A princess of intrigue, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, duchesse de Longueville and her times . xpedition to Guienne, neces-sitating as it did the withdrawal of a considerableportion of the troops on the Northern frontier, placedthem in a much more favourable position ; and allmilitary writers seem to be agreed that, had theyacted with unanimity and vigour, they must haveovercome the weak forces opposed to them and carriedthe war to the gates of Paris. Mazarin, however, had reckoned that the Spaniardswould prefer to devote their energies to the captureof a few places in Champagne, which could easil
A princess of intrigue, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, duchesse de Longueville and her times . xpedition to Guienne, neces-sitating as it did the withdrawal of a considerableportion of the troops on the Northern frontier, placedthem in a much more favourable position ; and allmilitary writers seem to be agreed that, had theyacted with unanimity and vigour, they must haveovercome the weak forces opposed to them and carriedthe war to the gates of Paris. Mazarin, however, had reckoned that the Spaniardswould prefer to devote their energies to the captureof a few places in Champagne, which could easily berecovered when once the South had been pacified,rather than favour Turennes plan of a serious the same time, in order to leave nothing to chance,he had, before setting out for Guienne, given in-structions to Le Tellier that, should the enemy showany intention of advancing upon Vincennes, he shouldforestall their designs by removing the princes, undera strong escort, to Havre. Events happened very much as the Cardinal hadforeseen. At the end of July, the Archduke Leopold. Prom an engraving by Schley. HENRI DE LA TOUR DAUVERGNE, MARECHAL DE TURENNE. A Princess of Intrigue 435 resumed the offensive, and invested and capturedLa Capelle, Vervins, and Marie ; while Turennetook Rethel and Chateau-Porcien. Then the latter,having skilfully outmanoeuvred Du Plessis-Praslin,succeeded in effecting a junction with the Archduke,and their united forces began to advance on attempted to bar their progress, andentrenched himself at Fismes, on the Vesle ; but hiscamp was surprised and stormed, and he fell back,with some loss, to Soissons ; while Boutteville, whocommanded Turennes advance-guard, after pursuinghim to the gates of the town, pushed on to La Ferte-Milon, only ten leagues from Paris. The capital was in a state of consternation ; thepeasants from all the country round came crowdinginto the city for protection ; and it was the generalbelief that, in a
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