resistances which have repeatedly saved France from what seemed certain destruction. Philip of Spain utterly crushed the French army, and nothing but this one little fortress stood between him and Paris. But Coligny, one of the French generals, gathered a small body of the defeated men and watching, as we see him here, for the proper moment, dashed past the Spaniards and threw his little force into St. Quentin. Though finally over-powered, he gave time for ano
The 1906 caption reads: “COLIGNY ON THE WATCH BEFORE ST. QUENTIN.—The defense of the town of St. Quentin is another one of those heroic resistances which have repeatedly saved France from what seemed certain destruction. Philip of Spain utterly crushed the French army, and nothing but this one little fortress stood between him and Paris. But Coligny, one of the French generals, gathered a small body of the defeated men and watching, as we see him here, for the proper moment, dashed past the Spaniards and threw his little force into St. Quentin. Though finally over-powered, he gave time for another French army to gather, and for winter to check the Spanish advance.” The siege of St Quentin (August 2-27, 1557) saw Gaspard de Coligny, admiral of France, hold off a massive army led by Philip II of Spain for nearly a month, badly disrupting his plans for an invasion of France (Fifth Hapsburg-Valois War).
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