. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . e French anticipated the Austrians in their de Saxes next in command, Count Loewendahl, who alsohad formerly been in the Saxon service, passed the frontier of DutchFlanders in April, and in a few weeks took several of the most im-portant fortresses. The people of the Netherlands were afraid ofexperiencing the ruin of their state, similar to that in the year more they hoped to secure deliverance from the French byoverthrowing the aristocratic misrule, and raising the Orange
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . e French anticipated the Austrians in their de Saxes next in command, Count Loewendahl, who alsohad formerly been in the Saxon service, passed the frontier of DutchFlanders in April, and in a few weeks took several of the most im-portant fortresses. The people of the Netherlands were afraid ofexperiencing the ruin of their state, similar to that in the year more they hoped to secure deliverance from the French byoverthrowing the aristocratic misrule, and raising the Orange stan-dard. Risings in the cities of Holland and Zealand enforced therecognition of William IV. Fiiso (Fig. 48) as stadtholder-generalof the United Netherlands (May, 1747). He had been hithertostadtholder of Friesland, Gelderland, and Groningen; later this OPEBATIOXS ly THE UNITED riiOVIXCES. 28< dignity was declared to be hereditary, even in the female the overthrow of the republican party was decisive; and thecommonwealth of the United Provinces was transformed, if not in. Fk;. 48. — William IV. Friso, Prince ot (»range. (After a copper-plate engraviug,1753, by J. Houbraken, 1085-174(5 ; original painting, , by R. Gall.) name, yet in fact, into a monarchy. William IV. assumed thediief conmiand of the Dutch troops, but was incompetent, andtpiarrelled with the Duke of Cumberland. Both were defeated 288 TJIE UAH OF TUE AUSTRIAX SUCCESSIOy. by JIarsnal Saxe at Laffekl, in July, 17-47. Saxe iniiiiediatelvadvanced to the siege of Bergen-op-zoom, which he took by storuia few months later. After all these misfortunes England and Holland were earnestlydesirous of peace. In the autumn of 1745 the United Provinces hadcommenced negotiations with France, from which originated, Lii thefollowing year, the Congress of Breda, between the plenipotentiariesof France and of the maritime jjowers. Since, however, on the de-maud of England, Austria and Sardinia also had to be in
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